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Tuesday 2 March 2010
Prices of 8- and 12-inch wafers to rise in 2Q10, says paper
Major blank wafer suppliers including Shin-Etsu Handotai (SEH), Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corporation (Sumco) and MEMC Electronic Materials have all raised their quotes for the...
Friday 26 February 2010
Acer to launch ultra-thin Calpella-based notebook series in 2Q10
Acer is preparing to launch Intel Calpella platform-based notebooks featuring ultra-thin designs in the second quarter, of which, Wistron will manufacture 13-inch models and Quanta...
Thursday 25 February 2010
Panel demand may stay flat or drop slightly for 2Q10
Panel demand in the second quarter of 2010 may remain flat or drop slightly because inventory levels at LCD TV vendors in China are currently 2-3 weeks higher than usual, according...
Thursday 25 February 2010
Touch panel controllers see bright prospects for March and 2Q10
Taiwan-based touch panel controller makers, including Elan Microelectronics, Egalax-Empia Technology (EETI), Weltrend and Ene Technology, are positive about their outlook for March...
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Inductor maker Chilisin to start up new capacity in 2Q10
Chilisin Electronics plans to spend NT$200 million (US$6.24 million) adding equipment, with the new capacity scheduled to come online in the second quarter of 2010. The company will...
Friday 12 February 2010
Oversupply of battery cells expected to return to normal after 2Q10
Oversupply of battery cells is expected to return to normal after the second quarter of 2010 helping Taiwan-based battery makers achieve better gross margins, according to sources...
Friday 12 February 2010
Order visibility for inductor products extended to end of 2Q10
Most Taiwan-based inductor makers have seen the visibility of their orders extended to the end of the second quarter of 2010, with demand for SMD, power and wire wound chip inductors...
Thursday 11 February 2010
Greatek and TICP to step into copper-wire bonding in 2Q10
With Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) aggressively ramping production on copper-wire bond processes, second-tier Taiwan-based IC...
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Compal announces growth in January 2010 revenues
Compal Electronics shipped 4.36 million notebooks, 275,000 LCD TVs and 134,000 LCD monitors to bring in consolidated revenues of NT$73.41 billion (US$2.29 billion) in January 2010,...
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Lite-On Technology to start shipping LED chips used in LCD TVs in 2Q10
Lite-On Technology has obtained certification for its LED chips from South Korea-based TV vendors through LED backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics and will begin volume...
Thursday 4 February 2010
AUO and HannStar hold mixed forecast for panel demand in 2Q10
AU Optronics (AUO) expects panel demand in the second quarter of 2010 to drop, while HannStar Display expects demand will sustain throughout the quarter, according to the companies...
Thursday 4 February 2010
CMC expects Blu-ray to contribute 10% of revenues in 2Q10, 20% in 4Q10, says chairman
Taiwan-based blank optical disc maker CMC Magnetics expects shipments of its Blu-ray Disc (BD) discs to account for 10% of its revenues in the second quarter and 20% in the fourth...
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Walton to benefit from Winbond orders for GDDR chips, says paper
Backend service supplier Walton Advanced Engineering is expected to benefit from major contracts from Elpida Memory and Winbond Electronics starting in the second quarter of 2010...
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Asustek to launch two e-book readers in 2Q10, say sources
Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer is expected to launch a 6-inch e-book reader (DR-57) and a 9-inch model (DR-950) for sale in the US and Europe markets as soon as the second quarter...
Friday 22 January 2010
Arcadyan sees orders from Europe telecom clients continue into 2Q10
Network equipment maker Arcadyan Technology has disclosed that part of orders it has been receiving from clients in Europe will continue to last into the second quarter of 2010.