Due to an inventory volume of 1.5-2 million units of iPhone 4 and the launch of iPhone 4S planned as early as September 2011, Apple has lowered its expected shipment volume of iPhone...
Most Taiwan-based LCD driver IC makers are expected to post a sequential growth in revenues in the second quarter of 2011 although the growth rate may vary from company to company...
Sonic Technology, which designs and develops consumer-oriented ICs such as microcontrollers (MCUs), webcam chips and voice ICs, has projected that revenues will climb almost 50% sequentially...
Taiwan-based LCD backlight unit (BLU) maker Radiant Opto-Electronics expects its revenues for the second quarter of 2011 to grow 5-10% sequentially to exceed NT$16 billion (US$557...
Having recorded heavy losses in the first quarter of 2011, Taiwan-based flat panel makers are expected to continue to post losses in the second quarter despite a rebound in prices...
LCD driver IC designer Himax Technologies expects its second-quarter revenues to grow 10-15% from US$141 million recorded in the first quarter and gross margin to shed 1.4pp from...
PCB makers Tripod Technology and Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) both have seen their revenues slip sequentially but increase on year for April 2011. Despite sequential declines,...
HannStar Board and Gold Circuit Electronics, both of whom mainly make notebook PCBs, expect their sales and shipments in the second quarter of 2011 to outperform those in the first...
Fabless IC firm MStar Semiconductor expects its consolidated revenues to grow by up to 6% sequentially in the second quarter of 2011, while gross margin will stay flat at 40-42%....
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$37.13 billion (US$1.3 billion) for April 2011, down 0.5% on month but up 9.8% on year.
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced net sales of NT$9.56 billion (US$335 million) for April 2011, down 0.22% sequentially but up 2.6% on year.
Chang Wah Electromaterials, which distributes packaging materials and equipment for the semiconductor and LCD industries, expects sales to grow sequentially in the second quarter...
Memory module firm Transcend Information has reported NT$2.38 billion (US$83 million) in revenues for April 2011, down 18% on month. Revenues, however, were 5.7% higher than NT$2.25...
Most first-tier analog IC designers, including Richtek Technology and Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT), expect their gross margins to slip lower in the second quarter of 2011 due...
