Since the capacity of the top-tier touch panel makers such as TPK Holding and Wintek have all already been booked up, and tablet PC players are turning to smaller touch panel makers...
The uncertainty of the incentive programs in Europe forced Taiwan-based solar cell makers to quote below US$1/W last week. Wafer quotations also failed to remain at the US$3/unit...
Taiwan-based digital camera ODM Ability Enterprise expects shipments in the second quarter of 2011 to increase 5-10% from 5.5 million units shipped in the preceding quarter to 5.78-6.05...
Global large-size TFT-LCD panel shipments (9-inch and above, including tablet PC applications) are expected to reach 177 million units in the second quarter of 2011, up 10.2% sequentially,...
MediaTek expects its revenues to grow 5-12% sequentially to NT$20.9-22.3 billion (US$727.82-776.57 million) in the second quarter of 2011, buoyed by seasonal demand and steady ASP,...
Chip packager Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects shipments to increase 7-9% sequentially in the second quarter of 2011, with a higher gross margin, company CFO Joseph...
IC distributor WPG Holdings expects its consolidated revenues to top NT$80-84 billion (US$2.79-2.93 billion) in the second quarter of 2011 compared to NT$79.8 billion recorded in...
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has posted sales of NT$3.99 billion (US$139 million) for the first quarter of 2011, up 17% on quarter and 12% on year. Net profits for the...
Walsin Technology and Holy Stone, two major Taiwan-based suppliers of multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), are running at full utilization with their order visibility extending...
Taiwan-based makers will ship 19.12 million optical disc drives (ODDs) in the second quarter of 2011, growing 7.4% sequentially, according to Digitimes Research's estimation.
Macronix International is seeing a slowdown in orders for its mask ROM products, and holds an uncertain outlook due to low order visibility, according to company chairman Miin Wu.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reported sales of NT$105.38 billion (US$3.6 billion) and net income of NT$36.28 billion, or NT$1.40 per share, for the first...
Realtek Semiconductor expects to register sequential growth in second-quarter revenues, with gross margin up by more than 2pp to over 36%. The company saw revenues increase 14% sequentially...
Quotes for mainstream 6-inch poly-Si wafers will likely slip about 10% sequentially to US$3.10-3.20 in the second quarter of 2011, and prices for poly-Si materials may come under...
Wistron chairman Simon Lin, at the company's investors meeting on April 27, pointed out that the company's revenue performance in the first quarter of 2011 was lower than expected...
