Sharp and LG Display both have begun small-volume shipments of flat panels for Apple's new iPad recently after they had failed to meet the requirements previously, making Samsung...
Taiwan-based notebook-related IC designers including Alcor Micro, Anpec Electronics, Elan Microelectronics, Ene Technology, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Integrated Technology...
Demand for passive components such as chip resistors, MLCCs and solid capacitors is picking up as notebook companies gear up for product launches in the second quarter, according...
Motorola Mobility is expected to launch two smartphones, one for the high-end market and another for the mid-range segment, in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2012. But...
The supply of smartphones running on Android 4.0 will increase substantially starting the second quarter of 2012, with mid-range to high-end models coming from brand vendors including...
After hitting bottom in the first quarter, notebook players and their upstream component suppliers are expected to see shipment growth of 10% sequentially in the second quarter as...
Packaging and testing firms Powertech Technology (PTI) and Walton Advanced Engineering have both said they continue to negotiate with Elpida Memory to work out the best solutions...
The government in Italy will be making feed-in-tariff (FIT) cuts in June, and the industry believes a surge of demand about 2GW will happen in the second quarter before the cut.
Wintek expects its profitability to improve in the second quarter of 2012, buoyed by shipments of OGS (one glass solution) touch panels, which will contribute 10-15% to total revenues...
A ramp-up in orders for LED driver ICs used in signage boards and lighting products will help Macroblock's monthly revenues rebound to more than NT$170 million (US$5.8 million) in...
As production of sapphire wafers by China-based makers will gradually increase, prices for the product in the second quarter of 2012 are expected to remain at current levels, according...
Holy Stone Enterprise has reported net profits for 2011 decreased 7.5% due mainly to a weak fourth quarter, when the multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) firm saw its quarterly net...
United Microelectronics' (UMC) IC design affiliates including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, Pixart Imaging and Integrated Technology Express (ITE) are all expected to see their...
Global demand for small- to medium-size semiconductor-grade silicon wafers and LED sapphire substrates will improve from the preceding quarter in second-quarter 2012, while demand...
Major notebook ODMs, which all saw their February shipments register double-digit sequential increases, are expected to post higher-than-expected shipments for the first quarter of...
