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Monday 30 May 2016
MediaTek to meet mid-point to high-end of 2Q16 guidance
Judging from the current order visibility, MediaTek chief financial officer David Ku expects the company to meet the mid-point to high-end of its sales guidance for the second quarter...
Monday 30 May 2016
KYEC to post record revenues for 2Q16, says report
IC testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is expected to report revenues of as high as NT$5 billion (US$153.2 million) for the second quarter of 2016 hitting a company record,...
Monday 30 May 2016
Chipbond to post higher profits in 2Q16, says report
LCD driver IC packaging and testing house Chipbond Technology is expected to post higher profits with revenues rising 7-10% sequentially in the second quarter of 2016, according to...
Monday 30 May 2016
Macroblock seeing strong LED driver IC orders in 2Q16
LED driver IC supplier Macroblock is seeing strong orders from its display customers, and has asked for more capacity from its contract suppliers, according to industry sources. Branded...
Friday 27 May 2016
China handset firms warned of overbooking
MediaTek has warned its China-based handset clients that they might have placed more orders than their actual demand, in consideration of potential overbooking, according to industry...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan smartphone shipments set to decline in 2Q16
Shipments of smartphones by Taiwan-based handset brands and ODMs are expected to reach 12.6 million units in the second quarter of 2016, down 9.7% sequentially and 42.9% on year,...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Ardentec expects higher capacity utilization in 2Q16
IC testing firm Ardentec's capacity utilization rate is expected to exceed 80% in the second quarter of 2016, and continue to rise in the third quarter, according to company VP Shaulong...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
AWSC revenues to soar in 2H16, says report
Revenues at GaAs IC foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) in the second half of 2016 are expected to increase significantly from the first half of the year, according...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Testing company CHPT 2Q16 revenues to rise 15%
Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT), which specializes in high-end IC testing solutions such as load boards for final testing and probe cards for wafer probing, is expected...
Tuesday 24 May 2016
Digitimes Research: China smartphone AP shipments to grow 11.3% sequentially in 2Q16
Having digested their excessive inventory, smartphone vendors have stepped up the pace of placing chip orders in the second quarter of 2016, according to Digitimes Research. Smartphone...
Monday 23 May 2016
Kinsus to post brisk sales in 2Q and 3Q, says report
IC substrate supplier Kinsus Interconnect Technology is expected to post double-digit sequential revenue growth in both the second and third quarters, according to a recent Chinese-language...
Friday 20 May 2016
StrongLED to see 2Q16 revenues double
LED lighting solution provider StrongLED Lighting Systems (Cayman) is expected to see revenues for second-quarter 2016 double the sum of the previous quarter mainly due to completion...
Friday 20 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship over 52.6 million large-size TFT-LCD panels in 2Q16
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers AU Optronics (AUO), Innolux, Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display will together ship 52.647 million large-size (above 9-inch) panels...
Thursday 19 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan IC design industry output value to increase 6.7% in 2Q16
The production value of Taiwan's IC design industry is expected to increase 6.7% sequentially in the second quarter of 2016, thanks to a pick-up in handset demand, according to Digitimes...
Thursday 19 May 2016
3S expects to post lower revenues but higher gross margin in 2Q16
Weak controller IC demand for memory devices will drag down Solid State System's (3S) revenues in the second quarter, but gross margin for the quarter will be higher than the 32.92%...
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