Contract chipmakers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have seen their clients cut back on wafer starts for the third...

LED chip maker Formosa Epitaxy expects demand for LED backlight and lighting to increase in the third quarter and therefore its corresponding revenues to grow by 20% on quarter, according...

Quotes for sapphire wafers, for a 2-inch wafer for example, are expected to drop to US$20-25 in the third quarter of 2011 and further to US$18-20 in the fourth quarter, according...

Plastic injection mold maker Nishoku Technology has received approval to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) which allows the company to debut on the local market in the third...

Faced with rising raw material and labor costs and appreciating currency exchange rates, Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers, led by Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) and HannStar Boards,...

LCD driver IC design house Orise Technology is expected to enjoy revenue growth of more than 20% sequentially in the third quarter of 2011, buoyed by growing shipments to handset...

Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) expects its profits to enjoy sequential growth in the third quarter of 2011, driven by higher product ASPs and seasonal demand, according to company...

Texas Instruments (TI) has cut its orders to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), according to sources in the industry...

Taiwan-based notebook maker Compal Electronics is shipping 200,000 tablet PCs a month in the second quarter of 2011, and is expected to hike monthly shipments to 400,000-500,000 units...

Powertech Technology and Walton Advanced Engineering, which specialize in memory IC packaging and testing, are expected to enjoy revenue growth of 5-10% sequentially in the third...

Lextar has stated 50% of current lighting shipments are for Japan-based customers, adding that lighting will contribute 40% of total revenues by the end of 2011. David Su, chairman...

Nichidenbo, the Taiwan sales agent for Japan-based aluminum electrolytic capacitor maker Nippon Chemi-Con, has stated that sales of capacitor products in Taiwan are unlikely to enjoy...

Taiwan-based hard drive component maker Min Aik Technology, calculated from its orders, has estimated that global hard drive shipments will grow 15-20% sequentially in the third quarter...

Career Technology, which makes flexible PCBs (FPCB) for use in smartphones and other consumer products such as tablet PCs, has said revenues are likely to grow sequentially through...

Android-based smartphone vendors including HTC and Samsung Electronics apparently will draw a great opportunity to boost their market share globally in the third quarter in the absence...