Singapore's STATS ChipPAC has posted sales of US$324.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2008, down 31.3% sequentially and 31.9% from 2007. For the full year 2008, the packaging and...
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has announced that its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008 were NT$12.45 billion (US$366 million), which represented a 27.8% decrease from...
TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) has reported a loss of NT$11.98 billion (US$352.19 million) for the fourth quarter of 2008, and a net loss of NT$11.68 billion last...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), the world's second-largest wafer foundry player, has posted a net loss of NT$23.51 billion (US$717 million) for the fourth quarter of 2008...
Despite a drastic slowdown of global PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2008, Taiwan-based Acer and Asustek Computer managed to continue expanding their shares in the US notebook...
Winbond Electronics posted a net loss of NT$7.37 billion (US$218 million) or a net loss per share of NT$2 in 2008. The company attributed the loss to weakening demand in the PC and...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has posted a net loss of US$124.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2008, due to a significant drop in fab utilization...
The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an unusual downturn in the normally robust fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08). According to IDC, vendors shipped a total of 289 million units,...
Plasma panel shipment growth has been very strong in recent quarters as 32-inch demand surged in emerging markets and prices for larger sizes fell to popular price levels. However,...
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has posted unaudited revenues of NT$2.68 billion (US$79.4 million) for the fourth quarter of 2008, down 38% sequentially and 39% on year...
AMD has reported fourth-quarter 2008 revenues from continuing operations of US$1.162 billion. Fourth-quarter 2008 revenues decreased 35% compared to the third quarter of 2008 and...
Mask ROM and NOR flash specialist Macronix International Company (MXIC) appeared to be the only profit maker among Taiwan's major memory chip suppliers in the fourth quarter of 2008...
AU Optronics has announced its fourth-quarter consolidated sales of NT$59.75 billion (US$1.78 billion), down 42.6% sequentially, and resulting in a net loss of NT$26.6 billion.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) forecasts its first-quarter consolidated sales at only NT$32-35 billion (US$0.95-1.04 billion), representing a 45.8-50.4% sequential...
