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Wednesday 27 January 2010
Corning profit soars in 4Q09
Corning has reported net income of US$740 million for the fourth quarter of 2009, up 15% from US$643 million for the previous quarter and up 197% on year from US$249 million.
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Phison upbeat about 1Q10 thanks to Toshiba orders
NAND flash controller supplier Phison Electronics is optimistic about its business operation in the first quarter of 2010, with strong orders on hand from Toshiba. Phison has estimated...
Monday 25 January 2010
Unimicron expects 1Q10 revenues drop on seasonality
PCB maker Unimicron Technology expects its first-quarter 2010 revenues to see a slight sequential decline due to seasonality.
Friday 22 January 2010
IC distributor Yosun sees slower revenue growth in 2009
Yosun Industrial, which is a distributor for brands including Samsung Electronics and STMicroelectronics, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$118.95 billion (US$3.73 billion)...
Friday 22 January 2010
Taiwan motherboard makers expected to see mixed shipment growth in 1Q10
First-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology are expected to see about 10% sequential growth in their own-brand motherboard shipments in the first quarter...
Thursday 21 January 2010
PC shipments in Asia Pacific rebounded by 32% in 4Q09, says IDC
IDC's preliminary results show that the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market fell 3% sequentially, but grew 32% on-year in the fourth quarter of 2009, beating forecasts by 4%...
Thursday 21 January 2010
PSC and Inotera post profits for 4Q09
DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has posted its first profit in 11 quarters, while rival Inotera Memories has also reported profits for the fourth quarter after...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Chip inventories under control, says iSuppli
Despite a recent financial report warning of bloated semiconductor inventories at electronic distributors, stockpiles among these companies and in nearly all other segments of the...
Thursday 21 January 2010
Hynix 4Q09 profit soars 167% on quarter
Hynix Semiconductor has announced revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 grew 32% on quarter driven by rising DRAM and NAND flash shipments and a rebound in DRAM ASPs. In line with...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Nanya swings to profit on higher DRAM ASPs in 4Q09
Nanya Technology has announced it returned to profitability in the fourth quarter of 2009 following 10 consecutive quarterly losses. The DRAM maker also said it will process more...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
LG Display sees 4Q09 revenues up, but profits down
LG Display has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of 6.08 trillion won (US$5.4 billion) for the fourth quarter of 2009, up 2% from 5.97 trillion won in the third quarter of...
Friday 15 January 2010
Worldwide PC shipments in 4Q09 post strongest growth in 7 years, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments surpassed 90 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009, a 22.1% increase from the fourth quarter of 2008, according to preliminary results by Gartner. It...
Friday 15 January 2010
Global PC market leaps back to double-digit growth in 4Q09, says IDC
Led by a holiday season featuring price cuts of unprecedented duration, the US PC market established a new record of nearly 20.7 million units shipped in the fourth quarter of 2009,...
Friday 15 January 2010
Intel announces 4Q09 revenues of US$10.6 billion
Intel has reported fourth-quarter 2009 revenues of US$10.6 billion, operating income of US$2.5 billion, net income of US$2.3 billion and an EPS of US$0.40.
Thursday 14 January 2010
MediaTek sees orders slowing down
Order momentum for MediaTek's 2.5G, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and EDGE smartphone chips has been slowing down as handset makers are not aggressively pushing new devices, according to industry...