Wireless chipmaker Qualcomm, and FPGA designers Altera and Xilinx have reduced their wafer start orders for the fourth calendar quarter of 2009 to their foundry partners, according...
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing is scheduled to launch its 32nm process technology in the fourth quarter of 2009, and move to 28nm in the first half of 2010, industry sources...
Ralec Electronic plans to expand its monthly capacity of 0201 resistors to up to 400 million units in fourth-quarter 2009, from 200 million currently, as it has seen full utilization...
Rebounding demand in the solar cell market has pushed up polysilicon (poly-Si) spot prices, reaching US$70-75/kg in August, according to industry sources in Taiwan. But as solar wafer...
Notebook PCB maker HannStar Board has estimated its utilization to reach 95% in the third quarter, and climb further to approach 100% in the fourth, according to company COO Yeh Sh...
Notebook ODM Inventec has published its first-half 2009 financial report, with net profits of NT$936 million (US$28.5 million) for the second quarter dipping 33.7% from the first...
Taiwan-based Quanta Storage has successfully developed super-slim optical disc drives (ODDs) intended for use in ultra-thin notebooks and has obtained certification from potential...
Quanta Computer expects its notebook shipments to grow 20% on quarter in the third and fourth quarters of 2009 and will achieve its 2009 target of 36.5 million units with help from...
Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Epistar and Formosa Epitaxy are expected to expand their monthly capacity by 200 million units each before the end of 2009, while Japan-based Nichia will...
Taiwan-based IC packaging and testing service providers are expected to post sequential revenue drops of less than 10% in the fourth quarter of 2009, but overall gross margins may...
Taiwan niche inductor makers Cyntec and Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics are likely to enjoy strong sales through December driven by increasing demand for new notebook and smartphone...
Inventec is expected to see notebook shipments decline in the fourth quarter, as Toshiba has recently shifted some of the orders from the maker to its competitor Compal Electronics,...
Both Broadcom and Ralink Technology are seperately scheduled to roll out integrated chips that combine Bluetooth and WLAN capabilities for ultra-thin notebooks between the end of...
MediaTek may see revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 slide over 20% sequentially, due to falling demand in China on seasonality, according to market watchers. However, the IC...
HTC (High Tech Computer) is expected to see its revenues and shipments grow 11% and 19%, respectively, in the fourth quarter of 2009, buoyed by the launch of Windows Mobile-based...
