Worldwide handset sales totaled 286.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 6.1% decrease from the second quarter of 2008, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales surpassed...
Order visibility at both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has extended to November 2009, with utilization rates expected...
The shortage of glass substrates may continue throughout the fourth quarter of 2009, longer than previous expectations it would end in September, due to the recent earthquake that...
Acer chairman JT Wang has commented that sales performance of ultra-thin notebooks has so far fallen short of goals, adding Acer has internally downward adjusted the segment's target...
LG Electronics (LGE) plans to launch Ophones based on China Mobile's Open Mobile System (OMS) in the fourth quarter of 2009, the China-based sina.com has reported citing sources at...
Niching Industrial is expected to post sequential revenue growth of 10-15% sequentially in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, according to market watchers. The semiconductor material...
Intel and Micron Technology have jointly announced the development of a new 3-bit per cell multi-level cell (MLC) NAND technology for consumer storage devices such as flash cards...
Elpida Memory is scheduled to kick off volume production of 2Gb DDR3 devices using 40nm-class process technology in the fourth quarter of 2009, the Chinese-language Economic Daily...
LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will delay the production at its second 4.5G plant to the fourth quarter of 2009 due to short supply of glass substrates, according to...
Average global pricing for commodity electronic components is expected to rise by 2.3% sequentially in the third quarter of 2009, thanks to shortages and resulting price hikes for...
An array of smartbooks built around ARM-based Snapdragon or Tegra processors from a mix of players, including Acer, Foxconn Electronics, Pegatron Technology, Compal Electronics and...
Spansion has increased its cash position to US$220 million at the end of its second quarter ended June 28, 2009, compared to a cash balance of US$95 million in the prior quarter,...
BVCH Optronics (Sichuan), a joint venture set up by AU Optronics (AUO) and China-based Sichuan Changhong Electric to make LCD modules (LCMs) in western China, will commence volume...
IC packaging and testing houses estimate revenues will peak in the third quarter of 2009, and decline 10% in the fourth. Shipment forecasts from foundries show that fourth-quarter...
Taiwan-based Csun Manufacturing has seen demand for PCB applications increase substantially thanks to seasonality. The equipment maker has also secured new orders from flat-panel...
