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Thursday 29 April 2010
LED companies see revenue growth in 1Q10
LED packaging houses Everlight Electronics, Unity Opto Technology and Ledtech Electronics, and LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy (FOREPI) have all reported growth in their first-quarter...
Wednesday 21 April 2010
WLAN chipmaker Ralink announces 1Q10 performance
WLAN chipmaker Ralink Technology has posted net profits of NT$263 million (US$8.38 million), or NT$2.1 per share, in the first quarter of 2010, according to the company.
Thursday 15 April 2010
WLAN chipmaker Ralink to see revenues climb upward from 2Q10 to 3Q10, says paper
Taiwan-based networking IC design house Ralink Technology is expected to see its revenues grow upward from April to May as well as from the second quarter to the third quarter of...
Tuesday 13 April 2010
PSC sees 1Q10 profits up 121% on quarter
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has announced net profits of NT$3.54 billion (US$112 million) for the first quarter of 2010, up 121% from NT$1.6 billion posted in the fourth...
Tuesday 13 April 2010
Winbond on track to exit commodity DRAM market, says spokesperson
Winbond Electronics is confident that it will successfully transform into a niche DRAM and NOR flash maker in 2010, and gradually withdraw from the mainstream DRAM market, according...
Tuesday 13 April 2010
PSC to downsize capital; ProMOS expected to follow suit
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has revealed plans to downsize its capital by NT$34.38 billion (US$1.09 billion), or 38%, to NT$56.09 billion. ProMOS Technologies is also...
Wednesday 31 March 2010
Memory chipmaker Winbond preps fund-raising
Winbond Electronics, which is switching its business focus from commodity DRAM to niche memory and NOR flash, has announced a plan to issue up to 360 million news shares through private...
Friday 5 February 2010
AUO subsidiaries invest in LED maker Lextar
AU Optronics (AUO) subsidiaries including polarizer maker Daxon Technology, Qisda and LCD TV inverter maker Darfon Electronics have invested in LED chipmaker Lextar Electronics, also...
Thursday 28 January 2010
TV backlight applications to contribute more to Epistar sales in 2010
LED chipmaker Epistar expects TV backlight applications' revenues share to increase from 15-20% in 2009 to 35% in 2010 as it has cut into the supply chain of several LED TV players,...
Thursday 28 January 2010
Survey highlights more IC suppliers consider switch to copper wire, says SEMI
An increasing number of fabless chip companies and IDMs are considering copper wire for some new products, though a number of issues exist regarding this transition, according to...
Monday 28 December 2009
LEDs to become mainstream for lighting when 1,000 lumens cost US$5, says Epistar chairman
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar chairman Lee Biing-jye has indicated that LED lighting will become a mainstream product in the general lighting market when the retail price for...
Tuesday 8 December 2009
Mixed November sales results for Taiwan LED players
LED players Unity Opto Technology, I-Chiun Precision Industry and Tekcore have reported mixed results for November, as Unity Opto saw its revenues drop over 10% sequentially, while...
Thursday 26 November 2009
Foxconn dismisses rumors of Opto Tech acquisition
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has dismissed a Chinese-language report on Economic Daily News (EDN) that it plans to acquire LED chipmaker Opto Tech, according...
Tuesday 17 November 2009
LED chipmaker may be next Foxconn acquisition target, say observers
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is possibly eyeing the LED industry for its next acquisition, having seen its LCD panel subsidiary Innolux Display enter into a merger...
Thursday 12 November 2009
Ralink revenues hit high in October
WLAN chipmaker Ralink Technology saw its revenues hit a record high of NT$551 million (US$17 million) in October and expects revenues to climb to NT$570-590 million in November.