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Wednesday 9 September 2009
PCB maker Chin-Poon seeing strong demand for automotive and consumer electronics applications
Chin-Poon Industrial has seen orders from the automotive and consumer electronics sectors for the third quarter exceed its capacity, with a gap reaching 10%, according to the company...
Thursday 20 August 2009
Consumer-IC backend supplier Greatek 3Q09 utilization rate to climb
Greatek Electronics is estimated to see its utilization rate for packaging and testing climb to 90-95% and 60-70%, respectively, in the third quarter of 2009, according to market...
Wednesday 19 August 2009
G-sensor pricing to drop by 10-20%
Quotes of 3-axis accelerometers (g-sensors) are expected to drop by US$0.1-0.2 later in the third quarter of 2009, down from about US$1 at present, since the capacity expansion of...
Tuesday 18 August 2009
Nvidia Tegra powers Microsoft Zune HD
Nvidia has announced that Microsoft's new Zune HD portable media player is powered by the company's Tegra processor.
Tuesday 18 August 2009
IC distributor Galaxy Far East expects growing demand for CPLDs
Taiwan-based IC distributor Galaxy Far East noted that complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs) are being used widely in smartphones for enabling design of more functions and are...
Tuesday 11 August 2009
MIPS promoting Android-support beyond handsets
MIPS Technologies is cooperating with foundry service providers to extend the application of its platforms supporting Android from handsets to digital set-top boxes (STBs) and TVs,...
Friday 7 August 2009
Giantplus sees 20% on-year revenue growth in July
Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD panel maker Giantplus Technology has reported revenues of NT$1.28 billion (US$39.10 million) for July, up 25.36% from NT$1.02 billion for June...
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Elpida ASP up 27% in fiscal 1Q09
Japan's Elpida Memory has announced a net loss of 44.4 billion yen (US$470 million) for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, compared to a loss of 60.9 billion yen in the prior quarter...
Thursday 30 July 2009
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen to spin off CE manufacturing department
Tsann Kuen, a major retail chain of IT products and consumer electronics in Taiwan recently decided to spin off its consumer electronics and home appliance manufacturing business...
Monday 20 July 2009
SMIC and Magma launch reference flow for low-power 65nm
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and Magma Design Automation on July 20 jointly announced availability of a low-power IC implementation reference flow...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Consumer, wireless MEMS market set to grow amid downturn, says iSuppli
Defying the downturn in the overall electronics industry, the market for micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) used in consumer electronics and wireless products is expected to generate...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Consumer-IC backend supplier Greatek sales up 62% in 2Q09
Greatek Electronics saw revenues for the second quarter of 2009 climb 62.4% sequentially, thanks to increased demand for consumer electronics ICs, network chips and power management...
Wednesday 8 July 2009
CE market looks up, but low prices prevent true recovery, says iSuppli
The consumer electronics (CE) industry will not achieve an annual expansion in 2009, which would signal a true recovery, despite the global CE market returning to sequential revenue...
Tuesday 14 April 2009
China market: LED players to depend on May Day holiday sales
Consumer electronic sales during the May Day (May 1) holiday in China will be an indicator of demand in the LED market in the second half of 2009, as most Taiwan LED players are only...
Thursday 9 April 2009
IC packaging firm Greatek March revenues up 58% on CE demand
IC packaging firm Greatek Electronics saw its March revenues soar 58% on month to NT$650 million (US$19.35 million), buoyed by strong demand for consumer electronics products in China...