Consumer IC demand in the first quarter of 2009 is expected to decline 20-30% compared to previous years because distributors in China have held back from placing orders, according...
IC distributors believe that players in the upstream supply chain will have a stable January, defying market observers' previous predictions that their sales for the month would decline...
Taiwan's IC distributors have received a confidence boost about demand from the LCD TV market, as AU Optronics (AUO) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) have reportedly received TV...
Market observers estimate IC distributor Kuen Chaang Uppertech's (KCUC's) December sales are to recover by 10% thanks to small handset customers in China.
In order to avoid too much sales decline in 2009, IC distributors have made more deployments outside the consumer electronics, communications and computer market, such as industrial...
Dell is said to be planning to withdraw component purchasing rights from ODMs in 2009, which may impact Taiwan component suppliers, ODMs and IC distributors, according to industry...
Mitac International's acquisition of Magellan Navigation may impact Zenitron, the distributor in Taiwan for the US-based company, according to market sources.
IC distributor Edom Technology is laying off its employees because of the current dire economic conditions, while market sources have claimed that WT Microelectronics and Yosun Industrial...
IC distributor WPG Holdings has lowered its fourth-quarter sales target to NT$28.5-30 billion (US$0.85-0.9 billion), compared to NT$34-36 billion it had forecasted on October 30,...
According to IC distributors, downstream system makers have adjusted their inventory levels to 2-3 weeks and may not return to the standard level of 6-8 weeks until after the Lunar...
Pegatron Technology is said to be facing a stock oversupply because shipments to Asustek Computer have not been as good as expected. Supplies intended for IBM and Lenovo have also...
IC distributor Koryo Electronics recorded after-tax profits of NT$10.44 million (US$315,000) in October, the highest for 2008. Orders placed by its major notebook customers have not...
IC distributors WPG Holdings, Zenitron, Yosun Industrial and WT Microelectronics all saw 5-10% sequential sales declines in October. Market watchers estimate the IC distributors'...
Second-tier IC distributors are to temporarily close down business in December to avoid the effect of bad debts from customers, according to market sources.
Taiwan-based IC distributor Edom Technology has become a major supplier of components for WingTech Group, the biggest handset ODM in China, according to Edom.
