After engaging in a massive capital spending program during the middle of the decade, the worldwide DRAM industry now has sufficient manufacturing capacity to last through 2012, causing...
Defying weak economic conditions, the global broadband business is continuing to expand in 2009, with both equipment revenues and subscribers rising in the third quarter, according...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will invest up to 6.9 billion yen (US$76.28 million) to acquire the outstanding shares of UMC Japan (UMCJ), company CEO Shih-Wei Sun announced...
Although global semiconductor revenues are set to decline in 2009 for the second consecutive year, on-year growth is expected to return to the market in the fourth quarter signaling...
The last six months have been very strong for small- to medium-size LCD panels mainly used in cell phones, but suppliers do not expect the good times to last in the fourth quarter,...
Following a decline in 2009, the China semiconductor market is expected to rebound vigorously in 2010 as exports of electronic products recover from the global economic crisis, according...
The DRAM industry in the second and third quarters of 2009 posted the strongest sequential growth in revenue and pricing seen in at least five years, indicating that the recent market...
Portable navigation devices (PNDs) now have entered a period of slowing growth, spurring companies throughout the supply chain to re-evaluate their business models, according to iS...
Defying hard economic times, the Russian LCD TV market is set for strong growth this year, with shipments rising by 13.6% in 2009, according to iSuppli.
In 2009, 1.3 billion image sensors, including both CCD and CMOS varieties, will be shipped worldwide, according to iSuppli. In 2012, the market will cross the two billion-unit thre...
Although sales of solid-state drives (SSDs) for notebooks have suffered a major setback in 2009, the enterprise market is more than compensating for the lack of growth causing overall...
Shipments of OLED panels for TV will account for only a tiny portion of the global TV market during the next six years, despite a nearly 200 times increase in AMOLED panel revenues...
Although the global semiconductor foundry market is set to make a welcome return to growth in 2010 after a terrible 2009, the recent downturn is likely to thin the ranks of the top-tier...
Worldwide sales of semiconductors in August were US$19.1 billion, an increase of 5% from July 2009 when sales were US$18.2 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association...
The global electronics contract manufacturing business showed signs of stabilization in the second quarter, with the top players experiencing a collective return to growth following...
