Major Taiwan-based memory IC designers Etron Technology, Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) and Zentel Electronics all swung to net losses in 2011 from profits a year ago,...
With DRAM prices stabilizing and starting to rise, chip suppliers that operated in the red in the fourth quarter of 2011 are expected to see their quarterly losses narrow sequentially...
Acer has announced results for 2011 with operating profit turning from losses to gains in the fourth quarter of 2011, while company chairman JT Wang pointed out that gross margin...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), China's largest contract chipmaker, saw its net losses widen to US$165.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 from US$88.1 million...
Taiwan-based memory IC maker Winbond Electronics suffered net losses of NT$1.189 billion (US$39.3 million) and a net loss per share of NT$0.32 for the fourth quarter of 2011 mainly...
Weak demand in the LED market in 2011 caused pricing of upstream sapphire substrates to decrease as well. 2-inch substrates have been quoted around US$8-10/unit.
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) reported fourth-quarter 2011 net losses of NT$1.666 billion (US$56 million). EPS in the fourth quarter were negative NT$4.46. Fourth-quarter...
Elpida Memory has reported net losses of JPY42.1 billion (US$553 million) for its fiscal third quarter ended December 31, 2011 compared to losses of JPY29.6 billion a year ago. Consolidated...
Memory chip maker Hynix Semiconductor has posted its second straight quarterly loss in the fourth quarter. The company swung into the red in 2011 with revenues down 14% from a year...
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology's net losses for 2011 widened to NT$39.88 billion (US$1.33 billion) from NT$15.13 billion a year ago. Revenues declined 35% on year to NT$36.74 billion...
Powerchip Technology has raised NT$314 million (US$10.5 million) by selling its entire stake in memory module maker Apacer Technology, according to a company filing with the Taiwan...
SemiLEDs, a developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, ended November 30, 2011. Revenue...
Winbond Electronics, which swung to a small loss in the third quarter of 2011, is likely to stay in the red in the last quarter of the year due to declining sales of NOR flash and...
Already besieged by low demand and bleak growth prospects, the market for DRAM is encountering yet another dispiriting obstacle - an alarming rise in inventory that threatens to further...
