Asia Optical, on April 24, reported is financial report for the first quarter of 2009, recording a net loss of NT$259 million (US$7.7 million), equivalent to a net loss per share...
Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-largest computer memory maker, has announced its earnings results for first-quarter 2009 (ended March 31). The chipmaker recorded consolidated...
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that its first-quarter consolidated losses narrowed to NT$20.22 billion (US$597 million) from NT$26.6 billion seen in the fourth quarter, thanks to...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China's largest silicon wafer foundry, experienced its largest net operating loss over the past five years in 2008. The...
Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD panel maker Wintek has reported a net loss of NT$2.39 billion (US$70.73 million) for 2008. The company's consolidated revenues for 2008 totaled...
LCD backlight unit (BLU) maker Forhouse plans to issue unsecured convertible bonds worth NT$550 million (US$16.25 million) through private placement to fund its operations after reporting...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), the world's second largest contract chipmaker, generated net losses of NT$22.32 billion (US$652.63 million) or NT$1.7 per share on revenues...
Singapore's STATS ChipPAC has posted sales of US$324.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2008, down 31.3% sequentially and 31.9% from 2007. For the full year 2008, the packaging and...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), the world's second-largest wafer foundry player, has posted a net loss of NT$23.51 billion (US$717 million) for the fourth quarter of 2008...
Winbond Electronics posted a net loss of NT$7.37 billion (US$218 million) or a net loss per share of NT$2 in 2008. The company attributed the loss to weakening demand in the PC and...
Japan's Elpida Memory, the world's third-largest computer memory chipmaker, posted a fifth straight quarterly loss as a result of market erosion. The company said that an accelerated...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has posted a net loss of US$124.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2008, due to a significant drop in fab utilization...
Hynix Semiconductor has posted a net loss of 1.33 trillion won (US$964 million) in the fourth quarter of 2008, with negative 88% of net income margin. This marked the fifth straight...
DRAM specialist Nanya Technology's losses widened in 2008, during which its capital expenditure (capex) was sharply slashed due to the general economic decline. Inotera Memories,...
AU Optronics (AUO) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) are estimated to record a combined loss of NT$49.2 billion (US$1.46 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2008, due to a slump in...
