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Thursday 26 May 2011
KYEC lands new order for FRAM
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has obtained orders from Ramtron International, a supplier of non-volatile ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM), according to the chip assembly and...
Wednesday 25 May 2011
Digital camera outsourcing from Japan rising quickly, say Taiwan makers
Japan-based vendors of digital cameras will keep increasing their outsourcing to Taiwan-based makers to reduce production costs, and Taiwan makers' share of these vendors' DSC shipments...
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Micron not ruling out possibility of NAND outsourcing
In the face of brisk NAND flash demand, Micron Technology does not rule out building a second fab in Singapore. The memory chip vendor also remains open to outsourcing with the aim...
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Spansion increases outsourcing proportion to SMIC, says paper
NOR chip vendor Spansion will increase the proportion of its outsourcing to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) to avoid potential supply chain disruptions,...
Friday 25 March 2011
Outsourced IC backend growth accelerating, says Digitimes Research
The total market for semiconductor packaging and testing services grew 17.7% to US$44.755 billion in 2010, according to Digitimes Research. This represents the largest growth since...
Thursday 24 March 2011
Taiwan market: Fujitsu launches new Sandy Bridge notebooks
Japan-based notebook vendor Fujitsu has launched several new Intel Sandy Bridge-based notebooks including 15.6-inch LifeBook AH531 and LH531, 17.3-inch LifeBook NH751 in Taiwan; although...
Monday 14 March 2011
Acer stepping up outsourcing of desktop PCs to Foxconn
Acer has again stepped up its outsourcing of desktop PCs to Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) after the giant EMS firm pledged it will grant full support in production...
Thursday 24 February 2011
Sony Ericsson in-house production remains at 40-50%, says paper
Handset vendor Sony Ericsson will not increase the percentage of in-house handset production, which currently represents 40-50% of total shipments, according to a Chinese-language...
Thursday 24 February 2011
HP unsatisfactory performance to impact Taiwan upstream supply chain
Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced revenues of US$32.3 billion during the period from November of 2010 to January of 2011, lower than market watchers' expectations of US$32.9 billion,...
Tuesday 22 February 2011
Ju Teng DSLR camera chassis shipments to double or triple on year in 2011
Digital camera chassis maker Ju Teng International Holdings is expected to see its DSLR camera chassis shipments to double or triple on year in 2011 and the company will also have...
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Digital camera chassis makers to see shipment growth more so than profit growth
Digital camera chassis makers will see their shipment volume increase in 2011 benefiting by Japan-based digital camera vendors releasing production to their Taiwan-based OEMs; however,...
Thursday 10 February 2011
Asustek, Gigabyte announce on-year revenue drops in January
Taiwan-based motherboard players Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have announced their results for January 2011.
Thursday 20 January 2011
Renesas to set up procurement center in China
Japan-based Renesas Electronics has revealed plans to establish its second international procurement center in Shanghai in April 2011. The move will allow it to work closely with...
Thursday 13 January 2011
HDD component maker Min Aik expects double-digital growth in 2011 shipments
Taiwan-based hard disk drive (HDD) component maker Min Aik Technology has announced revenues of NT$3.1 billion (US$106.69 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, up 2.89% on quarter...
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Commentary: Taiwan IC packaging and testing houses await AMD to increase outsourcing of processor backend processing
With the recent chief executive change by AMD, sources from Taiwan's IC packaging and testing houses are hoping that the US-based company will change its policy and increase outsourcing...