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Friday 19 December 2003
Chipbond expects to maintain gross margin at record 30% in 2004
Chipbond Technology, the world’s second-largest gold bumping service provider, is expecting its gross margin to maintain at a record 30% in 2004, continuing an impressive comeback...
Friday 5 December 2003
ASE sees strong growth through 2005 as IDMs accelerate outsourcing
After three rough years of enduring the semiconductor industry’s worst downturn, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has finally turned things around and posted improved...
Wednesday 26 November 2003
Acer seeks No. 3 spot in China notebook market by changing channel strategy
Acer, which has been generating respectable profits in China for years, now faces increasing challenges amid rising competition from both local and foreign heavy-weights like Legend...
Thursday 20 November 2003
ViewSonic adopting different strategies for different markets
As general manager of ViewSonic’s Greater China operations, Middle Lin led the US-based company to a first-place finish in LCD monitor market share in China in the first half...
Wednesday 19 November 2003
Asustek aims to continue gaining market share after margins fall
These are challenging times for companies like Asustek Computer. With the global PC market having reached maturity, Taiwan’s largest motherboard maker has seen its gross margins...
Thursday 23 October 2003
Promise for the future
Promise Technology is set to strengthen and extend its position in the world’s disk controller market with an aggressive bottom-up approach. During Computex Taipei at the end...
Wednesday 15 October 2003
NEC CI establishing closer ties with Taiwanese suppliers – exclusive CEO interview
NEC Computer International (NEC CI), NEC’s subsidiary in Europe and a major PC vendor, has achieved great success in its home market and is expecting more support on product...
Friday 3 October 2003
‘The Phoenician wins by leading’ – domain permission helps too
On the afternoon of September 24, following his keynote speech at the VIA Technology Forum (VTF) 2003 in Taipei earlier that day, Albert Sisto, CEO and chairman of Phoenix Technologies,...
Friday 22 August 2003
Infineon: DRAM price rise sustainable
Loh Kin Wah, president and managing director of Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific, is predicting the current momentum in DRAM prices will be sustainable. Loh sat down with us this...
Monday 4 August 2003
Interview with Silterra on global strategy
Silterra Malaysia executive VP of sales and marketing Steve Della Roccheta talked to DigiTimes about Silterra’s position in the global foundry industry as well as its...
Monday 21 July 2003
Interview with Atmel: No plans yet to establish manufacturing in Asia
Facing the global trend of semiconductor manufacturing moving to Asia, Atmel Semiconductor executive vice president Wu Tsung-Ching in an interview with DigiTimes gives his...
Tuesday 17 June 2003
Interview with Atheros: 802.11g standard to become the mainstream WLAN technology next year
Atheros Communications is the first company launching an 802.11a chip solution. The WLAN chip vendor also sells 802.11g and dual-band 802.11a/b/g chipsets. Company president and CEO...
Monday 16 June 2003
Interview with Linksys: Procurement to Taiwan likely to double from 2002 to 2004
Cisco Systems’s decision to buy Linksys, the largest home network equipment vendor in the North American market, for US$500 million created a wave of buzz in the IT industry...
Friday 13 June 2003
TransChip to open branch office in Taiwan
TransChip, a developer of single-chip camera solutions for mobile phones and other multimedia-enabled devices, announced that it will open a branch office and technical support center...
Thursday 12 June 2003
Abit turns profitable, expects greater performance through year-end
Abit Computer is officially profitable once again, after a dismal showing in 2002 when it reported a net loss of NT$2.73 per share. According to its preliminary estimates, Abit between...