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Global 4Q11 NAND flash market registers 8.6% decline, s... Feb 04 2012 08:30:04	Digitimes
Global 4Q11 NAND flash market registers 8.6% decline, says DRAMeXchange The worldwide NAND flash memory market posted revenues of US$4.89 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 8.6% sequentially, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung Electronics remained the largest supplier with a 34.6% market share. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Synnex Technology posts January consolidated revenues o... Feb 04 2012 08:24:54	Digitimes
Synnex Technology posts January consolidated revenues of NT$20.5 billion Channel distributor Synnex Technology International on February 4 reported consolidated revenues of NT$20.5 billion (US$678 million) for January 2012. Read the full article on Digitimes »
China market: Sales of household appliances lower than ... Feb 04 2012 08:23:28	Digitimes
China market: Sales of household appliances lower than expected during Lunar New Year holidays Sales of large-size electrical household appliances including LCD TVs in the China market were lower than expected during the Lunar New Year holidays, according to data compiled by retail channels in China. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Silicon Motion 3-bit per cell controller sales receive ... Feb 04 2012 07:25:11	Digitimes
Silicon Motion 3-bit per cell controller sales receive boost in 4Q11 Silicon Motion Technology saw sales of 3-bit per cell (TLC) NAND flash controllers grow substantially to account for almost 50% of its overall controller revenues in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the company. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Taiwan Mobile plans to set up retail network in China Feb 04 2012 07:11:57	Digitimes
Taiwan Mobile plans to set up retail network in China Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, plans to extend its self-operated retail network in Taiwan myfone, into China, with 30-50 stores to be initially setup in eastern or southeastern coastal areas, according to company chairman Richard Tsai. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Oversupply continues in LED market in 2012 Feb 04 2012 06:53:20	Digitimes
Oversupply continues in LED market in 2012 The number of LED epitaxial wafer equipment sets increased tremendously in the past few years causing LED capacity in 2011 to show an oversupply. The market predicts the conditions will continue to worsen in 2012. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Smartphone and PC vendors to treat WP8 differently, say... Feb 04 2012 06:33:36	Digitimes
Smartphone and PC vendors to treat WP8 differently, say sources Although information indicates that Microsoft's next-generation handset platform, Windows Phone 8 (WP8), will support an array of technologies and functionalities, including dual-core CPUs, NFC, mobile wallet, external MicroSD cards, Skype and Skydrive, branded handset and PC vendors are likely to adopt different approaches to the new platform, according to industry sources. Read the full article on Digitimes »
CCFL maker GIO to further consolidate workforce Feb 04 2012 06:30:05	Digitimes
CCFL maker GIO to further consolidate workforce Having reportedly slashed its workforce by 30% in the second half of 2011, CCFL and LED light bar maker GIO Optoelectronics plans to once again cut the number of its employees soon, according to industry sources. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Lenovo aims to become largest PC vendor in 2012 Feb 04 2012 06:27:54	Digitimes
Lenovo aims to become largest PC vendor in 2012 China-based Lenovo has set a goal of surpassing Hewlett-Packard (HP) to become the world's largest PC vendor in 2012, according to company CEO Yang Yuan-qing. Read the full article on Digitimes »
WPG 4Q11 sales meet guidance; sees drop in 1Q12 Feb 04 2012 06:25:38	Digitimes
WPG 4Q11 sales meet guidance; sees drop in 1Q12 WPG Holdings has announced consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011 met its guidance for a 6-10% sequential drop. Looking into the first quarter of 2012, the IC distributor estimated sales would decrease another 4-8% on quarter due to low seasonal demand and fewer working days as a result of the Lunar New Year holiday. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Taiwan DRAM makers post mixed January results Feb 04 2012 04:41:09	Digitimes
Taiwan DRAM makers post mixed January results Revenues at Nanya Technology registered a 28% sequential increase in January 2012 while Inotera Memories' grew 0.2% on month. Powerchip Technology, however, saw its January sales decrease about 22% on quarter due to falling shipments. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Decrease in solar installation costs causes governments... Feb 04 2012 03:23:19	Digitimes
Decrease in solar installation costs causes governments to make incentive cuts The price of solar products decreased around 50% in 2011 due to a demand freeze and oversupply. This has caused the cost of installing solar PV systems to drop rapidly. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Everlight reports 2011 revenues down Feb 04 2012 03:19:16	Digitimes
Everlight reports 2011 revenues down Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight reported 2011 total revenues of NT$16.238 billion (US$552 million), down 3% on year. 2011 total pre-tax profits reached NT$1.597 billion, with EPS at NT$3.20, reported Everlight. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Digitimes Research: 2012 global solar installations to ... Feb 04 2012 03:17:21	Digitimes
Digitimes Research: 2012 global solar installations to reach 28.5GW, higher than previous forecast Digitimes Research forecast 2012 total installations to be 26.9GW. However, Germany announced fourth-quarter 2011 installations surpassed the predicted 4GW. Hence, Digitimes Research has adjusted its 2012 forecast of global solar installations to 28.5GW. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Neo Solar Power reports narrowing net loss for January Feb 04 2012 03:03:56	Digitimes
Neo Solar Power reports narrowing net loss for January 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 2011 was the quarter that incurred the highest loss in 2011. Total net losses in 2011 reached NT$2.898 billion. NSP indicated that due to losses related to long-term supply contracts with upstream solar firms, lost of inventory value and product price drops caused the firm to report losses for 2011. Read the full article on Digitimes »
MediaTek sees 10-15% sequential drop in 1Q12 sales Feb 04 2012 03:01:20	Digitimes
MediaTek sees 10-15% sequential drop in 1Q12 sales IC design house MediaTek expects its consolidated revenues to decrease 10-15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012 with gross margin slipping to 42-44% from 44.2% in the fourth quarter. A continued slowdown in feature phone demand as well as fewer working days and seasonality will cause the sales drop during the quarter, according to company president Hsieh Ching-chiang. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Notebook makers see on-month decline in January shipmen... Feb 04 2012 02:59:39	Digitimes
Notebook makers see on-month decline in January shipments, says paper Top-tier notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron, Pegatron Technology and Inventec all saw on-month declines in their January shipments with Wistron suffering an over 20% drop, according to a Chinese-language report citing figures from Barclays Capital. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Acer China executive vice president leaves the company,... Feb 04 2012 02:56:46	Digitimes
Acer China executive vice president leaves the company, says paper Acer China's executive vice president Lan Ye, who joined the company as part of the acquisition of China-based Founder in 2010, has left the company, according to a Chinese-language report. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Commentary: Strong smartphone competition a blessing in... Feb 04 2012 02:45:02	Digitimes
Commentary: Strong smartphone competition a blessing in disguise for feature phones The global market for feature phones has continued to dwindle recently, since most branded handset vendors have shifted their focuses to the development of smartphones on the back of strong demand. The shift of focus has resulted in an easing in competition in the feature phone segment, and therefore enhancing the opportunity for vendors to make more profits from the production of feature phones. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Memory spot market weak after Lunar New Year, says inSp... Feb 03 2012 08:50:33	Digitimes
Memory spot market weak after Lunar New Year, says inSpectrum A week-long Lunar New Year holiday failed to stimulate the memory market in China, according to inSpectrum. With the Europe and US markets quiet as well, demand has been weaker than expected, the firm noted. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Digitimes Research: Monocrystalline solar wafer prices ... Feb 03 2012 08:29:22	Digitimes
Digitimes Research: Monocrystalline solar wafer prices in Greater China show increases Compared with downstream firms, quotes from upstream solar firms have been increasing more apparently, according to Digitimes Research analyst, Chihheng Liang. Downstream firms such as makers of solar cells have been trying to increase prices, but have not yet been successful, said Liang. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Taiwan networking equipment makers to expand capacity i... Feb 03 2012 07:57:16	Digitimes
Taiwan networking equipment makers to expand capacity in 2012 Alpha Networks, Gemtek Technology, SerComm and AzureWave Technologies, four Taiwan-based makers of networking/communication devices/equipment, plan to expand their production capacities in 2012, according to the companies. Read the full article on Digitimes »
China to hike TFT-LCD panel tariffs, says report Feb 03 2012 07:39:31	Digitimes
China to hike TFT-LCD panel tariffs, says report In order to boost development of the local TFT-LCD panel manufacturing industry, the China government will increase customs tariffs for imported panels from 3% to 5% in the second quarter of 2012, according to China-based . Read the full article on Digitimes »
Upstream suppliers of passive components cautious about... Feb 03 2012 07:33:59	Digitimes
Upstream suppliers of passive components cautious about expansion Under uncertain demand, Taiwan-based suppliers of passive component materials are tending towards a cautious approach regarding capacity expansion in 2012, according to industry sources. The firms expect the market outlook to be more certain so that they can be more encouraged to build new capacity. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Chongqing government highlights labor supply Feb 03 2012 06:57:35	Digitimes
Chongqing government highlights labor supply Commenting on the usual labor shortages after the Lunar New Year holiday, Tong Xiaoping vice mayor of Chongqing, China, at a recent labor resource conference in Taiwan, pointed out that Chongqing City has sufficient labor supply and its labor resources are also richer than most cities in the surrounding provinces. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Taiwan graphics card vendors see over 2 million shipmen... Feb 03 2012 06:33:10	Digitimes
Taiwan graphics card vendors see over 2 million shipments in 2011, says paper Taiwan-based graphics card vendors and makers, Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and PowerColor (TUL), each shipped more than two million graphics cards in 2011 and are set to challenge a higher volume in 2012, according to a Chinese-language report. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Intel promotes two executives to senior vice president Feb 03 2012 06:28:25	Digitimes
Intel promotes two executives to senior vice president Intel has announced that its board of directors has promoted Mooly Eden and Richard Taylor to the position of senior vice president. Read the full article on Digitimes »
TPV aims to double LCD TV shipments in 2012 Feb 03 2012 06:05:13	Digitimes
TPV aims to double LCD TV shipments in 2012 TPV Technology aims to double its shipments of LCD TVs to 30 million units in 2012, optimizing the image of its brand products, including the Philips brand, according to the company. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Chip demand picking up, say Taiwan IC designers Feb 03 2012 05:59:01	Digitimes
Chip demand picking up, say Taiwan IC designers Taiwan-based fabless IC firms have recently landed an influx of short lead-time orders from clients that had been keeping inventory lean due to the uncertain market outlook, according to industry sources. Read the full article on Digitimes »
LED lighting penetration rate to reach 10% in 2014 Feb 03 2012 04:15:33	Digitimes
LED lighting penetration rate to reach 10% in 2014 The global lighting market output value reached US$92.2 billion in 2011, according to studies. Growth of the market was only 1% compared to 2010 due to economic woes in Europe and the global economy. The output value of LED lighting reached US$3.1 billion, up 70% compared to 2010. However, current penetration rate is only around 3%. The market predicts penetration rate to reach 10% in 2014. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Wintek reports sequential revenue declines for January Feb 03 2012 04:08:25	Digitimes
Wintek reports sequential revenue declines for January Touch panel maker Wintek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$8.89 billion (US$300.85 million) for January 2012, down 15.8% on month but up 27.1% on year, according to the company. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Kingston to slash NAND flash product prices Feb 03 2012 03:37:43	Digitimes
Kingston to slash NAND flash product prices Memory module firm Kingston Technology reportedly plans to cut prices for all of its NAND flash products, including USB drives, memory cards and SSDs, by as much as 15%, according to industry sources. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Wellypower appoints new president Feb 03 2012 03:20:27	Digitimes
Wellypower appoints new president CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamp) specialist Wellypower Optronics has appointed Allen Huang as its new president, replacing outgoing Chang Tjong-ren. Under the leadership of the new president, the company will accelerate its migration to the LED-backlight segment. Read the full article on Digitimes »
FST, SAS, Wafer Works expected to benefit from closure ... Feb 03 2012 03:16:28	Digitimes
FST, SAS, Wafer Works expected to benefit from closure of Sumco silicon wafer factories Japan-based Sumco will reorganize its business operations closing a 12-inch and an 8-inch semiconductor silicon wafer factory in Japan. The closures are expected to benefit Taiwan-based wafer maker Formosa Sumco Technology (FST), of which Sumco is the largest shareholder, as well as 8-inch wafer makers Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Wafer Works, according to industry sources. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Vee TIME obtains 72.43% stake in Vmax Feb 03 2012 02:49:53	Digitimes
Vee TIME obtains 72.43% stake in Vmax Vee TIME, a WiMAX operator in the southern half of Taiwan, on February 2 announced the acquisition of a 72.43% stake in Vmax Telecom, a WiMAX operator in the northern half of Taiwan, to pave the way for a merger. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Apple unlikely to launch iTV in 2Q12, say sources Feb 02 2012 17:35:00	Digitimes
Apple unlikely to launch iTV in 2Q12, say sources The chance is low for Apple to launch so-called iTV products in the second quarter of 2012 as there are no signs indicating that Sharp is ready to ship IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) panels to Apple, according to industry sources. Read the full article on Digitimes »
WT Micro completes takeover of Techmosa Feb 02 2012 17:30:00	Digitimes
WT Micro completes takeover of Techmosa IC distributor WT Microelectronics expects its acquisition of fellow firm Techmosa International, which became effective starting February 1, to drive company revenue growth in 2012. Read the full article on Digitimes »
AUO signs OLED technology cooperation pact with Idemits... Feb 02 2012 17:25:00	Digitimes
AUO signs OLED technology cooperation pact with Idemitsu Kosan AU Optronics (AUO) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Japan-based Idemitsu Kosan for the development of OLED technologies and related applications, according to AUO. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Nokia maintains largest global handset market share in ... Feb 02 2012 17:20:00	Digitimes
Nokia maintains largest global handset market share in 2011, says IDC Nokia sold 417.1 million feature phones and smartphones together to maintain the largest global handset market share of 27% in 2011, but dropping 5.6pp from 2010, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Read the full article on Digitimes »
Sumco to close plants, cut workforce Feb 02 2012 17:15:00	Digitimes
Sumco to close plants, cut workforce Japan-based Sumco, the world's second-largest supplier of wafers used to produce semiconductors and solar cells, has unveiled measures to realign its manufacturing operations for a better cost structure to cope with falling demand due to a more challenging market environment, and continued appreciation of the Japanese yen. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Taiwan analog IC firms gearing up for switch to 8-inch ... Feb 02 2012 17:10:00	Digitimes
Taiwan analog IC firms gearing up for switch to 8-inch wafers Taiwan-based fabless analog IC firms are all expected to carry out their transition to 8-inch wafers in 2012, according to industry sources. The move will help improve their cost structures and narrow the gap with their larger peers such as Texas Instruments (TI), which now makes products using 12-inch wafers, the sources said. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Motherboard prices to hike by 10% at end of 1Q12 Feb 02 2012 17:05:00	Digitimes
Motherboard prices to hike by 10% at end of 1Q12 Motherboard vendors including Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, in response to increases in the international price of copper and labor costs in China, are expected to hike their prices by about 10% as early as the end of the first quarter of 2012, according to industry sources. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Elpida posts larger loss in fiscal 3Q11 Feb 02 2012 17:00:00	Digitimes
Elpida posts larger loss in fiscal 3Q11 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 revenues declined 38.4% on year to JPY59.8 billion in the quarter, due to falling chip ASPs and bit shipments as well as appreciation of the yen, according to the company. Read the full article on Digitimes »
LG to increase purchases of handset parts and component... Feb 02 2012 07:50:25	Digitimes
LG to increase purchases of handset parts and components from Taiwan, say sources Buoyed by strong sales of its high-end Optimus LTE smartphones, LG Electronics is expected to increase its purchases of handset parts and components from Taiwan makers in 2012, according to industry sources. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Innostor breaks into supply chain of Lenovo with USB 3.... Feb 02 2012 07:49:56	Digitimes
Innostor breaks into supply chain of Lenovo with USB 3.0 device controllers Innostor Technology has cut into the supply chain of Lenovo with its USB 3.0 flash drive controllers, according to industry sources, adding that shipments will start in March. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Handset keypad maker Ichia reports revenue declines for... Feb 02 2012 07:34:37	Digitimes
Handset keypad maker Ichia reports revenue declines for January Handset keypad and flexible PCB maker Ichia Technologies has posted consolidated revenues of NT$751.45 million (US$25.3 million) for January, down 44% on month and 3.8% on year, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). Read the full article on Digitimes »
China lowers solar FIT to CNY7/watt, says report Feb 02 2012 07:03:14	Digitimes
China lowers solar FIT to CNY7/watt, says report China's 2012 feed-in-tariff (FIT) for user-side solar PV systems has been adjusted to CNY7/watt from the previous CNY9/watt, news outlet Solarzoom indicated in a recent article. The decrease is due to the rapid fall of solar PV system costs in 2011. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Renesas to terminate large-size LCD driver IC business Feb 02 2012 06:44:53	Digitimes
Renesas to terminate large-size LCD driver IC business Renesas Electronics has unveiled plans to withdraw from the large-size display driver IC business, citing the slowdown of the flat panel display market and falls in prices. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Taiwan market: FET expects sharp growth in revenues fro... Feb 02 2012 06:09:11	Digitimes
Taiwan market: FET expects sharp growth in revenues from online stores Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) aims at sharp increases in revenues from its four value-added online stores for mobile applications, e-books, music and video content, hiking the proportion of consolidated revenues for non-voice services to 25-30% in 2012, according to the Taiwan-based carrier. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Sintek chairman steps down Feb 02 2012 06:02:19	Digitimes
Sintek chairman steps down Sintek Photronic chairman Chang Wen-yi has resigned from the company, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). The company will elect a new chairman within this month, Sintek said. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Polytronics posts higher 2011 earnings Feb 02 2012 05:56:10	Digitimes
Polytronics posts higher 2011 earnings Polytronics Technology, which manufactures circuit protection components for mobile phones and PCs, has reported pre-tax earnings for 2011 grew 9.1% to NT$460 million (US$15.6 million) in 2011. The earnings translated into a pre-tax EPS of NT$5.63. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Lite-On IT expected to see huge growth in SSD sales in ... Feb 02 2012 05:51:22	Digitimes
Lite-On IT expected to see huge growth in SSD sales in 2012, says paper Taiwan-based optical disc drive maker Lite-On IT, while stepping into production of SSDs three years ago and generating revenues of over NT$1 billion (US$33.9 million) in 2011, is expected to bring in revenues of NT$6-7 billion from the product line in 2012 mainly due to fast growing demand for tablet and ultrabooks, according to a Chinese-language report. Read the full article on Digitimes »
China Internet user base tops 513 million at end of 201... Feb 02 2012 05:48:21	Digitimes
China Internet user base tops 513 million at end of 2011, says CNNIC The number of Internet surfers in China increased to an estimated 513.1 million as of the end of 2011, according to the latest semiannual survey conducted by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). Read the full article on Digitimes »
Apple to unveil iPhone 5 at WWDC in June, says paper Feb 02 2012 04:24:40	Digitimes
Apple to unveil iPhone 5 at WWDC in June, says paper Apple is expected to unveil its iPhone 5 smartphone at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to be held in June 2012, the Chinese-language quoted Daiwa Securities as indicating. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Taiwan market: Nearly 27,000 projectors shipped in 4Q11 Feb 02 2012 04:22:38	Digitimes
Taiwan market: Nearly 27,000 projectors shipped in 4Q11 There were 26,925 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during fourth-quarter 2011, increasing 3% sequentially but decreasing 11.4% on year, according to IDC Taiwan. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Hynix posts second straight quarterly loss Feb 02 2012 03:56:48	Digitimes
Hynix posts second straight quarterly loss 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 earlier. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Global large-size panel shipments down slightly in 4Q11 Feb 02 2012 03:50:09	Digitimes
Global large-size panel shipments down slightly in 4Q11 Global shipments of large-size LCD panels in fourth-quarter 2011 decreased by 1% on quarter, resulting in 174 million units. Read the full article on Digitimes »
GT Advanced sees FY 3Q12 revenues decrease Feb 02 2012 03:24:48	Digitimes
GT Advanced sees FY 3Q12 revenues decrease GT Advanced Technologies has reported results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2012, which ended December 31, 2011. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Wireless displaces PC as top semiconductor spending are... Feb 02 2012 03:20:20	Digitimes
Wireless displaces PC as top semiconductor spending area for OEMs in 2011, says IHS Propelled by the red-hot appeal of items like Apple's iPhone and iPad, the wireless communications sphere surpassed computers to lead all segments in semiconductor-related spending among the world's leading OEMs in 2011, according to IHS iSuppli. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Solar wafer makers to increase quotes to US$1.20-1.30/unit Feb 01 2012 17:40:00	Digitimes
Solar wafer makers to increase quotes to US$1.20-1.30/unit The solar industry has been trying to increase prices. Industry sources indicate that 6-inch polysilicon solar wafers have been quoted around US$1.20-1.30/unit. However, downstream solar cell firms have not yet accepted the increased prices. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Gemtek to ship over 300,000 LTE devices in 2012 Feb 01 2012 17:35:00	Digitimes
Gemtek to ship over 300,000 LTE devices in 2012 Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology expects its shipments of LTE devices to top over 300,000 units in 2012. The company will also begin volume shipments of set-top boxes (STBs) for smart TVs in the second quarter of the year, according to company managing director Kevin Yang. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Solartech sees increasing January revenues Feb 01 2012 17:30:00	Digitimes
Solartech sees increasing January revenues Taiwan-based solar cell maker Solartech reported January revenues of NT$464 million (US$15.3 million), up 113.42% on month and down 71.42% on year. Solartech indicated that capacity utilization rate has been around 70%. The firm expects performance in February will be better than in January. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD monitor shipments declin... Feb 01 2012 17:25:00	Digitimes
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD monitor shipments decline in 4Q11 Shipments of LCD monitors by Taiwan makers totaled 27.46 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 5.7% sequentially and 13.1% on year, according to data compiled by Digitimes Research. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Foxconn enjoys recruitment crowds Feb 01 2012 17:20:00	Digitimes
Foxconn enjoys recruitment crowds Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), despite being named a fear factory by the US media, still attracted large amounts of people in China looking for work, and the company's plants in Shenzhen, Zhengzhou and Wuhan all attracted large crowds looking for jobs after the Lunar New Year. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Sharp reportedly cuts capacity utilization rates at 10G... Feb 01 2012 17:15:00	Digitimes
Sharp reportedly cuts capacity utilization rates at 10G lines to 50% Sharp reportedly lowered capacity utilization rates at its 10G lines to 50% recently, but the capacity reduction will not have any significant impact to the overall panel industry as the 10G lines are focused on the production of high-end panels as well as panels in sizes over 60-inch, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Notebook shipments expected to rise significantly in 2H12 Feb 01 2012 17:10:00	Digitimes
Notebook shipments expected to rise significantly in 2H12 Notebook shipments, benefiting from the recovery of hard drive shortages and launch of Windows 8 in the third quarter, are expected to rise significantly in the second half, compared to the first with shipments proportion in the first and second halves to reach 45% and 55% and may even hit 40% and 60%. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Acer, HP to expand notebook shipments from Chongqing, C... Feb 01 2012 17:05:00	Digitimes
Acer, HP to expand notebook shipments from Chongqing, China in 2012 As total notebook shipments from Chongqing, China increased to 15.74 million units in 2011 with production volume also growing more than 1,000 fold to US$5.15 billion, Acer and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are both set to increase their shipments proportion from Chongqing in 2012. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Phison posts 2011 pre-tax EPS of NT$16.69 Feb 01 2012 17:00:00	Digitimes
Phison posts 2011 pre-tax EPS of NT$16.69 Phison Electronics has announced it made solid earnings in 2011 thanks to its cost advantage over fellow flash memory controller firms. The company is migrating to 55nm processing with mass production scheduled for the second quarter of 2012. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Pan Jit enjoys brisk orders for small-signal diodes Feb 01 2012 08:37:52	Digitimes
Pan Jit enjoys brisk orders for small-signal diodes Taiwan-based rectifier diode maker Pan Jit International has seen orders for small-signal diodes rise with visibility extending until March, thanks to brisk demand for smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks , according to the company. Read the full article on Digitimes »
LTE infrastructure spending booming, says IHS Feb 01 2012 08:14:04	Digitimes
LTE infrastructure spending booming, says IHS Global capital spending on LTE technology is projected to reach US$24.3 billion in 2013, nearly triple the US$8.7 billion of 2012, according to IHS iSuppli. LTE infrastructure spending in 2015 will rise to US$36.1 billion, compared to just US$9.0 billion for 3.5G. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Li-poly battery penetration expected to rise to 24% in ... Feb 01 2012 08:12:09	Digitimes
Li-poly battery penetration expected to rise to 24% in 2012, say makers The proportion of global demand for lithium-ion polymer (Li-poly) batteries is expected to increase from 15-16% in 2011 to 24% in 2012 due to fast growing sales of tablets and ultrabooks, according to Taiwan-based battery makers. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Powerchip, Rexchip post 2011 losses Feb 01 2012 07:34:53	Digitimes
Powerchip, Rexchip post 2011 losses DRAM memory makers Powerchip Technology and Rexchip Electronics have both swung to net losses in 2011 from profits a year earlier. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Foxconn ready to start production of smartphones, table... Feb 01 2012 07:33:02	Digitimes
Foxconn ready to start production of smartphones, tablet PCs in Brazil Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has finished preparations at its assembly lines for smartphones and tablet PCs in Brazil and is ready to kick off production, according to industry sources. Read the full article on Digitimes »
STATS ChipPAC to shut Thailand plant Feb 01 2012 06:34:46	Digitimes
STATS ChipPAC to shut Thailand plant STATS ChipPAC has announced that the company will not resume assembly operations in its Thailand plant due to extensive equipment and facility damage beyond economic restoration. The plant is situated in the Navanakorn Industrial Estate, Pathum Thani, which was suspended due to the flooding in Thailand during the fourth quarter of 2011. Read the full article on Digitimes »
China market: Chip demand for 2.5G/2.75G handsets falling Feb 01 2012 04:24:58	Digitimes
China market: Chip demand for 2.5G/2.75G handsets falling Demand for 2.5G and 2.75G handset solutions is falling in China due to growth in the penetration rates for 3G and smartphones in the region, according to sources at white-box handset companies. Thanks to subsidies offered by local telecom carriers, sales of 3G models in China have grown substantially, the sources said. Read the full article on Digitimes »
4GB DRAM contract prices going up Feb 01 2012 03:47:28	Digitimes
4GB DRAM contract prices going up Contract prices for 4GB DDR3 DRAM modules trended upward in the second half of January, benefiting suppliers who now have their newer 30nm-class chips. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Taiwan 2011 economic growth lowered to 4.03% Feb 01 2012 03:22:49	Digitimes
Taiwan 2011 economic growth lowered to 4.03% Taiwan's GDP growth in 2011 has been downward adjusted to 4.03% from 4.51% projected in November 2011, according to the latest estimates by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). Read the full article on Digitimes »
Semiconductor industry revenues to endure slow growth i... Feb 01 2012 02:51:16	Digitimes
Semiconductor industry revenues to endure slow growth in 2012, IHS says With global economic prospects remaining uncertain and semiconductor inventory not moving quickly enough to stimulate new production, the worldwide chip market is expected to suffer a slow year in 2012 marked by sluggish growth, according to IHS iSuppli. Read the full article on Digitimes »
ITRI debuts 330-degree beam-angle LED light bulb Jan 31 2012 17:30:00	Digitimes
ITRI debuts 330-degree beam-angle LED light bulb The Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on January 31 unveiled Light&Light, a LED light bulb featuring a plastic body, a beam angle of 330 degrees, a weight of less than 100g and in conformance with A19 specifications, according to ITRI. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Apex Circuit to step into production of LCD, automotive... Jan 31 2012 17:25:00	Digitimes
Apex Circuit to step into production of LCD, automotive PCBs Apex Circuit International, a PCB maker headquartered in Thailand and listed in Taiwan, will extend its production of PCBs from use in set-top boxes (STBs), TVs, printers and hard disk drives (HDDs) and other consumer electronics to LCD panels and cars, according to company CEO Bill Chou. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Taiwan LED chipmakers expect 1Q12 LED TV backlight ship... Jan 31 2012 17:20:00	Digitimes
Taiwan LED chipmakers expect 1Q12 LED TV backlight shipments to rise Taiwan-based LED chipmakers Genesis Photonics and Formosa Epitaxy indicate that capacity utilization rates in first-quarter 2012 should be able to reach around 70-80%. In addition, shipments of TV backlights in the first quarter will outperform fourth-quarter 2011. Read the full article on Digitimes »
January capacity utilization rates of solar cell makers... Jan 31 2012 17:15:00	Digitimes
January capacity utilization rates of solar cell makers increase Urgent orders have caused Taiwan-based solar cell firms to experience increasing capacity utilization rates in January. According to Solartech, capacity utilization rate was around 50% in fourth-quarter 2011 but has increased to 70% in the past month. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Acer aims to ship 1 million PCs to Brazil in 2012 Jan 31 2012 17:10:00	Digitimes
Acer aims to ship 1 million PCs to Brazil in 2012 Acer has been making efforts to tap the Brazil market and aims to ship one million PCs in 2012, double the volume recorded in 2011, according to industry sources. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Qualcomm Mirasol technology secures more orders Jan 31 2012 17:05:00	Digitimes
Qualcomm Mirasol technology secures more orders Qualcomm MEMS Technologies' (QMT) Mirasol display technology has been securing orders from South Korea-, China- and Taiwan-based e-book reader customers. Qualcomm indicated its second plant in Longtan, Taiwan will begin operations in second-half 2012. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Asia Optical expects revenue proportion for digital cam... Jan 31 2012 17:00:00	Digitimes
Asia Optical expects revenue proportion for digital cameras to drop to 30% in 2012 Optical device and digital camera maker Asia Optical, mainly due to the impact of Eastman Kodak's bankruptcy filing, expects the proportion of its consolidated revenues for digital cameras to decrease from 45-50% in 2011 to 30% in 2012, according to the company. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Germany may cut solar incentives as early as April Jan 31 2012 08:28:05	Digitimes
Germany may cut solar incentives as early as April Asia-based solar supply chains have been looking for a chance to increase prices, however, the reported decisions of governments in Europe to cut incentives during the Lunar New Year may eliminate this chance. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Possible versions to fix Elpida debt repayment crunch Jan 31 2012 07:26:57	Digitimes
Possible versions to fix Elpida debt repayment crunch Japan-based memory chipmaker Elpida Memory reportedly is struggling to repay its debts due by early April, and therefore is exploring various options to raise funds in time. Industry observers speculate on some possible directions that Elpida might choose in fixing the immediate problem. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Japan fab tool book-to-bill climbs above parity Jan 31 2012 07:10:17	Digitimes
Japan fab tool book-to-bill climbs above parity Japan-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.20 in December 2011, above parity for the first time in 10 months, according to figures from the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ). Read the full article on Digitimes »
China market: 3D TVs sell well during Lunar New Year ho... Jan 31 2012 06:58:27	Digitimes
China market: 3D TVs sell well during Lunar New Year holidays Sales of 3D LCD TVs, particularly large-size models, were strong during the 2012 Lunar New Year holiday season in China, according to sources in the retail channel in China. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Germany, Italy likely to end subsidies for ground-mount... Jan 31 2012 06:44:07	Digitimes
Germany, Italy likely to end subsidies for ground-mounted solar PV systems The Germany and Italy governments, in their plans to decrease feed-in tariff rates for installation of PV systems in April and July 2012 respectively, may delete subsidization for ground-mounted solar PV systems and only subsidize rooftop systems, according to industry sources. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Germany leads resurgent European growth late in 2011, s... Jan 31 2012 06:38:19	Digitimes
Germany leads resurgent European growth late in 2011, says Solarbuzz A 23% sequential rise in the fourth-quarter 20111 European photovoltaic market has created short-term optimism in the industry, which has been amplified by the slowdown in module price decline over the past month. However, the fourth-quarter 2011 demand boom will accelerate the tightening of PV incentive policies that is gripping Europe, most notably in the key German market and most recently in Spain with announcement of a moratorium on new renewable energy plants, according to Solarbuzz. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Emerging markets and high performance drive rapid growt... Jan 31 2012 06:29:12	Digitimes
Emerging markets and high performance drive rapid growth in tablet PC demand, says DisplaySearch Shipments of tablet PCs are expected to grow from 72.7 million units in 2011 to 383.3 million units by 2017, according to the latest DisplaySearch report. Driving the demand is the continued solid growth in mature markets complemented by increasingly strong growth in emerging markets. Emerging markets are expected to account for up to 46% of worldwide shipments by 2017, an increase from the 36% share in 2011. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Apple storms past HP to lead global PC market, says Can... Jan 31 2012 06:27:42	Digitimes
Apple storms past HP to lead global PC market, says Canalys Canalys has announced that Apple, after reporting stellar results, became the leading worldwide client PC vendor in the fourth quarter of 2011. Apple shipped over 15 million iPads and five million Macs, representing 17% of the total 120 million client PCs shipped globally in the fourth quarter. Overall, the total client PC market, including desktops, netbooks, notebooks, and pads grew 16% on-year. Excluding pads, the client PC market declined 0.4%. The floods in Thailand, that impacted hard driv... Read the full article on Digitimes »
AUO shipping 55-inch naked-eye 3D TV panels to Toshiba,... Jan 31 2012 06:11:35	Digitimes
AUO shipping 55-inch naked-eye 3D TV panels to Toshiba, says paper AU Optronics (AUO) has begun volume shipments of 55-inch naked-eye 3D 4k2k (4000x2000) high resolution TV panels to Toshiba, according to a Chinese-language report. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Wistron LCD TV shipments to slide 40% in 1Q12, says paper Jan 31 2012 04:38:12	Digitimes
Wistron LCD TV shipments to slide 40% in 1Q12, says paper Wistron is expected to see its LCD TV shipments slide by 40% sequentially to 1.2 million units in the first quarter of 2012 as rival Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is likely to take up nearly all ODM TV orders to be released by Sony, according to a Chinese-language report. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Taiwan market: Cable TV operator to launch 100Mbps Inte... Jan 31 2012 03:05:51	Digitimes
Taiwan market: Cable TV operator to launch 100Mbps Internet-access service As Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to launch 100Mbps FTTx access to the Internet in the Taiwan market in March-April 2012, kbro, a local MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV), is capable of offering 100Mbps Internet-access service through its HFC (hybrid fiber coaxial) cable networks and plans to set charge rates 15-20% lower than those set by CHT, according to company chairman Cheng Jun-ching. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Foxlink targets China, South Korea retail markets Jan 30 2012 17:35:00	Digitimes
Foxlink targets China, South Korea retail markets Taiwan-based component maker and channel player Foxlink will target retail markets of China and South Korea as its major expansion focus in 2012 as Taiwan's retail market is already approaching saturation and the company is already set to expand about 30 new stores in 2012 for China. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Wistron seeking acquisition targets Jan 30 2012 17:30:00	Digitimes
Wistron seeking acquisition targets Wistron, after raising US$180 million in euro-convertible bonds (ECB) and building a US$100 million greenshoe fund, is seeking acquisition targets for vertical integration and is eying components such as touchscreen, LCD module (LCM) and software, according to company chairman Simon Lin. Read the full article on Digitimes »
Chilisin positive about demand for handheld devices Jan 30 2012 17:25:00	Digitimes
Chilisin positive about demand for handheld devices Inductor supplier Chilisin Electronics expects brisk demand for products used in smartphones, tablets and other consumer handheld devices to sustain its revenue growth in 2012. Meanwhile, its move to expand capacity for 0201 thin-film multilayer inductors will also drive company sales for the year. Read the full article on Digitimes »
MediaTek 1Q12 sales likely to fall more than 10% Jan 30 2012 17:20:00	Digitimes
MediaTek 1Q12 sales likely to fall more than 10% Sales at MediaTek are expected to register a sequential decline of more than 10% in the first quarter of 2012, due mainly to falling sales generated from its 2.5G and 2.75G chip lineup as a result of weak demand for feature phones, according to industry observers. Read the full article on Digitimes »

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