Everlight optimistic about 1Q21
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has obtained orders for IR and UV LED devices with shipments scheduled until June-July 2021 and will soon begin shipments for miniLED backlight units (BLU) for LCD TVs, monitors, notebooks and tabl.....»»
Phison optimistic about 2Q21
NAND flash device controller and module supplier Phison Electronics has reported better-than-expected profits for the first quarter of 2021, and is optimistic about its operations in the second quarter......»»
Wah Hong sees profit hike in 1Q21
Optoelectronics materials supplier Wah Hong Industrial has reported net profits surged 179% on year to a nine-year high of NT$96.04 million (US$3.5 million) in the first quarter of 2021, with EPS reaching NT$0.98......»»
Memory price rally boosts ESMT profit in 1Q21
Niche-market memory IC design house Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) saw its net profit climb over 100% on both sequential and on-year bases to NT$645 million (US$23.22 million) in the first quarter of 2021......»»
Sercomm reports significant leaps in 1Q21 earnings
Networking device maker Sercomm has reported significant leaps in net profit for the first quarter of 2021, bolstered by robust shipments of WiFi 6/6E devices, 5G FWA access equipment, 5G small cells, and others supporting IoT applications......»»
PCB drill vendor Topoint posts impressive 1Q21 results
PCB drill specialist Topoint Technology has reported impressive results for first-quarter 2021, with revenues rising 30.4% on year to NT$780 million (US$27.86 million) and net earnings shooting up 333% on year reaching NT$93 million due to lower comp.....»»
Taiwan large-size panel shipments drop 3% in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's large-size TFT LCD panel shipments (excluding Sharp's) for first-quarter 2021 slipped 3.4% sequentially but grew 51.5% on year to 72.25 million pieces, according to Digitimes Research......»»
Strong PC peripheral demand boosts Chicony 1Q21 revenues, profits
Notebook-use keyboard and CCM (compact camera module) maker Chicony Electronics saw its revenues, gross margins and operating profits all hit record highs in the first quarter of 2021, buoyed by a strong influx of orders for PC applications......»»
Winbond posts profit hike in 1Q21
Specialty DRAM and flash chipmaker Winbond Electronics has reported net profits jumped 350% sequentially to NT$1.59 billion (US$56.8 million) in the first quarter, with EPS reaching a 10-quarter high of NT$0.40......»»
Realtek posts record 1Q21 profit
Networking IC design specialist Realtek Semiconductor saw its net profit climb to a record high for the fourth consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2021......»»
Berkshire Hathaway"s Stock Price Is Too Much for Computers
Berkshire Hathaway is trading at more than $421,000 per Class A share, and the market is optimistic. That's a problem. From a report: The price has grown so high, it has nearly hit the maximum number that can be stored in one common way exchange comp.....»»
Global 1Q21 semiconductor sales grow 3.6%, says SIA
Worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled US$123.1 billion during the first quarter of 2021, up 3.6% sequentially and 17.8% from a year earlier, according to SIA......»»
South Korea ranks third in Indonesia 1Q21 FDI
South Korea became the third largest origin country in terms of direct foreign investment (DFI) in Indonesia in first-quarter 2021, during which Hyundai Motor began construction of an electric vehicle (EV) plant there......»»
Silicon wafer shipments edge higher in 1Q21 to set new record, SEMI reports
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 4% sequentially to a record high of 3.337 billion square inches in the first quarter of 2021, according to SEMI......»»
Global tablet shipments drop sequentially in 1Q21
Global tablet shipments totaled 35.95 million units in the first quarter of 2021, down 22.7% sequentially, but 45.5% on year, meeting Digitimes Research's forecast in January......»»
China 1Q21 smartphone shipments increase 9%, says Digitimes Research
Smartphone shipments totaled 94.6 million units in the China market in the first quarter of 2021, up 9% sequentially and 99.6% on year, Digitimes Research has found......»»
Nichia patent invalidated in China
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has disclosed it has won a patent lawsuit in China, where its Supreme People's Court recently dismissed an appeal filed by Japan-based Nichia to claim validity of its YAG patent in the country......»»
MSI posts record profit for 1Q21
Motherboard and graphics card maker Micro-Star International (MSI) has reported net profits climbed 109.3% sequentially and 233.5% on year to a record high of NT$4.17 billion (US$149.2 million) in the first quarter of 2021......»»
MediaTek accounts for over 50% of China smartphone AP shipments in 1Q21
Shipments of smartphone application processors for use by China-based handset vendors reached 212 million units in the first quarter of 2021, increasing 0.2% from a quarter earlier, according to data compiled by Digitimes Research......»»
Northern Red Sea corals pass heat stress test with flying colors
Even under the most optimistic scenarios, most of the coral reef ecosystems on our planet—whether in Australia, the Maldives or the Caribbean—will have disappeared or be in very bad shape by the end of this century. That's because global warming.....»»
Chromebook shipments remain strong in 1Q21
Chromebook shipments worldwide remained at above 10 million units in the first quarter of 2021, despite an around 9% sequential decrease, according to Digitimes Research's figures......»»