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ProMOS struggling to find investors for private placement

ProMOS Technology shareholders recently approved a company proposal to raise additional paid-in capital through private placement. But the DRAM maker has been struggling to find investors and failed to get financing from potential targets including Kingston Technology, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Elpida Memory, according to industry sources. Read moreAsustek optimistic about performance in China

Asustek Computer, at a product launch conference in China, pointed out that notebook demand in the China market was weak in the second quarter, but as the IT market will enter the peak season in the third quarter, demand is expected to rise, but inflation problems in China may still have some impact on demand, according to company CFO David Chang. Read moreHP, Acer, Asustek to raise supply proportion from Chongqing in 2H11

Global notebook brand vendors Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer are set to significantly increase their notebook supply proportions from Chongqing, China in the second half of 2011 with HP having already notified its upstream partners to start to gear up and is set to raise the proportion to 55% by the end of the year. Acer has also notified its upstream partners to cooperate with its plans, while Asustek has announced it will set up a new base in Chongqing to boost its notebook supply proportion, according to sources from upstream component makers. Read moreTaiwan touch panel makers eyeing orders from Amazon

Taiwan-based touch panel makers including Wintek, HannStar Display and J Touch, are all eyeing touch panel orders to be released by Amazon for its tablet PCs to be launched in the second half of 2011. The first batch of touch panels to be delivered to Amazon slated for September is likely to top 1.5-2 million units, according to industry sources. Read moreTaiwan and South Korea will continue to lead TFT panel market, says CMI

Despite the expansion of China-based panel firms, the TFT industry will continue to be fought between Taiwan- and South Korea-based firms, according to Hsing-Chien Tuan, vice chairman and CEO of Chimei Innolux (CMI). Taiwan-based firms need to continually improve technology to compete with their South Korean counterparts, added Tuan. Read moreShipments of touch panels for mobile phones showing growth in 2Q11, says Wintek

Wintek is expected to benefit as Apple increases its outlook for the production of its mobile phone and tablet PC products. According to Wintek, shipments of touch panels for mobile phones have shown growth in the second quarter. The market should be better in the second half of the year as products such as e-book readers also adopt touch panels, added Wintek. Read moreDRAM contract prices may decline further, says Nanya

Weak PC end-user demand and consequent inventory build-up at OEMs have put pressure on contract prices for DRAM, Nanya Technology has pointed out. Prices may continue to fall in July as OEM clients slow down their pace of orders, Nanya said. Read more

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