PLANNING AHEAD: With demand for TV screens bigger than 46 inches expected to grow over the next two years, the company will build a new 8.5G production line
By Lisa Wang
AU Optronics Corp (友達光電), the world's No. 3 flat panel maker, yesterday said fourth-quarter net profits reached an all-time high on robust demand.

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By Judy Lin
United Microelectronics Corp (UMC, 聯電), the world's second-largest wafer foundry manufacturer, is bracing itself for oversupply and weak demand in the first quarter of the year.

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BROKEN BAN: Taiwan granted a special license to make recordable CDs, but WTO rules limit such a permit to production for domestic sales only
The EU said yesterday it could take a dispute with Taiwan over the manufacture of recordable compact discs to the WTO.

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By Joyce Huang
First-Aviva Life Insurance Co (第一英傑華人壽), a newly established subsidiary under the First Financial Holding Co (第一金控), yesterday celebrated its first month of operations, vowing to reach more than NT$13 billion (US$402.5 million) in premium income this year.

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By Lisa Wang
High Tech Computer Corp (HTC, 宏達電), the world's biggest maker of handsets running Microsoft Corp's operating system, yesterday said first quarter revenue would drop between 15 percent and 20 percent quarter-on-quarter because of seasonal factors.

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Powerchip Semiconductor Corp (力晶半導體), the nation's top manufacturer of computer-memory chips, posted a loss for a third straight quarter after a glut pulled down prices of chips used in personal computers. The company cut capital spending by 45 percent this year from last year.

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REVENUE: NSC Deputy Minister Huang Wen-hsiung said that the fast developing photonic industry could eventually surpass semiconductor industry revenue
By Meggie Lu
The nation's three major science parks produced a combined revenue of nearly NT$2 trillion (US$62.1 billion) last year, the National Science Council (NSC) said at a press conference yesterday.

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By Jerry Lin
MediaTek Inc (聯發科), the nation's top handset chip designer, said yesterday its fourth quarter net income dropped 46.7 percent quarter-on-quarter to NT$6.31 billion. The figure was down by 5.6 percent from a year earlier.

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By Kevin Chen
Siliconware Precision Industries Co (矽品精密), the nation's second-biggest chip tester and packager, said yesterday its net income reached NT$17.51 billion (US$543 million) last year, or NT$5.78 earnings per share, up 31.34 percent from NT$13.33 billion in 2006.

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