1815 news items tagged equipment
Gudeng to sustain strong shipments of EUV pods in 2021
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specializing in mask solutions and wafer handling tools, has expressed optimism that its...
Semiconductor equipment billings increase in December
Tuesday 26 January 2021Billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment grew 2.6% sequentially and 7.6% on year in December 2020, according to SEMI.
Rohm ramping up SiC power device output
Friday 22 January 2021Rohm recently held an opening ceremony announcing the completion of a new building at its Apollo plant in Chikugo, Japan. The facility is to enhance the company's production capacity...
EUV equipment to boost ASML sales in 2021
Thursday 21 January 2021With TSMC and Samsung Electronics stepping up the development of their sub-5nm process technologies, ASML will continue to see strong extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment...
Lead times extend for wirebonding packaging equipment
Tuesday 19 January 2021Delivery lead times for wirebonding packaging equipment have extended to over six months, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
PCB equipment maker Taliang sees capacity fully booked through 3Q21
Friday 15 January 2021Taiwan-based PCB equipment maker Taliang Technology has seen its production capacity fully booked through late third-quarter 2021, and will manage to flexibly adjust its production...
Worldwide semiconductor revenue increases 7.3% in 2020, says Gartner
Friday 15 January 2021Following a decline of 12% in 2019, worldwide semiconductor revenue rebounded in 2020 to total US$449.8 billion, an increase of 7.3% from 2019, according to preliminary results by...
Major China MOSFET supplier raises prices
Wednesday 13 January 2021China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro) has notified its clients based mainly in China about price hikes for all its power semiconductor products, including MOSFET and IGBT components,...
IC materials distributors see clear order visibility through 1H21
Tuesday 12 January 2021Semiconductor equipment and materials distributors including Wah Lee Industrial and Niching Industrial have seen clear order visibility for specialty chemicals, equipment components,...
Equipment makers eyeing strong demand from Taiwan OSAT firms
Tuesday 12 January 2021As Taiwan's OSAT output value is estimated to hit another record high in 2021, domestic equipment and materials suppliers are poised to embrace robust demand from the sector, according...
DRAM prices to rise through 2Q21, says Nanya
Monday 11 January 2021DRAM prices will start to rally in the first quarter and rise through the second quarter of 2021, due to undersupply in the market, according to chipmaker Nanya Technology.
TSMC equipment and materials suppliers to embrace strong 2021
Friday 8 January 2021Semiconductor equipment and materials suppliers of TSMC are poised to embrace a strong first quarter of 2021, and they are also optimistic about their sales prospects this year, according...
SMIC reportedly gets US license for mature manufacturing process
Monday 4 January 2021China's SMIC has reportedly received US licenses to import equipment for use in mature-node processes, which may help relieve the global 8-inch foundry capacity shortages, according...
Samsung, SK Hynix gearing up for EUV process manufacturing
Thursday 31 December 2020Samsung Electronics has kicked off volume production of 16Gb LPDDR5 chips using EUV-based 1znm process technology at its Pyeongtaek fab, while SK Hynix plans to install EUV exposure...
Development of 3nm process challenging TSMC, Samsung
Thursday 31 December 2020TSMC and Samsung Electronics have both encountered different but critical bottlenecks in the development of their respective 3nm process technologies, according to industry sources...
Rise of online fitness to buoy Taiwan ICT industries in 2021
Wednesday 30 December 2020The growing popularity of online workouts amid the coronavirus pandemic is regarded as a new driver of Taiwan's ICT industry growth in 2021, according to industry sources.
Taiwan server-related product revenues to grow 11% in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 29 December 2020Taiwan makers will see revenues from server-related hardware and software including motherboards, full-rack systems, networking equipment and storage equipment, increase by about...
Team Group to put increased focus on gaming, industrial in 2021
Tuesday 29 December 2020Team Group will put increased focus on the gaming and industrial control segments in 2021, when market conditions will be also favorable to the memory module maker, according to the...
Sigurd budgets NT$3.5 billion for 2021 capex
Thursday 24 December 2020Testing company Sigurd Microelectronics plans to budget NT$3.516 billion (US$124.9 million) in capex for 2021 to replace old equipment and expand production capacity, according to...
IC equipment distributor Spirox returning to profitability in 2020
Thursday 24 December 2020Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes packaging and testing equipment, expects to return to profitability in 2020 with shipments likely to ramp up quarter by quarter in 2021.
Fab toolmaker Marketech sees orders swell
Thursday 24 December 2020Fab toolmaker Marketech International has seen its backlog of orders reach a record NT$25.6 billion (US$908.8 million), according to industry sources.
Innolux to enter IC packaging field with FOPLP process
Wednesday 23 December 2020Panel maker Innolux is looking to venture into the IC packaging segment by converting its 3.5G LCD panel fab into an advanced packaging plant dedicated to FOPLP (fan-out panel level...
Major IC equipment, materials vendors deepening presence in Taiwan
Tuesday 22 December 2020Many international semiconductor equipment and materials suppliers have been stepping up investments or strengthening deployments in Taiwan seeking to better serve TSMC's ecosystem...
Semiconductor equipment billings drop in November
Monday 21 December 2020November billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment slipped by another 1.4% sequentially but stayed above US$2 billion, according to SEMI.
IC equipment maker GP optimistic about 2021
Friday 18 December 2020Taiwan-based Group Up Industrial (GP), which specializes in PCB dry process and other semiconductor equipment, has seen clear order visibility through the second quarter of 2021 and...
- Huawei to build network equipment factory in France (Dec 18) - Reuters
- UK bans installation of Huawei 5G equipment from September (Nov 30) - CNBC
- Huawei 'failed to improve UK security standards' (Oct 1) - BBC News
- Applied Materials signals improving chip demand with robust forecast (Aug 14) - Reuters UK
- China unveils major tax incentive policy to encourage innovation in domestic semiconductor industry (Aug 5) - South China Morning Post