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Monday 28 January 2013
Globalfoundries, TI in bid to purchase Powerchip 12-inch fab equipment
Globalfoundries and Texas Instruments (TI) have both provided offers to acquire part of the equipment installed at Powerchp Technology's P3 12-inch plant, bringing uncertainty to...
Tuesday 22 January 2013
Nanya says 12-inch fab capacity for fabless customers sufficient
Nanya Technology is confident that it will have enough capacity for its IC design customers, according to company president Charles Kau.
Monday 21 January 2013
ESMT to acquire part of Powerchip foundry fab
Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT), a Taiwan-based provider of niche-market memory chips, has announced plans to buy part of the facilities at one of Powerchip Technology's...
Wednesday 12 December 2012
ProMOS fails again to sell 12-inch fab
ProMOS Technologies failed, for the second time, on December 12 to sell its 12-inch fab located in Taichung, central Taiwan, through an open bid despite offerings from Vanguard International...
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Mirle in talks to ink supply contracts with China-based panel makers
Mirle Automation reportedly is accelerating its talks with two major China-based panel makers in order to ink TFT LCD equipment supply contracts for 2013. The equipment maker is also...
Thursday 29 November 2012
Opening bids for ProMOS 12-inch fab delayed
ProMOS Technologies was originally scheduled to determine a buyer for its 12-inch fab located in Taichung, central Taiwan, in an open bid held today (November 29). However, as bidders...
Wednesday 28 November 2012
VIS likely to win bid to take up ProMOS 12-inch fab
ProMOS Technologies will hold an open bid to liquidate its 12-inch fab at the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) on November 29. Some industry watchers believe that Vanguard International...
Wednesday 28 November 2012
Powerchip may sell 12-inch fab equipment and land separately
Powerchip Technology may tear down its P3 12-inch fab and sell the production equipment and land separately if it cannot liquidate the plant in one lot. Potential buyers including...
Monday 26 November 2012
VIS in bid to acquire ProMOS 12-inch fab
Faced with increased competition from Powerchip Technology in the LCD driver IC foundry sector, Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is actively pursuing a bid to acquire ProMOS...
Tuesday 6 November 2012
ProMOS to sell fab by year-end, become fabless
ProMOS Technologies has announced plans to sell its 12-inch wafer plant and related facilities through open bidding by the end of 2012, in a move to become a fabless memory-IC comp...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Chipbond 12-inch gold bumping lines to operate at full capacity in September
LCD driver IC packaging and testing firm Chipbond Technology will see its 12-inch gold bumping lines operate at full capacity in September thanks to orders from Renesas Electronics,...
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Chipbond 3Q12 sales driven by demand for small-size panel driver ICs
Consolidated revenues at Chipbond Technology are set to increase 5-10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012, driven by strong demand for its 12-inch bumping services used for...
Friday 6 July 2012
Samsung, Toshiba consider slowing capacity expansion to hold NAND flash prices
Samsung Electronics and Toshiba reportedly are mulling plans to decelerate capacity expansion at their 12-inch fabs in order to stop NAND chip prices from falling further, according...
Thursday 5 July 2012
TSMC has no plans to purchase Renesas 12-inch fab, says chairman
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has no plans to take up Renesas Electronics' 12-inch fab in Tsuruoka, Yamagata prefecture, but will continue to maintain a close...
Tuesday 19 June 2012
Microsoft, Intel expect Windows 8 to help energize the netbook market
As Microsoft is aggressively preparing its Windows 8 and Windows RT for launch in October to compete against Apple, sources from notebook players pointed out that Microsoft and Intel...
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