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Monday 7 December 2015
TSMC applies for 12-inch wafer fab and design service center in China
TSMC today submitted an application to the Investment Commission of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs for an investment project to build a wholly-owned 12-inch wafer manufacturing...
Wednesday 2 December 2015
UMC Xiamen fab to go online as early as 3Q16, says report
Operations at United Microelectronics' (UMC) 12-inch wafer fab in Xiamen are expected to kick off as early as third-quarter 2016, according to a report from Japan's Nikkei Asian...
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Samsung Xian fab generates CNY11.51 billion in January-August output value, says China paper
Samsung's 12-inch wafer fab in Xian, China generated a total of CNY11.509 billion (US$1.81 billion) in the first eight months of 2015, according to China-based newspaper Xian...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Winbond reportedly to place orders with China 12-inch foundry
Taiwan-based Winbond Electronics will likely place orders with Shanghai Huali Microelectronics (HLMC), a 12-inch wafer foundry in China, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 14 April 2015
Powerchip reportedly to set up 12-inch wafer fab in China
Powerchip Technology will partner with the Hefei city government to set up a joint-venture fab in the capital city of China's Anhui Province, according to industry sources. The JV...
Thursday 9 April 2015
TSMC to construct Fab 15 Phase 5 facility starting May
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will break ground for the fifth phase construction of its 12-inch wafer plant in central Taiwan in May, according to industry sour...
Tuesday 24 March 2015
Former SMIC CEO to set up 12-inch wafer plant in Shanghai
Richard Chang, former CEO of China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), reportedly will set up a new firm in Shanghai for producing 12-inch silicon...
Thursday 12 March 2015
TSMC affiliate Xintec to list on OTC in end-March, says report
Image sensor packaging house Xintec, an affiliate of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), will list on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market at the end of March...
Wednesday 14 January 2015
ChipMOS 2015 growth to near industry average, says chairman
ChipMOS Technologies' sales for 2015 are forecast to rise about 7.5% similar to the industry average, according to SJ Cheng, chairman for the semiconductor assembly and test services...
Tuesday 23 December 2014
UTAC said to set up 12-inch wafer-level packaging line in Taiwan
United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC), a Singapore-based assembly and test company, will continue its investment in Taiwan in 2015 by setting up a 12-inch wafer-level packaging line,...
Monday 22 December 2014
HLMC said to invest NT$100 billion to build new fab
Shanghai Huali Microelectronics (HLMC) will invest around NT$100 billion (US$3.2 billion) to build a new 12-inch wafer fab in 2015, according to industry sources.
Friday 14 February 2014
Topco, Wahlee post sales growth in January
Semiconductor material distributors Topco Scientific and Wahlee Industrial both saw their sales increase in January, indicating a particularly strong first quarter, according to industry...
Monday 11 November 2013
SDRAM market to face oversupply on more available 12-inch wafer capacity
With more 12-inch wafer foundries engaged in producing specialty DRAM products, an oversupply is likely to take place in the global SDRAM memory market during the fourth quarter of...
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...
Thursday 23 August 2012
Scientech positive about growth for semiconductor, LED equipment
As the semiconductor industry moves to 28nm, 20nm and below process technologies, demand for equipment used to make more advanced chips is set to boom allowing Scientech to work toward...