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Tuesday 10 November 2009
LED companies post mixed October revenues
LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics and LED chipmaker Tekcore have both posted record revenues for October, while LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology saw a 4.77% sequential...
Tuesday 20 October 2009
LED chipmaker Tyntek to merge with Ubilux
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Tyntek has announced a merger deal with LED epitaxy maker Ubilux, a subsidiary of Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), to secure supply of high brightness...
Tuesday 22 September 2009
Huga wins LED patent lawsuit against Epistar
Taiwan's intellectual property court has ruled in favor of LED chipmaker Huga Optotech in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by its competitor Epistar, according to Huga's filing...
Thursday 17 September 2009
GSMC striving to become top-five foundry chipmaker, says paper
Shanghai-based foundry service provider Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (GSMC) will see its first profitable quarter in the third quarter of 2009, and aims to become...
Thursday 17 September 2009
TSMC reportedly eyeing Lumileds and Toyoda Gosei to enter LED market
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is reportedly looking to acquire LED makers Philips Lumileds or Toyoda Gosei for key LED patents to enter the LED market, according...
Wednesday 9 September 2009
Huga, Edison post record revenues for August
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Huga Optotech and LED packaging house Edison Opto both have reported record revenues for August.
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Spansion executive to pay visit to Taiwan
John Nation, director of corporate marketing for Spansion, plans to pay a visit to Taiwan this week, raising speculation that the NOR flash chipmaker is looking to aggressively take...
Friday 7 August 2009
Elpida acquires GDDR patents and assets from Qimonda
Elpida Memory on August 6 announced that it has reached an agreement with Qimonda, which is now in insolvency proceedings, to acquire the Germany-based chipmaker's technology licenses...
Tuesday 4 August 2009
Epistar to add blue LED manufacturing equipment in 1H10
LED chipmaker Epistar is actively expanding its capacity and plans to add another 10-15 MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition) devices for blue LED chip manufacturing in...
Friday 31 July 2009
TSMC CEO claims improved 40nm yield, predicts better 3Q09
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has issued positive guidance for the third quarter of 2009, following its improved second-quarter earnings that underline the chip...
Monday 27 July 2009
LED chipmaker Opto Tech to ramp up blue LED output
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Opto Tech plans to ramp up its capacity of blue LEDs to 400 million units a month in the fourth quarter of 2009 from 300 million currently, due to increasing...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
ProMOS exits flash card business
Memory chipmaker ProMOS Technologies has recently completed the sale of its stake at Putian Maode Technologies (Chongqing), a China-based joint venture specializing in flash memory...
Monday 13 July 2009
NAND flash contract prices down on slow demand in 1H July, says DRAMeXchange
Contract quotes for mainstream multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash chips trended downward by up to 5% in the first half of July 2009, industry sources citing data gathered by DRAMeXchange...
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Flash maker Macronix enjoys revenue growth in June
Taiwan's mask ROM and NOR flash chipmaker Macronix International (MXIC) saw June sales grow 12.4% on month and 18.7% on year. Accumulated sales for January through June reached NT$10.69...
Monday 29 June 2009
PSC allowed to reset ECB conversion price; to cut capex
DRAM chipmaker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) gained approval to reset the conversion price of its US$157.85 million worth of euro convertible bonds (ECBs) during its recent...