19 news items tagged episil
Episil sources GaN, SiC epitaxial wafer materials from GlobalWafers
Thursday 20 August 2020Episil Holdings has disclosed that subsidiary Episil-Precision is among GlobalWafers' customers looking to expand its gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafer...
Episil reportedly produces SiC MOSEFTs for BYD Semiconductor
Thursday 23 July 2020Taiwan-based Episil Technologies and Episil-Precision reportedly will make electric vehicle-used SiC MOSFETs for BYD Semiconductor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China-based EV vendor...
BYD reorganizes chipmaking arm to focus on EV power devices
Tuesday 26 May 2020Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD Group has reorganized its wholly-owned subsidiary BYD Microelectronics and renamed it BYD Semiconductor paving the way for its independent...
Episil positive about SiC wafer demand
Tuesday 22 October 2019Taiwan-based Episil Holdings, which specializes in the manufacture of silicon epitaxial wafers and 5- and 6-inch foundry services at its 5- and 6-inch wafer fabs, expects SiC wafer...
Six-inch foundries see more short-term orders amid market uncertainty
Friday 14 June 2019Six-inch foundries including Mosel Vitelic and Episil Technologies have seen their customers mainly those engaged in the power IC sector turn cautious, placing mostly short-term orders...
Taiwan firms eyeing automotive MOSFET processing orders from IDMs
Friday 5 October 2018As international IDMs are moving at full throttles to develop lucrative high-voltage automotive MOSFETs, Taiwan mid-end and back-end supply chain players are gearing up to win long-term...
Wafer thinning needed to boost silicon power devices performance
Monday 3 September 2018Wafer thinning technology is expected to play an increasingly crucial role in Taiwan's power discrete device supply chain, as the technology can work well to lower resistance and...
Taiwan makers gearing up to develop IGBT devices for EV use
Monday 21 May 2018Viewing that IGBT components and modules are as crucial to hybrid and pure electric vehicles as CPUs to computers, Taiwan firms engaged in the power discrete devices segment are following...
IDMs, Taiwan IC firms gearing up to develop car-use SiC power devices
Monday 23 April 2018With silicon carbide (SiC) emerging as an increasingly popular third-generation semiconductor material for car-use power devices and 5G networks, international major IDMs such as...
Episil upbeat about 2018
Friday 23 March 2018Taiwan-based Episil Holdings, which makes silicon epitaxial wafers and provides foundry services at its 5- and 6-inch wafer fabs, expects to return to profitability in 2018 thanks...
Taiwan IC testers enjoy rising consumer MCU orders from IDMs
Tuesday 27 February 2018Taiwan backend IC testing houses expect significant revenue increases in the first quarter of 2018, as they are busy fulfilling consumer MCU orders from their international IDM clients,...
Smaller foundry houses upbeat about MOSFET-driven revenues in 2018
Thursday 25 January 2018Second-tier wafer foundry houses including Episil Technologies, Mosel Vitelic and Hejian Technology are all optimistic about their revenue prospects for 2018 as they have enjoyed...
Episil planning to raise epi-wafer prices
Monday 26 June 2017Taiwan-based Episil, which makes silicon epitaxial wafers as well as providing foundry services at its 5- and 6-inch wafer fabs, plans to revise upward its epi-wafer prices to reflect...
TSMC capex hike to prompt capacity ramps by foundry houses in Taiwan and China
Monday 1 August 2016Many wafer foundry houses in Taiwan and China are expected to join the race to ramp capacity after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced recently that it will...
Episil seeing epi-wafer orders pick up, says paper
Wednesday 29 December 2010Taiwan-based Episil Technologies, which makes silicon epitaxial wafers as well as providing foundry services at its 5- and 6-inch wafer fabs, has seen its epi-wafer production utilization...
Episil expects 4Q10 sales down 10-15% on quarter, says report
Thursday 2 December 2010Taiwan-based Episil Technologies has seen its foundry fabs run at 60-70%, down significantly from third-quarter 2010 due to a slowdown in demand for CMOS processes, according to a...
Episil sales buoyed by tight epitaxy wafer supply, says paper
Thursday 16 September 2010Episil Technologies has seen its sales being buoyed by an undersupply in the epitaxy wafer market, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Supply is currently...
Foundries face heavy market capitalization erosion after TSMC guidance cut
Wednesday 3 December 2008The continuing global economic woes have hit the Taiwan foundry industry badly. With leading foundry player Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) having downgraded its...
TSMC tops Taiwan wafer foundries in revenues and profits in 1H08
Tuesday 2 September 2008Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) led all wafer foundries in Taiwan in both revenues and net profits in the first half of this year, with its earnings accounting for...