Silicon wafers will continue to experience tight supply in 2018, driven by robust demand from IC foundries. Taiwan-based GlobalWafers and Formosa Sumco Technology (FST) are both among...
Local and international silicon wafer suppliers have settled contract prices for 12-inch wafers for the first quarter of 2017 with Taiwan-based semiconductor firms, with overall prices...
Japan-based Sumco will reorganize its business operations closing a 12-inch and an 8-inch semiconductor silicon wafer factory in Japan. The closures are expected to benefit Taiwan-based...
Japan-based Sumco, the world's second-largest supplier of wafers used to produce semiconductors and solar cells, has unveiled measures to realign its manufacturing operations for...
Formosa Sumco Technology (FST), a major producer of 8- and 12-inch silicon wafers in Taiwan, has unveiled plans to raise quotes for the third quarter of 2011 by 10-20%. FST noted...
Formosa Sumco Technology (FST) has revealed plans to expand its capacity for 12-inch silicon wafers to 300,000 units a month from the present 180,000. New capacity is scheduled to...
Korea- and Taiwan-based foundry houses and memory-IC manufacturers have obtained support from their local producers of blank silicon wafers as failure of supplies from Japan still...
There is growing concern that upstream materials and wafer supplies could be limited in the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan. Nanya Technology, however, does not anticipate any...
The ASP of 12-inch silicon wafers has slid by 20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2009, in line with utilization drops at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and...
Formosa Sumco Technology has reported success in producing its first 500kg 12-inch silicon ingot, which will significantly raise the company's production efficiency and cut product...
Formosa Sumco Technology announced it is extending its business from silicon wafer production to solar ingot production with production and shipments for Taiwan-based solar cell makers...
Formosa Sumco Technology and fellow wafer makers are said to be preparing for a price increase of about 5% in the third quarter of 2008, according to a Chinese-language Economic...