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Wednesday 5 January 2011
GaAs foundries post mixed 4Q10 results
GaAs foundry house Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) saw revenues for December 2010 slip 15.5% sequentially to NT$153 million (US$5.25 million), yet fourth-quarter revenues...
Tuesday 4 January 2011
Smartphone demand to buoy AWSC, Win Semi 2011 shipments
Taiwan-based GaAs foundries Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Win Semiconductors will enjoy rising shipments in 2011, benefiting from the continued growth expected...
Friday 24 December 2010
GaAs foundry AWSC grabs new orders
Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) has landed orders for GaAs switch products from Japan, and also received verification from international IDMs, according to market sources...
Friday 10 December 2010
GaAs IC market grows 36% in 2010, says Information Network
The market for gallium arsenide (GaAs) ICs grew 36% in 2010, led by strong demand in wireless - cell phones and WiFi, according to The Information Network. This represents the largest...
Friday 10 December 2010
GaAs wafer foundry Win Semi to boost capacity in 2011
GaAs wafer foundry Win Semiconductors has revealed plans to ramp up capacity in 2011 in anticipation for brisk power amplifier (PA) demand coming from the smartphone sector. The company...
Thursday 2 December 2010
Maxtek looks to increasing shipments of GaAs switch products in March 2011
IC distributor and GaAs-based IC designer Maxtek Technology has indicated that its GaAs switch products for Wi-Fi applications have been adopted by a number of international players...
Wednesday 1 December 2010
GaAs foundries see demand declining in December
GaAs foundry houses, including Win Semiconductors, Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), have seen demand for GaAs-based power...
Monday 22 November 2010
GaAs wafer supplier VPEC sees flat November revenues
Taiwan's Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) has said sales for November are likely to stay at a high level. November shipments have been driven by sustained power amplifier (PA)...
Thursday 11 November 2010
Taiwan makers expected to benefit from TriQuint insufficient GaAs PA capacity
International GaAs semiconductor supplier TriQuint Semiconductor has received orders for handset power amplifiers (PAs) far in excess of its capacity and therefore some of its clients...
Wednesday 3 November 2010
AWSC posts record sales in October, Win sees 12% decline
GaAs wafer foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) reported a new monthly sales record for October at NT$192 million (US$6.3 million), while Win Semiconductor saw sales...
Friday 22 October 2010
Win Semi 3Q10 pre-tax profits more than double on quarter
GaAs wafer foundry Win Semiconductors posted pre-tax profits of NT$864 million (US$28 million) in the third quarter of 2010, which were more than double on quarter. The company credited...
Friday 15 October 2010
AWSC, Win Semi enjoy further record sales in September
GaAs wafer foundries Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Win Semiconductor saw their sales reach new historical records in September 2010, as demand for end-products...
Tuesday 28 September 2010
AWSC, Win Semi revenues to grow 10% sequentially in 4Q10
GaAs wafer foundries Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Win Semiconductor are likely to enjoy another month of record sales in September, thanks to continued-strong...
Thursday 23 September 2010
GaAs foundry VPEC expected to see strong shipments in 4Q10
Gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafer foundry Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) is expected to post a sequential decline in revenues in September 2010 as well as in the third quarter...
Monday 13 September 2010
VPEC, Win Semi ready to adopt BiHEMP process for production
Pure-play 6-inch GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors and one of its epi-wafer suppliers, Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), have both expressed optimism about demand for so-called...