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Thursday 8 December 2022
OSATs still uncertain about constructing facilities in US
Though TSMC is building advanced wafer fabs in the US, Taiwanese OSAT companies still have concerns about constructing facilities there to provide cutting-edge packaging services...
Thursday 1 December 2022
DDI packaging materials suppliers land pull-in of short lead-time orders
Display driver IC packaging materials suppliers have recently landed a pull-in of short lead-time orders, which DDI backend firms regard as a short-term phenomenon.
Friday 11 November 2022
ASE to expand production site in Malaysia
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) plans to expand its factory site in Malaysia with total investment estimated at US$300 million, according to the outsourced semiconductor...
Thursday 3 November 2022
DDI backend firms see warehouses filled with 'wafer bank'
Display driver IC (DDI) backend specialists are finding their warehouses filled with "wafer bank" inventories from fabless chipmaker customers that are keeping their inventory at...
Wednesday 2 November 2022
3D IC packaging to develop faster under US trade sanctions against China, says AP Memory chair
For mature manufacturing process, 3D IC packaging is expected to become their alternative solution to advanced processes and will develop faster than expected under the latest US...
Monday 31 October 2022
PTI plans 40% capex cut in 2023
Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) expects its capex for 2023 to be about 40% lower than this year's level estimated at NT$17 billion.
Thursday 20 October 2022
CWTC expects 12-16% sales decline in 4Q22
IC packaging leadframe specialist Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) expects to post a revenue decline of 12-16% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Thursday 13 October 2022
IC packaging leadframe demand to hit bottom in 1Q23
IC packaging leadframe and other materials demand is expected to hit bottom in the first quarter of 2023 and start recovering, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 12 October 2022
ASE September revenue up, PTI down
Taiwan-based OSAT ASE Technology has reported September revenue grew 4.5% sequentially to a record high of NT$66.65 billion (US$2.09 billion), while revenue at memory backend specialist...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Equipment supply and demand gap stabilizing for OSATs, IDMs: Q&A with K&S SVP Chan Pin Chong
Automotive chips and power devices continue to see uneven supplies, and Taiwan's leading OSATs including ASE Technology and international IDMs such as Infineon, Renesas, NXP, ST Microelectronics...
Thursday 29 September 2022
IC packaging leadframe demand to drop further in 4Q22
IC packaging leadframe demand is expected to fall further in the fourth quarter of 2022 and shows no signs of recovery, as inventory adjustments for commodity chips are taking longer...
Tuesday 27 September 2022
ASEH to see production utilization drop in 4Q22
ASE Technology Holding (ASEH), which operates its backend operations mainly in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, will see its fab utilization rates loosen slightly in the fourth quarter...
Wednesday 21 September 2022
OSATs see uncertainty in new GPU orders from Nvidia, AMD
Taiwan's OSATs remain uncertain about the arrival of orders from Nvidia and AMD for processing their new GPU chips, and are expected to see their high-end packaging and testing capacities...
Monday 5 September 2022
Innolux stepping into IC packaging
Innolux will remodel a 3.5G LCD panel factory to house an IC packaging line, with production to begin in second-half 2023, according to company president James Yang.
Friday 2 September 2022
Backend houses see limited impact from tightened US chip export rules to China
Taiwan-based IC packaging and testing houses expect new restrictions imposed by the US to cut China off from high-end artificial intelligence (AI) chips will have a limited impact...
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