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Monday 12 March 2018
Ardentec expects to enter volume production at new China plant in 2Q18
Taiwan-based Ardentec, which specializes in testing services for memory, logic and mixed-signal ICs, expects its new plant in Nanjing to enter volume production in the second quarter...
Tuesday 27 February 2018
Taiwan IC testers enjoy rising consumer MCU orders from IDMs
Taiwan 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,...
Tuesday 13 February 2018
NVM IP provider eMemory posts record revenues and profits for 2017
Taiwan-based eMemory, a developer and provider of embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) technology, has reported net profits of NT$598 million (US$20.4 million) on consolidated revenues...
Thursday 25 January 2018
Smaller foundry houses upbeat about MOSFET-driven revenues in 2018
Second-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...
Monday 15 January 2018
IC packager Greatek eyes revenues rise on more international orders in 1Q18
Taiwan-based logic IC packaging and testing specialist Greatek Electronics is expected to enjoy stable revenue growth in the first quarter of 2018 from increasing ratio for orders...
Thursday 28 December 2017
Globalfoundries gearing up to tap lucrative automotive chip market
Eyeing the explosive demand for automotive-use chips fueled by rapid development of electric vehicles, driverless cars and drones, Globalfoundries has created a brand-new automotive...
Thursday 7 December 2017
Power chip packager GEM sees record revenues for 4Q17
Taiwan power semiconductor packaging and testing specialist GEM Services is expected to see its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2017 hit a new quarterly high of NT$800 million...
Thursday 30 November 2017
Coopetition and coexistence in IC industry: Q&A with ASE COO Wu Tien-yu
The global semiconductor industry is experiencing faster quantitative and qualitative changes along with the increasingly fierce coopetition among wafer foundry, IDM (integrated advanced...
Tuesday 28 November 2017
China IC sector must develop large IDMs, says expert
China's semiconductor industry must move to establish major IDM (integrated device manufacture) enterprises with global competitiveness to fill up the deficiency of domestic IDM deployments,...
Friday 17 November 2017
SMIC founder to set up new CIDM in China
Richard Chang, founder and former CEO of China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), has orchestrated the establishment of a new foundry house...
Thursday 26 October 2017
Strong MOSFET demand to boost revenues at backend firm GEM Services in 4Q17
Taiwan-based GEM Services, a backend house focusing exclusively on the power management semiconductor market, is expected to enjoy another quarter of record revenues driven by continued...
Tuesday 24 October 2017
SDI resumes production at China leadframe plant
Taiwan-based Shuen Der Industry (SDI), a supplier of semiconductor leadframes, has resumed production at a China factory which was ordered to suspend and remediate polluted water.
Friday 21 July 2017
Ardentec obtains testing orders for car-use chips from TI
Taiwan-based Ardentec has grabbed testing orders for car-use chips from Texas Instruments (TI), which will buoy its sales performance in the third quarter, according to industry so...
Friday 21 July 2017
Korea chipmakers looking to expand foundry biz
Samsung Electronics, Dongbu HiTek and SK Hynix have stepped up their foundry business expansions, which will as a group pose a threat to the existing major dedicated foundry houses...
Thursday 20 July 2017
IDM model no longer viable for Japan semiconductor industry: Q&A with Socionext CEO Yasuo Nishiguchi
Though still a global bellwether in many areas of semiconductor technologies, Japan's semiconductor industry is significantly losing ground in world markets, as most Japanese players,...