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Wednesday 26 April 2023
Backend demand for 8-bit MCUs to stay weak through year-end
Backend demand for 8-bit microcontroller units (MCU) will stay weak through the end of the year, while demand for 32-bit MCUs, as well as industrial and automotive MCUs, will remain...
Wednesday 12 April 2023
Mobile phone AP supply chain expects recovery in 3Q23
Semiconductor backend packaging and testing and mobile phone power amplifier (PA) companies agree that visibility for large-scale orders is still unclear going into the second quarter...
Monday 10 April 2023
Taiwan-based OSATs see upstream orders increase in 2Q23
Taiwan-based driver IC OSATs such as ChipMOS Technologies and Chipbond Technology are seeing the monthly operating growth rate of chip and backend companies exceed 20%, according...
Friday 17 March 2023
Taiwan OSATs consider Mexico as regional operations base to help partners expand in US
Taiwan-based OSATs, many of which are involved with TSMC and other chipmakers, are considering Mexico as their regional base of operations to assist partners looking to expand into...
Thursday 9 March 2023
OSATs see clear automotive MCU orders from IDMs till end-2023
Taiwan's OSATs including ASE Technology, TeraPower Technology under Powertech Technology (PTI), and Ardentec have seen clear order visibility for automotive MCUs from IDMs till the...
Wednesday 8 February 2023
IC backend houses brace for poor 1Q23
As a result of continuing inventory adjustments at clients, IC backend firms such as King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics are bracing for poor sales results for...
Thursday 2 February 2023
OSATs see promising demand for custom-built chips
Demand for custom-built chips from system vendors remains promising for OSATs that offer high-end backend services, such as ASE Technology (ASEH), Amkor Technology and Powertech Technology...
Wednesday 1 February 2023
PTI warns of tough 1Q23
Powertech Technology (PTI) chairman DK Tsai has warned of tough market conditions that will be challenging the memory and logic IC backend house in the first quarter of 2023.
Wednesday 1 February 2023
Greatek expects backend demand from MCU sector to start recovering in 2Q23
Greatek Electronics, an affiliate of Powertech Technology (PTI) specializing in logic IC packaging, expects the backend packaging demand from its MCU clients to hit bottom in the...
Tuesday 10 January 2023
PTI posts about flat revenue growth in 2022
Memory and logic IC backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) Group has reported revenue still edged up 0.16% on year to NT$83.93 billion (US$2.75 billion) in 2022, despite lackluster...
Friday 23 December 2022
Memory backend firms glad to see chipmakers cut back output
With Micron Technology cutting capex and scaling back output amid a gloomy outlook for its operations, other memory chipmakers are expected to follow suit. Such developments are welcomed...
Monday 19 December 2022
Blacklisted YMTC sees bumpy road ahead for 232-layer NAND mass production
China's largest memory maker Yangtz Memory Technologies (YMTC) will be deterred from entering mass production of its 232-layer 3D NAND flash and developing more advanced chips after...
Wednesday 14 December 2022
IC, materials distributors keen on diversifying biz deployments
Taiwan's ICs and materials distributors are keen on diversifying business deployments and product applications into fields such as biotech, healthcare, green energy and even device...
Wednesday 2 November 2022
First-tier backend houses see falling capacity utilization rates
ASE Technology and other first-tier IC backend houses have seen their fab capacity utilization rates start loosening, as fabless clients have also begun to ask them to defer order...
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.