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Friday 5 January 2018
Win Semi 4Q17 results higher than expected
GaAs foundry house Win Semiconductors has reported better-than-expected sales for fourth-quarter 2018 as well as the entire year of 2017, buoyed by increased shipments of VCSEL (vertical-cavity...
Thursday 4 January 2018
SEMI projects new highs in fab equipment spending
SEMI has disclosed that 2017 spending on semiconductor fab equipment investments will reach an all-time high of US$57 billion. High chip demand, strong pricing for memory, and fierce...
Monday 18 December 2017
North American semiconductor equipment industry billings up in November, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.05 billion in billings worldwide in November 2017 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI.
Wednesday 13 December 2017
Win Semi to buy HBT production equipment from Avago
GaAs foundry house Win Semiconductors has signed a MoU to purchase a batch of HBT (heterojunction bipolar transistor) production equipment from its strategic partner Avago Technologies...
Wednesday 13 December 2017
Semiconductor equipment market to break record in 2017, says SEMI
SEMI has projected that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will increase 35.6% to US$55.9 billion in 2017, marking the first time that the semiconductor...
Wednesday 13 December 2017
SJ Semi signs purchase agreement with Advantest
Advantest and China-based SJ Semiconductor have signed a volume purchase agreement that calls for China's middle-end-of-line (MEOL) semiconductor test-service company to buy T5830...
Thursday 23 November 2017
North American semi equipment industry billings fall for 4th consecutive month
The three-month average of worldwide billings of North American equipment manufacturers decreased for the fourth consecutive month in October 2017.
Monday 13 November 2017
Silicon wafer shipments hit record high in 3Q17, says SEMI
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments continued trending up in the third quarter of 2017, increasing 0.7% sequentially and hitting a new high in terms of quarterly shipments, according...
Thursday 9 November 2017
Lite-On Semi October revenues rise nearly 19% on year
Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, has reported consolidated revenues for October 2017 increased 18.6% on year and 5.2% sequentially to NT$1.05 billion...
Wednesday 1 November 2017
Hua Hong Semi, SinoMCU jointly develop 95nm MCUs
Hua Hong Semiconductor and Shanghai SinoMCU Microelectronics have successfully verified and are ready for volume production of a 95nm MCU based on eMemory Technology's OTP (One-Time...
Tuesday 31 October 2017
Win Semi profits soar in 3Q17
GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors saw its net profits hike 60% sequentially and 16% on year to NT$1.16 billion (US$38.6 million) in the third quarter of 2017 with EPS reaching NT$...
Tuesday 24 October 2017
North American semi equipment industry billings continue slide
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a 6.9% sequential decrease in billings worldwide in September reaching a nine-month low of US$2.03 billion, according...
Tuesday 17 October 2017
SEMI forecasts record silicon wafer shipments
Worldwide shipments of polished and epitaxial silicon wafers are forecast to total 11.448 billion square inches in 2017, exceeding the market high set in 2016, according to SEMI.
Friday 13 October 2017
ON Semi looking to fully own Fujitsu fab
Fujitsu Semiconductor and ON Semiconductor have announced an agreement that ON Semi will purchase a 30% incremental share of Fujitsu's 8-inch wafer fab in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, resulting...
Friday 22 September 2017
North American semi equipment industry billings fall to 4-month low in August
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a 3.9% sequential decrease in billings worldwide in August reaching a four-month low of US$2.18 billion, according...