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Monday 28 December 2009
TSMC continues machinery buying spree
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has issued filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) detailing 36 equipment purchases so far in December 2009 with a total transaction...
Monday 28 December 2009
Fab tool supplier Gudeng gears up for 450mm wafer transition
Taiwan's Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer mainly specializing in mask solution products, has been involved in the industry's efforts in...
Friday 18 December 2009
Taiwan semiconductor equipment self-sufficiency rate to reach 13% in 2010
The self-sufficiency rate of semiconductor equipment in Taiwan will grow only 0.1pp from a year earlier to 9.1% in 2009, but the growth will accelerate to 13% in 2010, according to...
Friday 18 December 2009
Chip equipment bookings back on growth track in 3Q09, says SEMI
Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment bookings managed both sequential and on-year growth in the third quarter of 2009, according to SEMI. Billings for the quarter were still...
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Inotera to raise capital to fund process migration
DRAM maker Inotera Memories plans to raise capital through issuing 640 million new shares at a tentative price of NT$18 (US$0.56) per share to fund equipment expenses for technology...
Monday 14 December 2009
Growth in chip equipment market accelerating, says Gartner
Worldwide semiconductor equipment spending is forecast to end the year with a 42.6% decline in 2009, but the market is now in the midst of a very strong growth spurt, according to...
Friday 4 December 2009
Chip equipment sales to grow over 2010 and 2011, says SEMI
Worldwide semiconductor equipment sales are estimated to total US$16 billion in 2009, which indicates that the sector will post another significant decline of approximately 46% following...
Friday 27 November 2009
Taiwan IT equipment industry to grow through 2014, says ITIS
The production value of Taiwan's overall machinery industry is estimated to drop over 30% to NT$531.5 billion (US$16.43 billion) in 2009, but will return to a growth track in 2010...
Friday 20 November 2009
North America chip-gear book-to-bill remains above 1.0 in October, says SEMI
North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted US$756.2 million in orders in October 2009 and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.10, according to SEMI. A book-to-bill of...
Thursday 19 November 2009
Japan chip-gear book-to-bill flat in October 2009, says SEAJ
Japan-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.28 in October 2009, similar to the prior month's level, according to data gathered by the Semiconductor...
Friday 6 November 2009
Spirox strengthens cooperation with Tektronix
Taiwan-based high-tech equipment and service solutions provider Spirox has expanded its cooperation with Tektronix by adding more of Tektronix' products such as oscilloscopes to its...
Monday 2 November 2009
UMC purchases equipment worth more than US$75 million
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced recent equipment purchases from Tokyo Electron, Lam Research International Sarl, and Hitachi High-Technologies totaling about...
Wednesday 28 October 2009
TSMC to pour US$6 billion into 12-inch fab expansion, say equipment suppliers
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to invest up to US$6 billion in the fifth- and fourth-phase capacity expansion at its 12-inch Fab 12 and Fab 14, respectively,...
Monday 26 October 2009
Testing equipment supplier Chroma Ate to generate more sales from electric car market
Taiwan-based testing and measurement instrument maker Chroma Ate is expected to see orders from Tesla Motors generate NT$1.5 billion (US$46 million) in 2010, according to market watchers...
Wednesday 21 October 2009
North American chip equipment orders return to on-year growth track in September 2009, says SEMI
September 2009 appears the first time since May 2007 that on-year bookings have risen and is in-line with the gradually improving capital spending outlook for the remainder of this...