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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced recent equipment purchases from Tokyo Electron, Lam Research International Sarl, and Hitachi High-Technologies totaling about...
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,...
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...
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...