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Thursday 6 June 2019
Apex expects flat or slight revenue growth in 2019
PCB maker Apex International expects to post flat or single-digit sequential revenue growth in 2019, with gross margin to have a chance topping 20% thanks to an improved management...
Thursday 6 June 2019
Yageo to adjust inventory level in response to US-China trade tensions
In response to the US-China trade tensions, Yageo has turned conservative about the IT market outlook and is looking to keep its utilization rate at around 30-40% and to cut its inventory...
Wednesday 5 June 2019
Sigurd capacity utilization rate rises to over 80% on rush orders from China
IC testing specialist Sigurd Microelectronics has seen its capacity utilization rate rebound to over 80% recently, thanks to a pull-in of short lead-time orders from mainly China,...
Monday 27 May 2019
Taiwan MOSFET supply chain gaining rush orders from Huawei
Taiwan's 6-inch wafer foundry houses such as Mosel Vitelic have been landing rush orders from China - probably from the Huawei camp - in May for processing MOSFET chips for use in...
Monday 20 May 2019
CIS packager Kingpak revenues for 2Q19 to see slight sequential fall
Taiwan's CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging specialist Kingpak Technology is expected to see its second-quarter revenues fall only slightly on quarter as its average capacity utilization...
Friday 17 May 2019
Backend firm OSE sees utilization rate ramp up
Backend house Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) has seen its capacity utilization rate for flash memory products climb above 80% recently, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 8 May 2019
IC designers placing additional foundry orders in anticipation of 3Q19 boom
Taiwan IC designers are now moving to place additional orders with foundry houses and thicken their inventories lest they should suffer insufficient foundry capacity support in the...
Tuesday 30 April 2019
Flexium revenues to surge on PI board shipment increases in 2H19
Taiwan-based Flexium Interconnect expects its revenues and profits to improve quarter by quarter on more shipments of PI (polyimide) boards for antenna use, after hitting the bottom...
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Memory backend firm PTI expects flat or slight revenue growth in 2Q19
Powertech Technology (PTI) expects to post flat or slight sequential growth in revenues for the second quarter, followed by a substantial increase in the third quarter, accordin to...
Friday 19 April 2019
TSMC 7nm utilization to climb in 2H19, says CEO
TSMC will see its 7nm process utilization rate climb substantially in the second half of 2019, driven by a seasonal pick-up in demand for smartphones, as well as chip demand for HPC,...
Wednesday 10 April 2019
Niche-IC backend specialists enjoy strong 1Q19
GEM Services, which specializes in packaging semiconductor power devices, and CMOS image sensor backend specialist Kingpak Technology both saw their revenues for the first quarter...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
Unimicron to spend 60% of 2019 capex on IC substrates
PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology expects about 60% of its capex this year to be spent on IC substrate production.
Friday 29 March 2019
GaAs foundry Win Semi expects pick-up in capacity utilization
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors expects to see its capacity utilization rate recover starting the second quarter, thanks to a ramp-up of orders for new smartphones rolled out by Asia-based...
Thursday 21 March 2019
PCB maker Career Tech drops private placement plan
PCB maker Career Technology has decided to drop its plan of issuing common shares through private investment as it has to adjust its business operations to counter a substantial cut...
Tuesday 12 March 2019
Backend firms KYEC, Kingpak and GEM to see sales buck seasonal trends in 1H19
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Kingpak Technology and GEM Services are expected to see their sales growth exceed the seasonal average in the first half of 2019, outperforming their...