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Monday 25 January 2010
Chip equipment set for strong rebound in 2010, says iSuppli
Global spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment is expected to rise by 46.8% in 2010 compared in 2009, bringing an end to three consecutive years of decline, according to...
Friday 15 January 2010
Innolux ships over 30 million LCD monitors in 2009
Innolux Display shipped 33.63 million LCD monitors in 2009, worth a total of NT$122.4 billion (US$3.85 billion), and accounting for 23% of the global LCD monitor market for the year,...
Thursday 14 January 2010
Specialty IC foundry VIS to see utilization reach 60% in 1Q10, says paper
Analog/mixed-signal and logic IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) may boost its utilization rate to 60% in the first quarter of 2010, thanks to soaring orders for...
Wednesday 30 December 2009
Polarizer maker Daxon acquires equipment from Optimax
Taiwan-based polarizer maker Daxon Technology has signed a letter of intent with fellow maker Optimax Technology to acquire the latter's production equipment at a factory in the Southern...
Thursday 24 December 2009
PTI expects utilization rate to remain high in 1Q10
Memory backend service supplier Powertech Technology (PTI) expects its capacity utilization for the upcoming first quarter to stay similar to levels in the fourth quarter of 2009...
Wednesday 23 December 2009
Handset PCB makers see order visibility through 1Q10
Compeq Manufacturing, Unimicron Technology and Unitech Printed Circuit Board have seen order visibility extend to February 2010, but hold mixed outlooks for the upcoming quarter.
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Acme to double sapphire substrate capacity in 2010 on increasing LED demand
Taiwan-based inductor maker Acme Electronics plans to double capacity of its sapphire crystal substrates in 2010 to satisfy increasing LED demand. The company is seeing its sapphire...
Thursday 26 November 2009
TPO president to return to Compal as global COO
TPO Displays CEO and president William Chang will return to Compal Electronics as global chief operating officer (COO) after the merger of TPO, Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) and Innolux...
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Taiwan-based chip resistor makers still at high utilization
Taiwan-based chip resistor makers, including Ta-I Technology and Ralec Electronic, have recently enjoyed high utilization rates because order volumes have dropped only slightly from...
Wednesday 11 November 2009
PCB maker Dynamic 4Q09 revenues to drop 10% sequentially
PCB maker Dynamic Electronics expects revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 to slide 10% sequentially, as demand from the notebook and TFT LCD sectors has slowed down on seasonality,...
Tuesday 10 November 2009
ASE and SPIL revenues hit 2-year high in October
IC packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) saw revenues in October 2009 reach a two-year high at NT$4.9 billion (US$152 million), while rival Siliconware...
Friday 6 November 2009
Elpida and ProMOS ink partnership on DRAM
Elpida Memory and ProMOS Technologies announced on November 6 the signing of a DRAM foundry agreement.
Friday 30 October 2009
Macronix net profits more than double in 3Q09
Mask ROM and NOR flash maker Macronix International Company (MXIC) saw its net profits increase 131% sequentially to NT$2.27 billion (US$69.63 million) in third-quarter 2009, according...
Thursday 29 October 2009
SMIC remains unprofitable in 3Q09
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) saw revenues drop on year in third-quarter 2009, with the quarter's net loss widening from a loss of US$33.38 million in third-quarter...
Tuesday 27 October 2009
DRAM backend supplier FATC nears full utilization
Formosa Advanced Technologies (FATC), a Taiwan-based memory packaging and testing service provider, has seen its capacity reach almost full utilization thanks to increased demand...