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Tuesday 25 July 2017
Silicon wafer shipments remain at record highs, says SEMI
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments remained at their highest recorded quarterly level in the second quarter 2017, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its...
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Installed 8-inch fab capacity to rise through 2020, says SEMI
Installed 8-inch (200mm) fab capacity has increased since 2009, and will reach close to 5.4 million wafers per month (wpm) by the end of 2017, according to SEMI. By 2020, 200mm capacity...
Friday 14 July 2017
Semi content in electronic systems forecast to set new record in 2017, says IC Insights
The global electronic systems market will grow only 2% to US$1,493 billion in 2017, while the worldwide semiconductor market is expected to surge by 15% to US$419.1 billion, according...
Wednesday 12 July 2017
Global semiconductor equipment sales set to reach record high in 2017, says SEMI
Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are projected to increase 19.8% to total US$49.4 billion in 2017, marking the first time that the semiconductor equipment...
Monday 10 July 2017
Lite-On Semi 2Q17 revenues rise, Eris hit record high
Diodes and discrete component maker Lite-On Semiconductor saw its revenues increase 26.8% sequentially and 7.6% from a year earlier to about NT$2.9 billion (US$94.9 million) in the...
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Win Semi posts record 2Q17 revenues
GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors saw its second-quarter revenues climb to a record high of NT$3.815 billion (US$125 million).
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Lite-On Semi seeing GPP diode orders ramp up
Lite-On Semiconductor has seen orders of GPP (glass passivated package) bridge rectifiers surge 50-60% sequentially in the second quarter of 2017, according to company president David...
Monday 19 June 2017
Win Semi looks to 5G base station construction for 2018 growth
With 5G base station construction set to kick off in 2018, GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors expects its business to enter another high-growth phase, according to company chairman...
Thursday 15 June 2017
SEMI sees record fab spending for 2017, 2018
SEMI has predicted record spending for fab construction and fab equipment in 2017 and 2018. Korea, Taiwan and China will all see large investments, and spending in Europe will also...
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Lite-On Semi posts revenue growth in May
Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, has reported consolidated revenues for May 2017 increased 3.9% sequentially and 7.4% on year to NT$971 million...
Tuesday 6 June 2017
Korea replaces Taiwan as largest semiconductor equipment market
Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached a record US$13.1 billion in the first quarter of 2017, according to SEMI. The billings figure was 14% higher than...
Tuesday 6 June 2017
Apple, Amazon to join Foxconn bid to acquire Toshiba semi unit, says report
Apple and Amazon will participate in Foxconn Electronics' bid to acquire Toshiba's semiconductor business, Foxconn chairman Terry Guo told the Japan-based Nikkei Asian Review.<...
Tuesday 30 May 2017
North American semiconductor equipment industry posts US$2.17 billion in April billings
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$2.17 billion in billings worldwide in April 2017 (three-month average basis), according to SEMI. The billings...
Wednesday 17 May 2017
Win Semi expands GaAs wafer manufacturing capacity by more than 20%
Win Semiconductors, the world’s largest pure-play compound semiconductor foundry, has completed phase 2 expansion at its newest wafer fab, Fab C. This operation is now fitted...
Wednesday 17 May 2017
Silicon wafer shipments hit record levels in 1Q17, says SEMI
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments were at their highest recorded quarterly level in the first quarter of 2017, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its...
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