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Monday 7 November 2022
Winbond sees 3Q22 profit hit 6-quarter low
Winbond Electronics, a maker of specialty DRAM and flash memory, has reported net profits falling 48.2% sequentially to a six-quarter low of NT$2.67 billion (US$83.1 million) in the...
Monday 31 October 2022
PTI plans 40% capex cut in 2023
Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) expects its capex for 2023 to be about 40% lower than this year's level estimated at NT$17 billion.
Friday 7 October 2022
Memory chips to see demand recover faster than logic ICs
Memory makers such as Micron Technology and Kioxia are expected to see their business operations undermined by sharp declines in end-market demand for consumer electronics devices...
Tuesday 27 September 2022
ASEH to see production utilization drop in 4Q22
ASE Technology Holding (ASEH), which operates its backend operations mainly in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, will see its fab utilization rates loosen slightly in the fourth quarter...
Friday 29 July 2022
ASE Technology says revenue on track to grow through 4Q22
ASE Technology Holding (ASEH) has reiterated the OSAT will post sequential revenue increases through the fourth quarter of this year despite heightened macro volatility.
Thursday 28 July 2022
PTI expects flat performance in 3Q22
Powertech Technology (PTI) will be striving to keep its third-quarter revenue about on par with the second-quarter level amid volatile market conditions, according to the memory and...
Monday 20 June 2022
Samsung eyeing closer ties with ASML, Imec
Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y Lee's recent visits to both ASML in the Netherlands and Imec in Belgium have had industry observers believe that the Korea-based vendor is...
Tuesday 24 May 2022
TSMC poised to sustain lead with integrated advanced processes in next decade
While chip manufacturing technology continues to advance toward sub-5nm processes, advanced packaging also has been widely recognized as a key segment to progress drastically with...
Monday 16 May 2022
The memory industry (6): When line between memory and logic IC becomes blurred
In 1984, Intel decided to exit the DRAM business, which marked the start of technology diversion between memories and logic IC. In hindsight, Intel's decision made sense. Memories...
Friday 13 May 2022
The memory industy (5): Looking for a new biz model that can create new value
When the memory industry can no longer leverage Moore's Law to create new value, it has to find new technologies to establish a new business model that can create new economic valu...
Tuesday 12 April 2022
PTI obtains backend orders for new MediaTek smartphone APs
Powertech Technology (PTI) has obtained orders for packaging MediaTek's smartphone application processors slated for launch later in 2022, under the chipmaker's strategy to diversify...
Monday 21 March 2022
Etron upbeat about niche-market DRAM outlook
IC design house Etron Technology has expressed optimism about the niche-market DRAM segment in 2022, with the supply-demand dynamics staying favorable to the Taiwan-based company.
Monday 7 March 2022
OSATs slowing down wirebonding capacity expansions for 2H22
Taiwan's OSATs are slowing down their logic IC wirebonding capacity expansions as the visibility of orders for processing consumer ICs is still unclear beyond the second quarter of...
Tuesday 1 March 2022
NAND flash supply falling short of demand
NAND flash vendors' cautious attitudes towards capacity expansion and a substantial cutback in output at Kioxia-Western Digital JV fabs in Japan will flip the market into undersupply...
Friday 11 February 2022
ASE expects auto chip backend biz to hit over US$1 billion in 2022
Taiwan's leading OSAT ASE Technology expects revenues from backend services for automotive chips to break a landmark level of US$1 billion in 2022 after growing 60% on year in 2021...