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Thursday 4 December 2008
SPIL lowers 4Q08 revenues forecast
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has lowered its fourth-quarter revenues forecast from a fall of 8-13% on quarter originally to a 25-28% sequential drop. The company guided...
Wednesday 3 December 2008
More players in packaging and testing sector may lower 4Q forecasts
With Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) lowering its fourth-quarter guidance closely on the heels of a grimmer outlook offered by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
Friday 28 November 2008
Micron likely to increase orders for ChipMOS, SPIL and FATC
ChipMOS Technologies, Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) and Formosa Advanced Technologies Company (FATC) are expected to benefit from Micron Technology after it completes the...
Monday 3 November 2008
UMC and ASE willing to seek partnerships in 2009 while TSMC, PTI and SPIL have no merger plans
With the semiconductor market expected to shrink in 2009, the market may see more strategic alliances and consolidation. Commenting on merger potential in the industry, Taiwan semiconductor...
Wednesday 29 October 2008
SPIL 3Q08 sales grow almost 9% sequentially, but down on year
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has announced that its revenues for the third quarter of 2008 were NT$17.24 billion, representing a 8.8% increase compared to the second quarter...
Tuesday 7 October 2008
3Q sales growth for packaging and testing companies, but sales should decline in 4Q
Taiwan packaging and testing companies performed better than expectation in general during the third quarter, but fourth-quarter sales are expected to decline sequentially, according...
Wednesday 10 September 2008
SPIL said to be adding more wirebonders
The semiconductor industry trough is not weighing on Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) with sources at equipment vendors indicating that SPIL will add more wirebonders during...
Tuesday 26 August 2008
Micron said to be upping its packaging orders to Taiwan
With Micron Technology having reporting losses for five consecutive quarters, the memory maker is expected to outsources more NAND flash packaging orders. Currently, Micron still...
Tuesday 19 August 2008
Micron memory card partners settled
Micron Technology has made further progress on its memory card deployment by settling controller IC and backend production partners. Industry sources noted that InComm and Siliconware...
Thursday 7 August 2008
SPIL neither optimistic nor conservative about 3Q
In contrast to rivals who are mostly pessimistic about the third quarter, Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) chairman Bough Lin pointed out, during an August 6 investors conference,...
Tuesday 15 July 2008
SPIL chairman increases stake in PPT
By purchasing more shares at Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT), Bough Lin, chairman at Siliconware Precision Industries Ltd. (SPIL), has became the largest individual shareholder...
Tuesday 8 July 2008
The launch of Centrino 2 to boost Taiwan supply chain, says paper
Intel recently issued a notice that its Centrino 2 notebook platform (Montevina) will launch on July 15 in Taiwan. Industry players that form the platform's supply chain in Taiwan...
Friday 4 July 2008
Nvidia contract makers in Taiwan low-key over defective chip reports
Nvidia's Taiwan-based graphics chip contract makers are being low-key after the US chip designer informed investors on July 3 that will take a charge of US$150-$200 million related...
Monday 16 June 2008
SPIL chairman: Packaging and testing market visibility remains low for 3Q08
Order visibility for the testing and packaging sector for the third quarter remains low, and weak demand could last through the end of the year, according to Siliconware Precision...
Thursday 5 June 2008
WiMAX is an opportunity for Taiwan to become leading total solutions provider: Interview with John Hsuan, vice chairman of UMC
John Hsuan, vice chairman of United Microelectronic Corporation (UMC) and concurrently chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), is a 30-year veteran of the Taiwan IT industry...