A DRAM production slip-up has forced a Korea-based vendor to scrap 30,000-50,000 wafers from its 21nm node, according to industry sources.

IC testing solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Technology (CHPT) expects to see its revenues reach their peak for 2016 in the third quarter, and revenues for all of the year...

Memory device controller IC specialist Solid State System (3S) expects to post sequential growth in revenues and gross margin for the third quarter of 2016.

Battery maker Simplo Technology expects sales to reach NT$14.06-14.6 billion in the third quarter of 2016, slightly higher than the NT$13.59 billion posted in the previous quarter.

Sales in the global DRAM market increased 6.3% sequentially in the second quarter of 2016, thanks mainly to bit supply growth, according to DRAMeXchange.

LCD driver IC specialist Himax Technologies expects to post revenue growth of 5-10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2016.

Taiwan-based panel makers will together ship 61.57 million large-size (9-inch and above) panels during the third quarter of 2016, growing 5.5% on quarter and 5% on year, and accounting...

ODM Pegatron expects third-quarter 2016 revenues from product lines other than IT to increase 25-30% on quarter, notebook shipments in the quarter to grow 5-10% on quarter, and motherboard...

WPG saw its July revenues decrease 4.4% compared to June while fellow IC distributor WT Microelectronics' revenues increased 7.6% month.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$76.39 (US$2.46 billion) for July 2016, down 6.1% sequentially and 5.6% on year.

Elan Microelectronics expects its third-quarter revenues to register a 16-22% sequential increase, driven by continued growth in shipments of touchscreen controllers and rising fingerprint...

IC distributor WT Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$37.5 billion (US$1.21 billion) and NT$40.5 billion in the third quarter of 2016 which will represent sequential...

China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post revenue growth of 8-11% sequentially in the third quarter of 2016, with gross margin...

DRAM maker Inotera Memories has announced the appointment of Richard Mealey-Ozawa as company CFO effective August 9, 2016.

Pure-play wafer foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its July revenues hit a 3-month low, whereas Vanguard International Semiconductor's (VIS) revenues increased about 3% on...