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Thursday 24 December 2020
Taiwan IC testers ask clients to procure own process components
Taiwan-based IC testing houses have asked their fabless and IDM clients to shoulder some of the components costs needed to process their orders, a measure tantamount to raising prices,...
Tuesday 1 December 2020
Taiwan backend firms, IC distributors to gain from fresh US ban on Chinese peers
The US Department of Commerce reportedly will place another 89 Chinese tech firms on its MEU (military end user) control list including JCET's subsidiary STATS ChipPAC and IC distributor...
Tuesday 28 July 2020
Taiwan OSAT providers expect Intel to step up outsourcing
Intel is expected to step up its outsourcing of chips and processors, particularly GPUs and IoT chips, for years to come, according to sources at Taiwan-based outsourced assembly...
Wednesday 8 July 2020
Taiwan IC testing houses poised for strong 3Q20
Taiwan's IC testing houses Ardentec, King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics are expected to see their production lines run at high capacity in the third quarter...
Tuesday 2 June 2020
Taiwan IC testing houses see RF chips orders spike from IDMs
Taiwan-based IC testing houses including King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Sigurd Microelectronics and Ardentec have seen orders for RF chips ramp up recently from Taiwanese IC designers...
Thursday 7 May 2020
IDMs gearing up to outsource IC test business amid pandemic
IDMs in Europe, the US and Japan are keenly moving to farm out their operations, particularly backend IC testing, to Taiwan OSAT firms, thanks to their plants in the regions and in...
Wednesday 6 May 2020
OSAT firms see robust demand for healthcare MCUs, server chips
Strong demand for healthcare MCUs and commercial notebook chips driven by the coronavirus pandemic has significantly boosted capacity utilization at Taiwan's backend houses, with...
Wednesday 22 January 2020
Taiwan IC backend houses to expand production capacity
Taiwan-based IC backend houses plan to implement their capacity expansion projects in 2020 to satisfy growing demand for more complex chip designs and high-end testing, according...
Wednesday 5 June 2019
Ardentec to expand factory site in northern Taiwan
Backend house Ardentec recently broke ground for the second-phase construction of its factory site in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan. The new facility construction is scheduled to complete...
Thursday 18 April 2019
Renesas migration to fab-lite model to benefit Taiwan OSAT firms
Renesas is reportedly moving toward a fab-lite business model by temporarily shutting down some frontend and backend fabs, with its Taiwan-based OSAT partners including ASE, Ardentec,...
Tuesday 5 March 2019
Ardentec to expand test services for automotive chips
Taiwan-based IC test solutions provider Ardentec has enjoyed a ramp-up of orders for automotive MCUs, and is vying for new orders for testing Internet of Vehicles (IoV) communication...
Friday 18 January 2019
IC backend service houses may see shipment pickup in mid-2019
Taiwan backend service providers are taking a wait-and-see attitude toward their business prospects for 2019 amid a spate of undesirable factors including the volatile US-China tariff...
Tuesday 15 January 2019
AI, quantum computing still require more effort for commercialization, says Macronix president
Commenting on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computer development, Chih-Yuan Lu, president of Macronix International and chairman of Ardentec, has noted that costs of AI...
Friday 21 December 2018
Ardentec to reduce capex for 2019
Wafer probing specialist Ardentec will likely budget NT$1.6-1.7 billion (US$52-55 million) in capex for 2019, down from about NT$3 billion this year, according to sources familiar...
Friday 2 November 2018
Ardentec posts profit increase in 3Q18
Taiwan-based wafer probing service provider Ardentec has reported net profits of NT$452 million (US$14.7 million) for the third quarter of 2018, up 23.8% sequentially and 10.8% on...