Major DRAM chipmakers will slow down their capacity expansion pace in 2019 with lower capex than year-ago levels, judging from end-market demand weakness this year, according to DR...
Memory chipmakers had a good year in 2018, but the outlook for 2019 is marred by uncertainties arising from the US-China trade war and concerns about over-supply. Samsung Electronics...
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...
The board of directors of flexible PCB specialist Flexium Interconnect has approved plans to budget NT$8 billion (US$259.5 million) in capex for 2019, which will be utilized for capacity...
Micron Technology has announced results for its first quarter of fiscal 2019, which ended November 29, 2018, with revenues and net profits registering increases compared to a year...
Chip-on-film (COF) packaging demand for panel-use driver ICs, demand for memory chips including niche-market DRAM and automotive NOR flash, and demand for automotive touch and display...
Total fab equipment spending in 2019 is projected to drop 8%, a sharp reversal from the previously forecast increase of 7% as fab investment growth has been revised downward for 2018...
The board of directors of United Microelectronics (UMC) has authorized a capital budget execution of NT$27.406 billion (US$889.4 million) for capacity deployment.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has disclosed plans to build a new 8-inch wafer fab at its manufacturing site in Tainan, southern Taiwan to satisfy robust customer...
Samsung is expected to have the largest capex budget of any IC supplier again in 2018, according to IC Insights. After spending US$24.2 billion for semiconductor capex in 2017, Samsung...
PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology swung to net profits of NT$982 million (US$31.8 million) in the third quarter of 2018 from losses in the prior quarter and a year...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has approved the appropriation of around US$3.36 billion for new fab facility construction, and advanced-node and specialty technology...
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) expects to post a revenue decline of 7-9% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2018, with gross margin...
Touch panel maker TPK Holding has reported that it posted net profits of NT$191 million (US$6.18 million) for the third quarter of 2018, reversing a net loss of NT$227 million seen...
Eight-inch foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has expressed caution about the IC market growth in 2019, citing the impact of the escalating US-China trade war and...
