IC backend service company Powertech Technology (PTI) may inject another NT$1 billion (US$33.41 million) for capacity ramps in the second half of 2013 after already spending NT$7...
Samsung Electronics expects to spend a total of KRW19.5 trillion (US$17.5 billion), equivalent to 81.25% of its total capex, on the company's component business in 2013. Of the planned...
Taiwan-based DRAM chipmaker Inotera Memories has reported net profits for the second quarter of 2013, ending a string of 13 consecutive quarter losses.
The semiconductor market is experiencing a surge in demand for mobile and wireless communications applications. While Taiwan sets a good example of rising the tide of mobile demand...
Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending is projected to total US$35.8 billion in 2013, a 5.5% decrease from 2012 spending of US$37.8 billion, according to Gartner.
PCB maker Unimicron Technology has set a capex budget of NT$10-11 billion (US$331.5-364.7 million) for 2013, mainly to develop thinner, high-density chip-scale package (CSP) substrates,...
Nan Ya PCB (NPC) will invest most of its targeted capex of NT$2 billion (US$67 million) on FC CSP (chip scale package) substrates in 2013, acknowledging brisk demand coming from the...
IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology expects its capex budget to reach a record NT$4.5-5 billion (US$150.7-167.5 million) in 2013 and further climb to NT$5-6 billion...
LED lighting demand has been rising and Taiwan-based LED packaging house Edison Opto noted that 2013 capex will reach NT$400-500 million (US$13-16 million).
Intel, Samsung Electronics, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Texas Instruments (TI), Toshiba, Renesas Electronics, SK Hynix, and STMicroelectronics were among the...
Fab equipment spending for the second half of 2013 is expected to be much stronger with a 32% growth rate or US$18.5 billion compared to the first half of the year, according to SEMI...
Samsung Electronics is expected to spend US$6 billion on its logic IC business in 2013, down from a record US$7 billion in 2012, according to Digitimes Research.
IC backend service company Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has decided to hike its capex budget for 2013 to NT$14.9 billion (US$496.14 million), up nearly 32% from NT$11.3...
Although global capital spending this year in the solar supply chain is expected to fall to its lowest level since 2006, indications signal that the downturn in investment has hit...
ChipMOS Technologies, which specializes in assembly and test services for LCD driver ICs and memory chips, expects its capex for 2013 to total NT$2.5-2.8 billion (US$83.6-93.6 million)...
