Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced separate equipment purchases totaling around NT$3.85 billion (US$120 million) from Lam Research, Tokyo Electron, ASML,...
Amkor Technology has said it plans to allocate a capex of US$100-125 million for the first quarter of 2010, a significant rise compared to US$69 million spent a year ago. The figure...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company (SMIC), China's top foundry chipmaker, has set a capex budget of US$330 million for 2010 compared to US$189.6 million last year....
Foundry chipmaker United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has reported revenues of NT$8.6 billion (US$268 million) for January 2010, up 172.77% from NT$3.15 billion a year ago....
Chip packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has reported net income of NT$6.74 billion (US$210 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$85.77 billion...
With delivery lead times for immersion scanners extending, supply from upstream DRAM makers will not grow substantially until the fourth quarter of 2010, according to DK Tsai, chairman...
Memory packaging and testing service provider Powertech Technology (PTI) has posted fourth-quarter 2009 sales of NT$8.74 billion (US$273 million) and net income of NT$1.68 billion,...
The global IC packaging and testing industry is expected to grow by a double-digit rate in 2010, according to Bough Lin, chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL). In line...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced net profits of NT$4.396 billion (US$137 million) for the fourth quarter of 2009, showing a return to profitability from losses...
Walton Advanced Engineering (WAE) has been speeding up adding testing equipment, and may raise its capex for 2010 as it is running at almost full capacity, according to the memory...
LG Display leads the top-three panel makers in its 2010 capex plans at four trillion won (US$3.431 billion), followed by AU Optronics (AUO) with NT$100 billion (US$3.121 billion)...
TFT-LCD panel maker HannStar Display decides to invest NT$5 billion (US$156 million) to establish a color filter (CF) plant with a monthly capacity of 50,000 sheets to meet the demand...
Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has estimated wafer shipments and capacity utilization rates for the first quarter to grow from the fourth quarter...
Winbond Electronics has announced it will begin 40nm development in 2010, according to company president Chan Tung-Yi. The company declined to comment on whether it will cooperate...
Telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has set a capital expenditure (capex) outlay of NT$6.9 billion (US$216 million) for 2010, increasing by 3.4% from 2009.
