The board of directors of wafer testing house Ardentec has decided to buy a new plant as a means to ramp up its capacity, which in turn is likely to push its capex budget for 2010...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that its projected capex for 2010 will top US$4.8 billion, an increase of 79.7% from US$2.671 billion spent in 2009...
Chipbond Technology has set a capex goal of NT$1.5 billion (US$47 million) for 2010 compared to NT$700 million allocated for the previous year, according to company chairman Fei-Jain...
Growing delivery lead times for immersion scanner equipment is likely to interrupt Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories' planned technology transition to sub-50nm in 2010, according...
Global spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment is expected to rise by 46.8% in 2010 compared in 2009, bringing an end to three consecutive years of decline, according to...
Nanya Technology will likely raise its capex budget for 2010 to top NT$20 billion (US$627 million), up from the company's most recent estimate of NT$19 billion, according to industry...
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) plans to sign a cooperation agreement with Ericsson aiming to extend the coverage of its HSPA networks to all areas in Taiwan within three years,...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will budget NT$27 billion (US$850 million) for R&D expenditure in 2010, up 25% from NT$21.6 billion last year, according to company...
Chip testing firm King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), which had originally looked for a five-year syndicated loan of NT$13 billion (US$408.8 million), has managed to secure a total of NT$19.6...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has indicated that it is not the source of a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report saying UMC will acquire a ProMOS...
Ralec Electronic may increase its capex for 2010 and expand capacity for 0402 and 0201 chip resistors, according to market sources. In response, the company said it has seen demand...
Sources at semiconductor equipment makers believe Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will make a more ambitious attempt than its internal goal towards capital spending...
Rexchip Electronics, which is 64%-owned by Elpida Memory, has announced plans to go public in 2010. The DRAM maker will file an application for IPO (initial public offering) in Taiwan's...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) spent more than NT$145 billion (US$4.57 billion) on machinery equipment in 2009, while rival United Microelectronics Corporation...
