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.
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...
