Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are expected to implement aggressive capex plans for 2010, when the semiconductor market...
Customers have turned more active in placing orders, according to Antonio Mesquida Kusters, Director of Market Intelligence for ASML. Citing predictions by research firms, Kusters...
Taiwan-based memory packaging and testing houses Powertech Technology (PTI) and Walton Advanced Engineering have landed growing orders for DDR3 memory, according to market watchers...
Purchases by chipmakers for advance chips is propelling the market for a rapid recovery in 2010, according to a recent report by The Information Network. Capex can be an important...
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has issued a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) clarifying a recent newspaper report about its pending move to expand backend production...
Worldwide semiconductor capital-equipment spending will decline 47.9% in 2009, despite an estimated growth of 47.3% sequentially in the second half, according to Gartner. The market...
LCD panel maker Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has announced that it has secured a five-year syndicated bank loan of NT$40 billion (US$1.22 billion) to boost its working capital for...
IC Insights in its recent research forecast wafer fab capacity utilization will soon return to pre-crisis levels, signaling an upcoming rise in IC ASPs. In addition, SEMI has revised...
Morris Chang might have been surprised to learn that Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will be sold to Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) for a high price of US$3.9...
Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) plans to raise an estimated NT$500 million (US$15.2 million) in additional capital by floating 10 million new shares, with a tentative price of NT$50...
Sigurd Microelectronics has announced its decision to revise its capex for 2009 to NT$500-600 million (US$15-18 million), up from its original budget of NT$200 million. The Taiwan-based...
Driver IC testing and packaging house Chipbond Technology has raised its capex budget for 2009 by 40% to NT$700 million (US$21.28 million), according to the company. The additional...
Sigurd Microelectronics and Ardentec swung back to profitability in the second quarter of 2009, while King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) managed a narrower loss sequentially, according...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has detailed a total of 13 equipment purchases during the week of August 24-28, in filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE),...
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) recorded capital expenditure (capex) of NT$10.3 billion (NT$314 million) during the first half of 2009, and plans to spend another NT$20 billion in the second...
