AU Optronics (AUO) has revised upward its capex for 2009 from NT$50-60 billion (US$1.52-1.83 billion) to NT$70-75 billion as its is ramping up output at fab L8A, plans to start up...
Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing continued to suffer a loss in second-quarter 2009, but saw the loss narrow to US$39.4 million compared to a loss of US$98.8 million...
Winbond Electronics, a Taiwan-based DRAM maker that has diversified its products to include niche memory and NOR flash, has said its capital spending for 2009 may be less than its...
Taiwan DRAM makers are expected to keep their capex budgets low for 2009, even as the industry recovers from a prolonged slump, according to market watchers. Nanya Technology and...
Elpida Memory has been quietly developing a technology based on its existing 65nm equipment for DRAM production, to enable a die shrink to 50nm, industry sources have claimed. The...
Greatek Electronics saw revenues for the second quarter of 2009 climb 62.4% sequentially, thanks to increased demand for consumer electronics ICs, network chips and power management...
Pure-play foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have recently spent a combined NT$9.05 billion (US$273.4 million)...
Total fab spending worldwide is poised to grow 61.5% in 2010, following a 50.7% drop in 2009, according to SEMI. The association previously predicted the overall fab spending would...
King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) has adjusted upward its capex budget for 2009 by 50% to NT$3 billion (US$91.66 million), which will be utilized for purchases of new test equipment...
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Bright LED Electronics has decided to cancel plans to expand surface-mount device (SMD) LED capacity since the company's current utilization rate...
DRAM chipmaker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) gained approval to reset the conversion price of its US$157.85 million worth of euro convertible bonds (ECBs) during its recent...
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has seen almost full utilization rates at its Kaohsiung and Shanghai plants amid demand for leadframe packaging from emerging markets, according...
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) has forecast its revenue ratio between the first and second halves of 2009 may be between 30:70 and 40:60, according to company president Otto Chang...
