Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) posted consolidated revenues of NT$74.21 billion for the second quarter, up 87.9% from NT$39.5 billion in the first. On an annual...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) swung back to profitability in the quarter ended June 30, 2009, and saw revenues for the second quarter double compared to the prior quarter...
PCB and substrate player Unimicron Technology has reported a net profit of NT$1.12 billion (US$34.26 million) for the second-quarter, translating into an EPS of NT$0.96, and beating...
King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) on July 23 announced its board of directors has approved plans to raise its capex budget to NT$1.6 billion (US$48.68 million) for 2009, a 60%...
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has been working closely with customers, including FPGA specialist Xilinx, to volume produce 45/40nm products at its 300mm (12-inch) fabs,...
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...
