PCB maker Unimicron Technology is conservative about the fourth quarter due to decreased orders for handset, networking and IC applications and the company has frozen its capex plans...

Noting what he called current economic turbulence, Corning vice chairman and CFO James B Flaws indicated that the LCD glass maker is widening its estimates on the lower-end for 2009...

With the DRAM industry remaining in the doldrums, business conditions are dictating that capital purchases for MeiYa Technology, Micron's joint venture with Nanya Technology, be put...

Hynix Semiconductor will reduce its capital expenditure (capex) for 2009 following the recently announced DRAM production cuts, according to sources at Taiwan DRAM makers.

Following the announcement of DRAM production cuts by Elpida Memory and Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) last week, Micron Technology also reportedly plans to slash its capital...

Although a global economic recession has cast a cloud over the entire semiconductor industry, leading inspection and metrology tool supplier KLA Tencor expects that the soft capital...

Packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects its revenues to grow only 1-3% in the third quarter because of the weak global economy, and plans to reduce...

Samsung Electronics has announced that its capex for memory production will remain static, despite only posting a mild sequential growth in operating margin from the segment for the...

After posting combined losses of over NT$20 billion (US$658 million) in the second quarter, Taiwan's major DRAM makers have all slowed down their expansion via cutting capital expenditure...

While a number of market research firms have cut their semiconductor market growth forecasts for 2008, Malcolm Penn, chairman and CEO of Future Horizons still expects double-digit...

Global capital expenditure on mobile communications continues to rise due to greater emphasis on new data services, increased traffic load, and preparation for 4G deployments. With...