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Wednesday 30 August 2017
Samsung seeking long-term supply contracts with wafer firms
Samsung Electronics is striving to sign long-term supply contracts with multiple wafer makers to ensure sufficient silicon wafer supplies for the manufacture of memory chips and logic...
Wednesday 30 August 2017
GigaDevice draws investment from China state-backed fund
China-based GigaDevice Semiconductor has obtained investment from China's National IC Industry Investment Fund, commonly known as the Big Fund, according to the maker of flash memory...
Monday 28 August 2017
Macronix completes capital reduction; shares soar
NOR flash and mask ROM chipmaker Macronix International returned to normal trading on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on August 28 after completing a capital downsize. The company's...
Friday 25 August 2017
Nanya sells more stake in Micron
Nanya Technology has sold more of its holdings in Micron Technology for a total of about US$35.52 million, according to the Taiwan-based DRAM chipmaker.
Wednesday 23 August 2017
Winbond announces equipment purchases
Winbond Electronics, a memory chipmaker specializing in specialty DRAM and flash memory chips, has disclosed two purchases of machinery equipment from Lam Research and Tokyo Electron...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
ASE output hit by power outage
A sudden massive blackout took place in Taiwan on August 15 which hit Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's (ASE) plants in Kaohsiung. The incident will likely result in losses of...
Tuesday 15 August 2017
Powerchip posts EPS of NT$1.59 for 1H17
Contract chipmaker Powerchip Technology has announced net profits increased 17.6% on year to NT$3.63 billion (US$119.7 million) in the first half of 2017. EPS for the six-month period...
Wednesday 2 August 2017
Nanya mulls developing 10nm DRAM technology in-house
Nanya Technology has licensed 1x and 1y DRAM technologies from Micron Technology, and is mulling developing a 10nm process in-house, according to the Taiwan-based DRAM manufacturer...
Monday 31 July 2017
Winbond nets NT$0.28 per share for 2Q17
Winbond Electronics, a memory chipmaker specializing in niche-market DRAM and flash memory, has reported net profits for the second quarter of 2017 reached a nine-quarter high of...
Friday 28 July 2017
ChipMOS Shanghai obtains backend orders for NOR flash from XMC
ChipMOS Technologies (Shanghai), a joint venture between Taiwan-based ChipMOS and Tsinghua Unigroup, has obtained backend orders for NOR flash memory from Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor...
Tuesday 11 July 2017
SK Hynix sets up foundry subsidiary, says report
Memory chipmaker SK Hynix has announced the establishment of wholly-owned subsidiary SK Hynix System IC, which will be specializing in IC foundry services, according to a report from...
Thursday 29 June 2017
Powerchip eyeing orders from Illumina
Powerchip Technology is looking to become the second foundry partner of Illumina following Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), according to industry sources.
Monday 26 June 2017
SMIC mass producing 28nm HKMG chips
Semiconductor Manufacturing International's (SMIC) 28nm HKMG process has entered its mass production stage, according to company CEO Haijun Zhao. SMIC will move forward making chips...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Powerchip to restart NOR flash manufacturing
Powerchip Technology has restarted its NOR flash production line amid tight supply of the memory.
Friday 16 June 2017
Nanya sells partial stake in Micron
Taiwan-based DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has announced the sale of part of its stake in US-based Micron Technology, with an aim to increase the company's working capital and repay...
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