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Friday 20 January 2017
Nanya buys equipment from ASML
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has announced the purchase of a batch of machinery equipment for about NT$4.3 billion (US$135.8 million) from ASML.
Tuesday 29 November 2016
MediaTek to roll out new product line for automotive industry
MediaTek has announced plans to bring holistic, fully integrated system solutions to the automotive industry beginning the first quarter of 2017.
Wednesday 18 May 2016
Nanya buys equipment for NT$692 million
DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has announced the purchase of a batch of machinery equipment for NT$691.83 million (US$21.2 million).
Thursday 5 May 2016
PTI to buy factory building from Epistar for NT$620 million
IC packaging and testing company Powertech Technology (PTI) has announced the acquisition of a factory building and related facilities from LED chipmaker Epistar for a total of NT$620...
Wednesday 30 March 2016
Fire strikes Epistar Hsinchu factory
A fire broke out at LED chipmaker Epistar's factory at the Hsinchu Science Park, northern Taiwan in the late hours of March 28. No employees have been reported injured by the fire,...
Wednesday 2 March 2016
China chipmaker reportedly hires UMC senior executive
United Microelectronics (UMC) senior VP JH Shyu, a key figure in the establishment of Hejian Technology, has been hired by a China-based chipmaker, most likely Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Tuesday 26 January 2016
Sony acquires LTE chipmaker Altair Semiconductor
Sony announced on January 26 that it has reached an agreement with Altair Semiconductor and its major shareholders to acquire the company. The purchase price is US$212 million, and...
Monday 4 January 2016
TSMC buys equipment from Marketech, Applied Materials
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) spent a total of NT$1.83 billion (US$55.3 million) on machinery equipment from Yankey Engineering, Marketech International and Applied...
Wednesday 16 December 2015
TSMC orders NT$1.4 billion of equipment
Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased a batch of machinery and engineering equipment from Applied Materials and Disco for a total of about...
Tuesday 29 September 2015
M&A activity continues through uncertain business climate, says IC Insights
In July 2015, IC Insights examined the huge surge of M&A activity in the IC industry during the first six months of 2015. In just the first half of 2015, announced semiconductor...
Thursday 10 September 2015
Equipment spending slows but still positive in 2015 and 2016, says SEMI
Front-end fab equipment spending (including new, used, and in-house) is projected to increase 5% in 2015 to US$37 billion, and rise another 6.6% in 2016 to US$39.4 billion, according...
Monday 27 July 2015
Macronix reports another quarter of losses
Mask ROM and NOR flash chipmaker Macronix International has reported another quarterly loss, and net losses widened to NT$1.22 billion (US$39 million) in the second quarter from losses...
Wednesday 29 April 2015
UMC expects flat performance in 2Q15
Foundry chipmaker United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its wafer shipments and ASPs to stay flat sequentially in the second quarter of 2015, while sales generated from 28nm process...
Thursday 16 April 2015
TSMC hopes to build wholly-owned 12-inch fab in China
TSMC would prefer to set up its own 12-inch wafer fab in China, and management is evaluating the feasibility "aggressively," according to the Taiwan-based contract chipma...
Tuesday 31 March 2015
Foundry chipmaker Powerchip developing SoC for IoT
Taiwan-based Powerchip Technology is developing a single-chip solution integrating embedded flash memory and ARM-based processors, targeting Internet of Things (IoT), according to...