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Thursday 8 July 2010
IC testing houses see record sales in June 2010
Sigurd Microelectronics and Ardentec have both reported record consolidated revenues for June, joining fellow King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) that saw its June sales reach an all-time...
Tuesday 22 June 2010
IC testing firm Sigurd revises 2010 capex, to expand capacity
Sigurd Microelectronics has budgeted NT$2.94 billion (US$92 million) in capex to boost its production capacity in 2010, chairman Sidney Huang said during the company's recent shareholders...
Wednesday 12 May 2010
IC and LED backend service provider Youngtek raises capex budget for 2010
IC and LED backend service provider Youngtek Electronics has decided to raise its capex budget for 2010 to NT$820 million (US$25.93 million) from the NT$600-650 million as originally...
Tuesday 11 May 2010
KYEC, Sigurd enjoy robust April sales
IC testing houses King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics have both report sequential revenue growth for April 2010, boosted by strong demand from chip cus...
Friday 9 April 2010
KYEC and Sigurd see flat revenues in 1Q10, but Ardentec sales grow
IC testing houses King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics both saw revenues for the first quarter of 2010 remain almost flat sequentially, whereas peer Ardentec enjoyed...
Monday 22 March 2010
IC testing firms KYEC, Ardentec positive about 2Q10
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Ardentec are both seeing increased demand for LCD driver ICs, communications chips and power management (PWM) ICs, with order visibility being clear...
Tuesday 9 March 2010
Chroma Ate sees revenues up 84% in February 2010
Test and measurement instrument supplier Chroma Ate has announced revenues for February 2010 jumped 84% on year to NT$321 million (US$10 million). Revenues for the first two months...
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Seasonality not impacting 1Q10 revenues as much as expected, say IC testing houses
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Sigurd Microelectronics and Ardentec all expect their first-quarter revenues to stay flat or drop by single digits sequentially, as customers have not...
Monday 1 March 2010
Chroma Ate sees order visibility extend to 3Q10
Test and measurement instrument supplier Chroma Ate has seen its order visibility extended to the third quarter of 2010, with new orders focusing on testing equipment for LED, solar,...
Friday 22 January 2010
IC testing firm KYEC to see strong 1Q10
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is estimated to see revenues decrease by less than 5% sequentially in the first quarter of 2010, compared to drops of 10% or more usually seen in previous...
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Testing houses Ardentec, UTAC enter MediaTek supply chain
MediaTek has recently added two testing partners, Ardentec and UTAC Taiwan, and given them small-volume orders to help diversify risk, according to industry sources.
Monday 21 December 2009
LED sorting to drive Youngtek revenue growth in 2010
Buoyant demand for LED sorting will be a major revenue growth driver for Youngtek Electronics (YTEC) in 2010, according to market watchers, adding that the Taiwan-based chip testing...
Tuesday 15 December 2009
TSMC to raise orders to testing partners, says paper
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to no longer add new capacity for wafer testing, and increase its outsourcing to backend partners Ardentec and STATS ChipPAC...
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Wafer testing house Ardentec expects growth for 4Q09
Wafer testing house Ardentec has estimated its fourth-quarter revenues will defy seasonal patterns to record a sequential growth, with order visibility already stretching to February...
Friday 11 December 2009
IC testing firm KYEC says no capex growth for 2010
IC testing company King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) plans to scale down its capex for 2010 to below NT$2 billion (US$61.92 billion) from the NT$2.3 billion in 2009, in a move...