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Wednesday 26 April 2023
OSATs continue to cut prices to maintain utilization rates
Leading Taiwan-based OSATs including Powertech Technology (PTI) and ASE Group are reducing prices amid ongoing cost pressures, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 26 April 2023
PTI optimistic about reduced output by memory vendors
Reduced output by Samsung Electronics and other memory chipmakers will gradually contribute to the industry supply-demand balance later this year, according to DK Tsai, chairman for...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
ASEH, Amkor expanding production outside of China and Taiwan
ASE Technology (ASEH) and Amkor Technology, the world's top two OSATs, have both expanded production outside of China and Taiwan, according to industry sources.
Friday 21 April 2023
OSATs striving to cut wafer bank inventories
OSATs are striving to offload "wafer bank" inventories stored for customers, and are generally pessimistic about their sales prospects for the second and third quarters, according...
Wednesday 19 April 2023
Tata ropes in fomer Intel Foundry Service president for OSAT business
As Tata is looking to build its OSAT business and precision electronics manufacturing amid India's aspiration to build a self-reliant semiconductor ecosystem, the Indian conglomerate...
Tuesday 18 April 2023
3D fabric business pushes TSMC into top 3 largest OSATs
TSMC came in as the world's third-largest OSAT when including its advanced packaging 3D fabric platform in 2022, according to market research quoted by China-based OSATs.
Wednesday 12 April 2023
Mobile phone AP supply chain expects recovery in 3Q23
Semiconductor backend packaging and testing and mobile phone power amplifier (PA) companies agree that visibility for large-scale orders is still unclear going into the second quarter...
Tuesday 11 April 2023
Taiwan-based OSATs post better-than-expected sales for March
Taiwan-based OSATs, including ASE Technology Holding (ASEH), Powertech Technology and King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), have reported better-than-expected sales for March, indicating...
Monday 10 April 2023
Taiwan-based OSATs see upstream orders increase in 2Q23
Taiwan-based driver IC OSATs such as ChipMOS Technologies and Chipbond Technology are seeing the monthly operating growth rate of chip and backend companies exceed 20%, according...
Thursday 6 April 2023
JCET reports record revenue, profit for 2022
Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET), the largest China-based OSAT company, has reported revenue and net profits for 2022 both hit record highs of CNY33.76 billion (US$4.91...
Thursday 30 March 2023
China-based Tongfu Micro became world's fourth-largest OSAT player in 2022
Tongfu Microelectronics, a major IC assembly and testing company in China, has posted sales that grew by 35.52% but saw profit drop by 47.53% amid the macroeconomic challenges and...
Thursday 30 March 2023
ASE steps up deployment in automotive electronics sector
Taiwanese OSAT ASE Technology Holding (ASE) continues to enhance its solutions for automotive ICs including sensors, electronic control units (ECU), and power devices, stepping up...
Monday 27 March 2023
AMD's AI strategy to drive OSAT sales in China and Taiwan
As Nvidia founder Jensen Huang observed the "iPhone moment for AI", AMD has also strengthened its role in artificial intelligence (AI). The GPU/CPU provider has reportedly set up...
Monday 20 March 2023
Taiwan partners to beef up backend support for Qualcomm new chips in 2H23
As Qualcomm is set to place wafer starts with TSMC for new handset APs, RF chips, networking chips, and even PC CPUs to be launched in the second half of 2023, its backend supply...
Friday 17 March 2023
Taiwan OSATs consider Mexico as regional operations base to help partners expand in US
Taiwan-based OSATs, many of which are involved with TSMC and other chipmakers, are considering Mexico as their regional base of operations to assist partners looking to expand into...