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Thursday 22 January 2009
Memory packaging and testing house PTI posts 8.9% net profit drop in 4Q08
Powertech Technology (PTI), a Taiwan-based memory packaging and testing house, generated unaudited revenues of NT$8.04 billion (US$239.6 million) in the fourth quarter of 2008, up...
Tuesday 20 January 2009
ProMOS continues to sell assets
Packaging and testing house Powertech Technology (PTI) has announced via a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) that it has acquired wafer testing equipment worth approximately...
Monday 19 January 2009
PTI gross margins to fall 2-5pp in 1Q09, but will remain profitable
Powertech Technology (PTI) has estimated first-quarter gross margins will slide to 15-18%, down from 20% in the fourth quarter of 2008. Meanwhile, the company will likely see revenues...
Wednesday 7 January 2009
DRAM production cutbacks lead to lower utilization at packaging and testing firms in early 2009
Memory IC packaging and testing houses ChipMOS Technologies, Formosa Advanced Technologies Company (FATC), Power ASE Technology and United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) are said...
Monday 5 January 2009
PTI revenues to slide due to memory production cutback
Memory packaging and testing house Powertech Technology (PTI) may experience a sequential sales drop of 20-25% in the first quarter of 2009, as a result of DRAM production cutbacks,...
Thursday 25 December 2008
ProMOS sells backend equipment to PTI
ProMOS Technologies announced via a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) that the company's equipment for backend packaging and testing has been partly acquired by packaging...
Wednesday 10 December 2008
ProMOS to sell 12-inch equipment; phasing out 8-inch production
ProMOS Technologies plans to sell part of the machinery equipment located at its 12-inch fabs. The company also announced plans to gradually phase out of commodity DRAM production...
Tuesday 9 December 2008
Memory industry trapped in a vicious circle, says PTI chairman
Powertech Technology (PTI) chairman DK Tsai has expressed his concern over the memory market, foreseeing worsened conditions in the first quarter of 2009. The memory industry is trapped...
Monday 8 December 2008
Packaging and testing houses see weaker NOR flash sales in 4Q
Memory packaging and testing houses ChipMOS Technologies and King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) have estimated that sales contributions from NOR flash will slide sequentially in...
Thursday 20 November 2008
PTI acquires land for expansion despite global economic woes
Packaging and testing house Powertech Technology (PTI) has injected NT$327 million (US$9.79 million) to acquire land, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange...
Monday 3 November 2008
UMC and ASE willing to seek partnerships in 2009 while TSMC, PTI and SPIL have no merger plans
With the semiconductor market expected to shrink in 2009, the market may see more strategic alliances and consolidation. Commenting on merger potential in the industry, Taiwan semiconductor...
Friday 31 October 2008
PTI chairman: Memory industry may not recover until 2Q09
Powertech Technology (PTI) chairman, DK Tsai, has forecast that memory industry will continue to decline for at least two more quarters. Competition in the industry is expected to...
Monday 6 October 2008
PTI to have record September sales with Kingston's strong orders; expects flat or increasing sales in 4Q
Powertech Technology (PTI) has reported September sales of NT$2.7 billion (US$83.5 million), a company record, thanks to support from its largest shareholder Kingston Technology,...
Monday 1 September 2008
Power ASE leads in 1H08 profitability
Despite a listless memory industry status in 2008, Power ASE Technology managed to maintain its gross margin above 40% in the first half of 2008 thanks to aggressive expansion of...
Tuesday 5 August 2008
ASE denies forming joint venture agreement with Toshiba
In response to a Chinese-language Commercial Times article stating that the ASE Group will be forming a backend joint-venture with Toshiba, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering...