Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$9.6 billion in the third quarter of 2015, according to SEMI. The billings figure is 9% higher than the same quarter...
Pure-play gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry Win Semiconductors expects a high single-digit growth in its fourth-quarter revenues sequentially, with gross margin to be maintained at...
North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.07 in September 2015, up for the third consecutive month, according to SEMI.
Worldwide 200mm semiconductor wafer fab capacity is forecast to reach 5.2 million wafer starts per month (wspm) in 2015, and will expand to 5.4 million wspm in 2018, according to...
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.67 billion in orders worldwide in August 2015 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.06,...
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...
Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog IC components, saw its August revenues increase about 7% on month thanks to rising sales generated from non-PC applications.
Pure-play gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry Win Semiconductors has announced consolidated revenues of NT$973 million (US$30 million) for August 2015, up 7.3% on month but down 6.1%...
Inotera Memories, Applied Materials and Hermes Microvision (HMI) are all positive about the prospects of the global semiconductor industry although they have different views about...
The recent inventory adjustments in the semiconductor industry have nearly come to an end, and the possibility is high for the industry to swing back to a seasonal growth cycle shortly,...
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.59 billion in orders worldwide in July 2015 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.02,...
