Discrete component specialist Lite-On Semiconductor expects sales of its slim bridge rectifier diodes to grow substantially starting the second quarter of 2014, when a number of new...
The market for semiconductor packaging materials, including thermal interface materials, is expected to maintain its US$20 billion value through 2017 despite shifts away from the...
Spending trends for the semiconductor industry have changed. Before 2009, capacity expansion corresponded closely to fab equipment spending. Now more money is spent on upgrading existing...
Discrete component suppliers Lite-On Semiconductor and Taiwan Semiconductor both will see shipments of their slim bridge rectifier diodes increase substantially in 2014, according...
North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted US$1.24 billion in orders in November 2013 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.11, according...
Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings declined 16% on year to US$ 7.65 billion in the third quarter of 2013, according to SEMI. The billings figure is 1% higher...
Lite-On Semiconductor is expected to see its revenues slip 10-15% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to a 5% decline forecast previously due to decreasing demand...
GaAs IC foundry house Win Semiconductors saw its net profits sink 36% sequentially to NT$349 million (US$11.79 million) in the third quarter of 2013, while consolidated revenues decreased...
The three-month average book-to-bill ratio for North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment slid to 0.97 in September 2013, down for the third consecutive month, according...
Silicon wafer shipments to the global semiconductor industry are forecast to remain flat in 2013, and increase at modest levels over the next two years, according to SEMI.
Given the industry's anemic performance during the first part of the year, a number of analysts have recently downgraded their 2013 semiconductor revenue forecasts to low-single digits,...
GaAs IC foundry house Win Semiconductors is expected to see its revenues hit the lowest level for 2013 in September affected by waning global demand for high-end smartphones, according...
The SEMI book-to-bill ratio for US manufacturers of semiconductor equipment slid to 0.98 in August 2013 after having stayed above parity for seven months.
