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Thursday 3 January 2013
Diodes to acquire BCD Semi for US$151 million
Diodes, a manufacturer and supplier of application-specific standard products within the discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, has announced that the company entered into...
Thursday 20 December 2012
SEMI, SEAJ book-to-bill ratios rise
North America-based semiconductor production equipment makers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 0.79 in November 2012, up from 0.75 in October, ending seven straight months of sequential...
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Chip equipment billings slip in 3Q12, says SEMI
SEMI has reported that worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$9.06 billion in the third quarter of 2012, down 12% sequentially and 15% from a year ago.
Thursday 6 December 2012
Semiconductor equipment sales to drop over 10% in 2012, says SEMI
Global sales for semiconductor equipment are forecast to contract 12.2% to US$38.2 billion in 2012, according to SEMI. Sales went up 9% in 2011, following a larger 151% increase in...
Monday 19 November 2012
Japan October 2012 chip gear book-to-bill ratio at 0.70, says SEAJ
Japan-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 0.70 in October 2012, up from 0.65 in September, according to data gathered by Semiconductor Equipment...
Tuesday 13 November 2012
Silicon wafer shipments slip in 3Q12, says SEMI
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments registered a 2% sequential decrease in the third quarter of 2012, according to SEMI.
Friday 19 October 2012
SEMI, SEAJ book-to-bill ratios continue slide
Japan's semiconductor production equipment manufacturers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 0.65 in September 2012, hitting the lowest level since May 2009, according to the Semiconductor...
Thursday 4 October 2012
SEMI publishes solar cell testing industry standard developed by ITRI, Taiwan makers
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) has published a standard developed by Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and several...
Tuesday 2 October 2012
Win Semi 3Q12 sales down 12% sequentially
Win Semiconductors has announced consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2012 slipped 12.4% on quarter. However, market watchers expect the GaAs foundry to see sales rebound...
Tuesday 25 September 2012
North America IC equipment industry book-to-bill ratio hits 9-month low, says SEMI
The book-to-bill ratio of North American semiconductor equipment makers slid to 0.84 for August 2012, hitting the lowest level since November 2011, according to data compiled by SE...
Friday 14 September 2012
Lite-On Semi lands new orders for ambient-light sensors
Lite-On Semiconductor expects sales generated from its proximity and ambient-light sensor business to boost significantly in the second half of 2012 as shipments to a new customer...
Thursday 6 September 2012
Front-end fab equipment spending to grow 17% in 2013, says SEMI
Total fab spending for equipment needed to ramp fabs, upgrade technology nodes, and expand or change wafer size could increase 16.7% in 2013 to reach a new record high of US$42.7...
Wednesday 5 September 2012
Win Semi, AWSC August revenues down on month
GaAs foundry houses Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) have both reported sequential declines in revenues for August, but industry watchers expect...
Thursday 23 August 2012
Win Semi posts 1H12 EPS of N$1.36
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors saw its net profits jump 103% from a year ago in the first half of 2012, when consolidated revenues increased 41.6% on year. The earnings translated...
Monday 20 August 2012
North America book-to-bill ratio slips again, says SEMI
Having slid below parity in June 2012 , the SEMI book-to-bill ratio for US manufacturers of semiconductor equipment continued to slip in July.
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