Chip manufacturing equipment billings and bookings worldwide enjoyed both sequential and on-year growth in the third quarter of 2010, according to SEMI.
GaAs wafer foundry Win Semiconductors has revealed plans to ramp up capacity in 2011 in anticipation for brisk power amplifier (PA) demand coming from the smartphone sector. The company...
Worldwide fab spending is expected to increase by 18.3% in 2011 and by 9.5% in 2012, as a result of ongoing technology upgrades and continued capacity growth, according to SEMI.
Lite-On Semiconductor has announced consolidated revenues of NT$760 million (US$25 million) for November 2010, down 3.1% on month and 13.7% on year. The company attributed the sales...
Worldwide semiconductor equipment sales are set to reach US$37.54 billion in 2010, a 136% jump from US$15.92 billion in 2009, according to SEMI. It previously estimated a 104% rise...
The SEMI book-to-bill ratio for US manufacturers of semiconductor equipment slid to 1.03 in September 2010, compared to 1.17 in August and 1.23 in July.
GaAs wafer foundry Win Semiconductors posted pre-tax profits of NT$864 million (US$28 million) in the third quarter of 2010, which were more than double on quarter. The company credited...
GaAs wafer foundries Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Win Semiconductor saw their sales reach new historical records in September 2010, as demand for end-products...
Most semiconductor equipment makers are conservative about the business outlook for 2011 as wafer foundry houses have not yet set capex budgets for the coming year after they substantially...
GaAs wafer foundries Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Win Semiconductor are likely to enjoy another month of record sales in September, thanks to continued-strong...
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.82 billion in orders in August 2010 (three-month average basis), down 1.1% from the revised level of US$1.84...
SEMI Taiwan has formed a committee to promote the purchase of locally-made equipment and machinery by Taiwan-based semiconductor companies, especially wafer foundries. However, the...
Pure-play 6-inch GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors and one of its epi-wafer suppliers, Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), have both expressed optimism about demand for so-called...
Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings reached US$9.11 billion in the second quarter of 2010, according to SEMI. The billings figure is 22% higher than that in the...
