Taiwan-based IC backend supply chain players are optimistic about their performance prospects for the second half of 2019 in line with TSMC's positive outlook about demand for high-end...
Clear order visibility for diverse IC packaging materials is seen through the end of the third quarter of the year thanks mainly to increasingly robust demand from OSAT (outsourced...
Backend houses have seen a pickup in short lead-time orders for crypto mining ASICs recently, driven by significant upturn of Bitcoin prices, according to industry sources.
IC testing specialist Sigurd Microelectronics has seen its capacity utilization rate rebound to over 80% recently, thanks to a pull-in of short lead-time orders from mainly China,...
Crypto mining fever has subsided along with Bitcoin price collapsing from US$15,000 in January 2018 to under US$4,000 in December, sending mining ASICs supply chain players turning...
Taiwan-based backend firms have seen orders from MediaTek fall around 10% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2018, but expect them to start rebounding in January with substantial...
Globally leading IC designers are keen to develop 5G-related chipsets as the new generation mobile communications technologies are set to kick off commercial applications in 2020,...
Strong high-end chip probing demand is prompting Sigurd Microelectronics to expand production capacity, according to the Taiwan-based company specializing in wafer probing and final...
IC testing specialist Sigurd Microelectronics has reported net profits of NT$386 million (US$12.6 million) for the second quarter of 2018, up 91.6% sequentially. EPS for the quarter...
IC packaging and testing specialist Sigurd Microelectronics has seen its revenues for June and the second quarter of 2018 hit record highs on robust market demand for smartphone RF...
After experiencing lackluster revenue and profit performances in the first half of 2018, Taiwan OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) players still see unclear visibility...
IC testing service provider King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) saw its May revenues climb to an 8-month high of NT$1.71 billion (US$57.6 million), while fellow company Sigurd Microelectronics...
IC testing service providers King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics both see their fab utilization rates stay high at between 80% and 85%, driven by robust demand...
Taiwan IC tester Sigurd Microelectronics saw its revenues for February 2018 surge 51% on year to NT$692 million (US$23.63 million) despite the Lunar New Year holidays in the month,...
Taiwan backend IC testing houses expect significant revenue increases in the first quarter of 2018, as they are busy fulfilling consumer MCU orders from their international IDM clients,...
