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Friday 12 August 2011
SAS merges semiconductor silicon wafer subsidiary of Japan-based Covalent Materials
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) announced the merger of the semiconductor silicon wafer subsidiary of Japan-based Covalent Materials on August 10. However,...
Thursday 11 August 2011
SAS to buy silicon wafer unit of Covalent for JPY35 billion
Sino American Silicon (SAS) has announced plans to acquire the silicon wafer business of Japan's Covalent Materials for JPY35 billion (US$458 million). The business transfer is scheduled...
Tuesday 9 August 2011
Silicon wafer prices to stay flat in 3Q11, says Topco chairman
Suppliers of semiconductor-grade silicon wafers, who had originally planned to further raise their quotes by 10-20% in the third quarter as they did in the second, will be unable...
Thursday 4 August 2011
Silicon wafer shipments up 5% in 2Q11, says SEMI
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 5% during the second quarter of 2011 compared to the prior quarter, according to SEMI.
Friday 13 May 2011
Wafer area shipments up 3% in 1Q11, says SEMI
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments were 2.29 billion square inches in the first quarter of 2011, a 3% increase compared to the same period in 2010, according to SEMI. Shipments...
Wednesday 20 April 2011
Toshiba reportedly to halve NAND flash output in May, June
Toshiba has notified its clients that the company plans to slash its total NAND flash output by 50% in May and June, due to limited availability of blank wafers and other raw materials...
Friday 15 April 2011
Formosa Sumco gearing up for capacity expansion
Formosa Sumco Technology (FST) has revealed plans to expand its capacity for 12-inch silicon wafers to 300,000 units a month from the present 180,000. New capacity is scheduled to...
Thursday 14 April 2011
Korea, Taiwan chipmakers turn to local wafer producers for support
Korea- and Taiwan-based foundry houses and memory-IC manufacturers have obtained support from their local producers of blank silicon wafers as failure of supplies from Japan still...
Friday 8 April 2011
PV wafer quotes slacken
Faced with sluggish demand in the Europe market, solar-cell clients plan to cut their output and demanded price cuts. The trend seems to have started affecting the quotes for upstream...
Tuesday 29 March 2011
Prices for 12-inch blank wafers to rise 15% in 3Q11, says paper
Prices for 12-inch blank wafers are likely to rise by more than 15% in the third quarter of 2011, prompted by concerns over supply constraints stemming from the March 11 earthquake...
Tuesday 29 March 2011
NAND flash contract prices continue rally in 2H March
Late March contract prices for MLC (multi-level cell) NAND flash memory continued their upward trend amid anticipation of reduced supply due to limited availability of silicon wafers...
Monday 28 March 2011
TSMC more concerned about influence on global IC supply chain by Japan crisis
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) does not recognize itself as a beneficiary of increased outsourcing by Japan-based IDMs, which have seen production at their domestic...
Friday 25 March 2011
Taiwan DRAM makers see supply constraints after July
Taiwan-based DRAM chipmakers have notified their PC clients to be prepared for a possible 50% reduction in their output after July, due to issues relating to upstream material supplies,...
Wednesday 23 March 2011
DRAM contract prices up 3% in 2H March
Contract prices for DRAM memory received a boost in the second half of March 2011, amid concerns about a potential wafer shortage stemming from Japan's recent earthquake.
Wednesday 23 March 2011
Silicon wafer and NAND flash supply could determine smartphone and tablet PC markets in 2011
A cloud is looming over the semiconductor industry due to a possible supply shortage of silicon wafers, and the market for popular consumer electronics products such as tablet PCs...