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Friday 20 March 2009
ChipMOS diversifying customer base to minimize impact from Spansion insolvency
Taiwan's ChipMOS Technologies is looking to diversify its memory customer base, while having lowered its dependence on Spansion significantly, according to company sources. The IC...
Thursday 19 March 2009
Driver IC packaging firms see capacity utilization improve on China demand
Driver IC packaging and testing companies Chipbond Technology, International Semiconductor Technology (IST) and King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) have seen their recently capacity...
Wednesday 18 March 2009
Tessera terminates patent lawsuit against packaging and testing firms
Tessera Technologies has withdrawn a patent infringement lawsuit against Taiwan- and Singapore-based IC packaging and testing service providers, with industry soruces saying that...
Thursday 12 March 2009
Wafer testing companies to see revenues move up in March on improved order visibility
Most Taiwan-based wafer testing companies, including King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Ardentec and STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Semiconductor, expect March revenues to perform better than those...
Wednesday 11 March 2009
ASE maintains 1Q09 guidance, despite rising China demand
Wafer packaging and testing firm Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has not followed fellow industry players in revising its guidance for the first quarter of 2009 despite rising...
Monday 2 March 2009
IC testing houses expected sales growth as handset demand picking up
IC testing houses Sigurd Microelectronics and King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) will enjoy 20-30% sales growth sequentially in February, as demand for handsets is picking up as...
Friday 20 February 2009
UL to open PV testing and certification center in China
Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a US-based global provider of product safety testing and certification service, has completed the establishment of its Photovoltaic Technology of Excellence,...
Tuesday 17 February 2009
China Blu-ray Disc testing center kicks off operation, says paper
CESI Blu-ray Disc Product Testing Center, currently the only testing and certification body for Blu-ray Disc (BD) devices in China, has formally kicked off its operation, according...
Wednesday 11 February 2009
IC packaging and testing houses Sigurd and KYEC say January sales hit bottom
Sigurd Microelectronics and King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) saw sequential sales declines in January. But customers have managed to almost clear their inventory levels, meaning...
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Wafer testing house KYEC does not rule out future partnership with UMC
IC packaging and testing company King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) saying that the company remains open to ways to expand...
Tuesday 3 February 2009
ASE and SPIL still on line for 20-25% revenue drops in 1Q
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) are still expected to revenue drops in the 20-25% range in the the first quarter after the Taiwan...
Thursday 22 January 2009
Memory packaging and testing house PTI posts 8.9% net profit drop in 4Q08
Powertech Technology (PTI), a Taiwan-based memory packaging and testing house, generated unaudited revenues of NT$8.04 billion (US$239.6 million) in the fourth quarter of 2008, up...
Tuesday 13 January 2009
Lunar New Year bringing rush orders for handset chips for the China market
Foundry players and packaging and testing houses are receiving rush orders mainly concentrated on handset chips amid demand for the Lunar New Year at the end of January, according...
Thursday 8 January 2009
Testing equipment maker Chroma Ate eyes MEMS
Taiwan-based Chroma Ate, which specializes in automatic testing equipment, is reportedly looking to develop its expertise for the MEMS (micro electronic-mechanical system) manufacturing...
Wednesday 7 January 2009
DRAM production cutbacks lead to lower utilization at packaging and testing firms in early 2009
Memory IC packaging and testing houses ChipMOS Technologies, Formosa Advanced Technologies Company (FATC), Power ASE Technology and United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) are said...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research