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Wednesday 8 May 2019
IC designers placing additional foundry orders in anticipation of 3Q19 boom
Taiwan IC designers are now moving to place additional orders with foundry houses and thicken their inventories lest they should suffer insufficient foundry capacity support in the...
Tuesday 30 April 2019
Flexium revenues to surge on PI board shipment increases in 2H19
Taiwan-based Flexium Interconnect expects its revenues and profits to improve quarter by quarter on more shipments of PI (polyimide) boards for antenna use, after hitting the bottom...
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Memory backend firm PTI expects flat or slight revenue growth in 2Q19
Powertech Technology (PTI) expects to post flat or slight sequential growth in revenues for the second quarter, followed by a substantial increase in the third quarter, accordin to...
Friday 19 April 2019
TSMC 7nm utilization to climb in 2H19, says CEO
TSMC will see its 7nm process utilization rate climb substantially in the second half of 2019, driven by a seasonal pick-up in demand for smartphones, as well as chip demand for HPC,...
Wednesday 10 April 2019
Niche-IC backend specialists enjoy strong 1Q19
GEM Services, which specializes in packaging semiconductor power devices, and CMOS image sensor backend specialist Kingpak Technology both saw their revenues for the first quarter...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
Unimicron to spend 60% of 2019 capex on IC substrates
PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology expects about 60% of its capex this year to be spent on IC substrate production.
Friday 29 March 2019
GaAs foundry Win Semi expects pick-up in capacity utilization
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors expects to see its capacity utilization rate recover starting the second quarter, thanks to a ramp-up of orders for new smartphones rolled out by Asia-based...
Thursday 21 March 2019
PCB maker Career Tech drops private placement plan
PCB maker Career Technology has decided to drop its plan of issuing common shares through private investment as it has to adjust its business operations to counter a substantial cut...
Tuesday 12 March 2019
Backend firms KYEC, Kingpak and GEM to see sales buck seasonal trends in 1H19
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Kingpak Technology and GEM Services are expected to see their sales growth exceed the seasonal average in the first half of 2019, outperforming their...
Tuesday 5 March 2019
Intelligent Cloud Plus offering acoustic solutions for preventive maintenance
Taiwan-based cloud computing startup Intelligent Cloud Plus, an acoustic specialist, offers solutions that can analyze the sound waves generated by machines' vibration to provide...
Monday 4 March 2019
MLCC prices falling
Multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) prices have been falling since 2019, due mainly to weakening demand as a result of trade disputes between the US and China, Taiwan's TechNews...
Wednesday 27 February 2019
OEE index crucial for gauging equipment productivity
Manufacturers could see their equipment invest return rate fall significantly if their machinery equipment fails to achieve maximum productivity, but they can counter by first incorporating...
Tuesday 19 February 2019
Taiwan large-size panel shipments to drop 8% in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of large-size (9-inch and above) TFT LCD panels by Taiwan-based makers (excluding Sharp) reached 62.38 million units in the fourth quarter of 2018, down 3.7% sequentially,...
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Lite-On Semi obtains orders from China MOSFET firms
Lite-On Semiconductor has obtained contract manufacturing orders from China-based MOSFET suppliers, and is expected to see its 6-inch fab utilization rate climb to 70-80% in 2019...
Tuesday 11 December 2018
CIS backend firm Kingpak sees order visibility through 1H19
CMOS image sensor (CIS) backend service firm Kingpak Technology has seen its order visibility extend to the first half of 2019, and will see its capacity utilization rate rebound...