Taiwan-based IC packaging and testing service providers are expected to post sequential revenue drops of less than 10% in the fourth quarter of 2009, but overall gross margins may...
Greatek Electronics is estimated to see its utilization rate for packaging and testing climb to 90-95% and 60-70%, respectively, in the third quarter of 2009, according to market...
China-based IC foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has sent an internal message to all employees that it has ended its compulsory unpaid leave policy,...
Taiwan-based PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE), due to increasing orders for PCBs used in notebooks, expects to see over NT$1.3 billion (US$39.44 million) in its August revenues,...
Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology has seen its capacity utilization for flip-chip chip scale packaging (FC CSP) substrates rise to more than 80% and the...
Order visibility at both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has extended to November 2009, with utilization rates expected...
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), which specializes in analog/mixed-signal and logic ICs, has estimated shipments for third-quarter 2009 are likely to increase 25% sequentially...
AU Optronics (AUO) is seeing increasing utilization at its 8.5G production line, L8A in central Taiwan, and expects to reach full utilization of 40,000 glass substrates a month by...
Taiwan-based notebook makers have reportedly fully booked capacity for September 2009, with Quanta Computer likely to ship 10 million notebooks in the third quarter, followed by Compal...
Powertech Technology (PTI) has increased its 2009 capex to NT$5 billion (US$151.97 million) to fund new backend equipment purchases, revising its original plan of NT$3 billion, according...
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Harvatek expects its revenues in July and August to recover to the April level at around NT$231 million (US$7.01 million), its highest in 2009, according...
Probe card maker MJC Probe (MPI) expects to enjoy significant sales growth in third-quarter 2009 thanks to increasing demand for probe cards, LED testing equipment, as well as improvements...
Greatek Electronics saw revenues for the second quarter of 2009 climb 62.4% sequentially, thanks to increased demand for consumer electronics ICs, network chips and power management...
Qualcomm's new platform Snapdragon is in the process of validation and volume production is scheduled for the end of the third quarter, which will help boost utilization rates of...
Unimicron Technology is likely to swing to profits in second-quarter 2009 thanks to strong shipments of IC substrates and notebook HDI boards, according to the company. Unimicron...
