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Tuesday 10 March 2020
SEMI cuts fab equipment spending growth outlook for 2020
Global fab equipment spending promises to rebound from its 2019 downturn and see a modest recovery this year before a sharp uptick drives record investments in 2021, SEMI said in...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
CIS backend firm Tong Hsing sees January-February revenues rise nearly 20%
Taiwan-based Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, dedicated to backend services for CMOS image sensors (CIS), saw its revenues rise 19.22% on year to NT$1.272 billion (US$ 42.34 million)...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
TSMC revenues fall below NT$100 billion in February
TSMC saw its monthly revenues in Februrary 2020 fall below the NT$100 billion (US$3.34 billion) mark for the first time since August 2019.
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Yageo, Walsin post significant revenue decreases for February
Passive components makers Yageo and Walsin Technology both posted sequential and annual falls for February 2020 revenues due to significant contraction in output of MLCCs and chip...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
PCB maker Unitech cautious about 1Q20 over epidemic
Taiwan-based Unitech Printed Circuit Board has expressed caution about its sales performance in the first quarter of 2020, citing the coronavirus impact on both supply and demand.
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Memory contract prices to see double-digit increases in 2Q20
DRAM and NAND flash memory contract prices are expected to register double-digit increases in the second quarter of 2020, driven by growing demand for data centers, and enterprise-class...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
Eight-inch foundry delivery lead time extended
Eight-inch wafer fabs' delivery times have extended to more than 12 weeks to reflect their tight capacity, according to sources at Taiwan-based analog IC firms. The lead times were...
Tuesday 10 March 2020
VIS set to post record 1Q20 revenues
Eight-inch foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is on track to post record-high revenues for the first quarter of 2020, thanks to stable demand for power management...
Monday 9 March 2020
PCB maker Compeq guardedly optimistic about 1H20
Compeq Manufacturing has expressed guarded optimism about its revenue prospect for the first half of 2020 despite the coronavirus outbreak. Its optimism reportedly is bolstered by...
Monday 9 March 2020
CCL makers post revenue gains for February despite outbreak
Little impacted by the coronavirus outbreak, most Taiwan-based CCL makers saw their February revenues register significant on-year increases thanks to strong shipments pull-in momentum...
Monday 9 March 2020
Korean memory industry output value to slip in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
The output value of South Korea's memory chip industry is expected to drop by a slight 2.7% sequentially in the first quarter of 2020, according to Digitimes Research.
Friday 6 March 2020
GIS ramping up ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor modules shipments to Samsung
Taiwan-based touch display specialist General Interface Solutions (GIS) is expected to ramp up shipments through at least the second quarter of 2020 as it starts fulfilling orders...
Friday 6 March 2020
Yageo boosting non-China production to fulfill rush orders
Passive components maker Yageo is gearing up to boost capacity utilization at its plants outside China to mitigate the coronavirus impact on its overall output of MLCCs and resistor...
Thursday 5 March 2020
Taiwan GaAs firms to see strong 1Q20
Taiwan-based GaAs IC foundries and epitaxial wafer suppliers are expected to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter of 2020, despite the coronavirus epidemic, according to industry...
Thursday 5 March 2020
Memory demand for servers and datacenters surges
DRAM and NAND flash memory demand for server and datacenter applications has started picking up and surging recently, despite weakness in demand for PCs and consumer electronics products,...