10- to 12-inch displays to become mainstream in netbook segment in 2010

Nov 27, 16:39

Netbooks with 10- to 12-inch displays are expected to become the mainstream in the segment in 2010 as market demand for larger-size netbooks is rising, according to industry source...

TSMC board approves US$2.5 billion for 12-inch capacity expansion

Nov 11, 12:05

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced its board of directors on November 10 approved a budget of around US$2.24 billion to expand advanced technology capacity...

Elpida and ProMOS ink partnership on DRAM

Nov 6, 10:28

Elpida Memory and ProMOS Technologies announced on November 6 the signing of a DRAM foundry agreement.

Taiwan DRAM makers see losses narrow in 3Q09; expected to break even in 4Q09

Nov 2, 15:00

Taiwan-based DRAM makers saw losses narrow in third-quarter 2009 with combined losses at Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), ProMOS Technologies, Nanya Technology and Inotera...

Macronix net profits more than double in 3Q09

Oct 30, 15:51

Mask ROM and NOR flash maker Macronix International Company (MXIC) saw its net profits increase 131% sequentially to NT$2.27 billion (US$69.63 million) in third-quarter 2009, according...

UMC reports highest profit in eight quarters

Oct 28, 16:19

United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported its highest quarterly net profit in two years, swinging to a profit of NT$6.09 billion (US$190 million) in the third quarter of 2009 from...

Winbond posts narrower 3Q09 loss, ups 2009 capex

Oct 28, 14:50

Winbond Electronics has announced net sales for the third quarter of 2009 totaled NT$5.69 billion (US$175 million), up 36% from the previous quarter's NT$4.2 billion. Net losses for...

TSMC to pour US$6 billion into 12-inch fab expansion, say equipment suppliers

Oct 28, 12:09

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to invest up to US$6 billion in the fifth- and fourth-phase capacity expansion at its 12-inch Fab 12 and Fab 14, respectively,...

TI opens 300mm analog fab in US

Oct 6, 14:46

Texas Instruments (TI) has announced the opening of its manufacturing facility in Richardson, Texas. The chipmaker said it expects to begin moving equipment into the facility in Oc...

Vendors to push 13.3-inch ultra-thin notebook segment

Sep 17, 14:13

13.3-inch models are expected to become the major focus for ultra-thin notebook vendors in the future, according to market sources.

TSMC to process more 12-inch wafers on 45/40nm in 4Q09

Sep 11, 10:45

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to process more 12-inch wafers on 45/40nm processes in the fourth quarter of 2009, with monthly output to ramp up by...

Macronix mulling NT$160 billion investment in fab construction, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 31, 14:34

Taiwan-based mask ROM and NOR flash chipmaker Macronix International (MXIC) has proposed plans to build two 12-inch fabs with a total investment of NT$160 billion (US$4.86 billion),...

TSMC spends more on equipment

Stockwatch - Aug 19, 15:24

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced a total of 20 purchases of machinery equipment, worth NT$17.72 billion (US$537 million), since July 13.

Micron set to ramp 40nm production at end of 2009

Aug 17, 15:32

Micron Technology is scheduled to kick off volume production using 40nm process technology at its 12-inch wafer fab in Singapore at the end of 2009, according to the company. The...

China white-box players eye AMD and VIA for netbooks larger than 12-inches, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 31, 17:07

White-box netbook makers in China have recently started to manufacture netbooks with panels sized larger than 12-inches that adopt either an AMD or VIA processor platform, as market...

KYEC revises capex plan for 2009 on demand for 12-inch wafers

Jul 24, 16:24

King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) on July 23 announced its board of directors has approved plans to raise its capex budget to NT$1.6 billion (US$48.68 million) for 2009, a 60%...

UMC gearing up for 40nm

Jul 24, 15:02

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has been working closely with customers, including FPGA specialist Xilinx, to volume produce 45/40nm products at its 300mm (12-inch) fabs,...

Inotera to issue GDRs to fund 50nm transition

Jul 17, 09:53

Inotera Memories' board of directors has decided to issue GDRs equivalent to a total of up to 800 million stocks in order to raise around NT$10 billion (US$303.81 million). The funding...

Production capacity key to DRAM survival, says Inotera president

Jul 9, 12:21

Taiwan-based DRAM makers should optimize capacity at their 12-inch fabs, which is the key to their survival in the global memory industry, according to Charles Kao, president of Inotera...

Winbond completes transition to 300mm fab production

Jul 8, 14:09

Taiwan's Winbond Electronics, which has shifted its focus from standard DRAM to niche memory and NOR flash, has recently completed its migration to 300mm wafer fab production, according...

IC tester Ardentec increases 2009 capex

Jul 6, 14:14

Wafer testing house Ardentec recently adjusted upward its capex budget for 2009.

TSMC processes over five million 12-inch wafers based on sub 0.13-micron nodes

Jul 2, 14:21

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has cumulatively shipped over five million 12-inch equivalent wafers of chips processed with sub 0.13-micron processes, according...

Intel to produce on 65nm in China

Jun 24, 12:20

Intel's upcoming 12-inch fab in China will initially focus on 65nm production, according to Kirby Jefferson, general manager of the new fab (Fab 68). Intel is scheduled to commence...

PSC refutes rumors it plans to reduce stake in Rexchip

Jun 19, 14:46

Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has dismissed rumors that it may have to lower its stake in Rexchip Electronics, or hand over one of its 12-inch fabs to the joint venture,...

TSMC continuing 12-inch fab expansion

Jun 9, 15:56

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is continuing to expand its 12-inch wafer foundry capacity, aiming at an 11% increase from 2008 and to account for 42% of its aggregate...

Inotera to ship 50% of DRAM to Micron

May 4, 12:03

Inotera Memories has said it will start supplying half of the DRAM output from its 12-inch fabs, formerly reserved for Qimonda, to Micron Technology in the third quarter of 2009,...