GaAs wafer firm VPEC revenues hit record high in 1Q12

Apr 12, 15:25

Taiwan's Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), a manufacturer of GaAs (gallium arsenide) epi-wafers made to fabricate power amplifiers (PA) for consumer technology products such...

Most analog IC designers to post EPS over NT$1 for 1Q12, say sources

Apr 12, 15:14

Analog IC design houses, including Capella Microsystems, Macroblock and On-Bright Electronics, are expected to post an EPS of over NT$1 (US0.034) for the first quarter of 2012 due...

Second-tier packaging and testing firms post sales growth in 1Q12

Apr 11, 14:16

Revenues at Taiwan's second-tier packaging-and-testing houses Giga Solution, Greatek Electronics, Lingsen Precision Industries and Thailin Semiconductor all registered single-digit...

Yageo, Holy Stone March sales up

Apr 10, 16:14

MLCC makers Yageo and Holy Stone Enterprise have reported growth in March 2012 revenues from the previous month of 27.5% and 15.3%, respectively. The substantial on-month growth could...

TSMC 1Q12 sales in line with guidance

Apr 10, 14:47

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$105.51 billion (US$3.57 billion) for January through March 2012, which came within the...

ASE 1Q12 sales slip

Apr 10, 13:47

Consolidated revenues at Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) registered declines of 7.1% sequentially and 6.3% on year in the first quarter of 2012. Sales of its core IC assembly...

Walton and FATC 1Q12 sales up, PTI down

Apr 10, 11:37

Memory IC packaging and testing firms have reported mixed results for the first quarter of 2012. Walton Advanced Engineering and Formosa Advanced Technologies (FATC) both saw their...

SMIC raises guidance for 1Q12

Apr 10, 11:34

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China's top contract chipmaker, has announced upward revisions to its revenue and gross margin guidance for the first...

UMC 1Q12 revenues down 2.7%

Apr 9, 16:58

United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its first-quarter revenues decrease 2.7% sequentially, in line with company guidance.

KYEC 1Q12 sales down 3%; expects mild growth in 2Q

Apr 9, 16:31

Revenues at King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) slid 3.5% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012. The IC testing firm expects to report mild growth for the second quarter.

Faraday 1Q12 sales up, Global Unichip down

Apr 9, 15:24

IC design service providers Faraday Technology and Global Unichip have posted mixed results for the first quarter of 2012, with the former registering 39% growth on quarter and the...

TPK revenues up 60% on year in 1Q12

Apr 6, 14:34

TPK Holding has announced consolidated revenues of NT$13.29 billion (US$450.22 million) for March, up 2.7% sequentially and 27.2% on year. For the first quarter of 2012, revenues...

ALi March sales up 30%

Apr 6, 11:20

IC design house ALi has announced consolidated revenues of NT$616 million (US$20.9 million) for March 2012, up 30% sequentially and hitting the highest monthly level in eight years...

Himax raises guidance for 1Q12

Apr 6, 11:02

Himax Technologies has revised upward its sales, gross margin and EPS guidance for the first quarter of 2012, citing strong sales of its display driver ICs as well as growth in its...

Nanya, Inotera March revenues slip

Apr 3, 16:30

DRAM chipmakers Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories have reported decreases in March 2012 revenues from the previous month of 8% and 2.7%, respectively.

Expectations of Germany policy adjustments drive global solar PV demand up 146% on-year in 1Q12, says Solarbuzz

Apr 3, 10:23

Strong early-year solar PV market demand in 2012, stimulated by a shifting and uncertain policy environment in Europe, has established the foundation for solar PV manufacturers to...

STATS ChipPAC Taiwan expects 1Q12 sales to rise 15-20%

Mar 30, 01:10

Testing house STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Singapore-based STATS ChipPAC, expects its revenues to increase 15-20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012...

Realtek to post 15% sales growth in March

Mar 28, 12:33

Realtek Semiconductor expects its March revenues to exceed NT$1.9 billion (US$64.3 million), up about 15% sequentially and likely hitting the highest monthly level since June 2011...

Chip inventories to decline slightly in 1Q12, says IHS

Mar 26, 10:24

Average semiconductor days of inventory (DOI) held by chip suppliers are expected to decline by 0.5% in the first quarter, after rising 3.4% and hitting an 11-year high in the fourth...

KYEC expects sales to hit bottom in 1Q12

Mar 23, 01:40

Sales at King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) will be mostly affected by inventory corrections in the supply chain in the first quarter of 2012, according to the IC testing specialist. However,...

STATS ChipPAC revises guidance for 1Q12

Mar 20, 01:25

Semiconductor test and packaging service provider STATS ChipPAC now expects its revenues to register a 9-11% sequential decline in the first quarter of 2012, citing weaker-than-expected...

MLCC firm Holy Stone 2011 profits down 7.5%, but sales up

Mar 19, 12:55

Holy Stone Enterprise has reported net profits for 2011 decreased 7.5% due mainly to a weak fourth quarter, when the multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) firm saw its quarterly net...

Ardentec sees sales bottom out in 1Q12

Mar 16, 15:45

IC testing house Ardentec expects sales to start growing after hitting bottom in the first quarter of 2012, as orders, particularly those placed by Europe-based customers, pick up...

4G power amplifiers to buoy Sigurd sales in 2012

Mar 15, 14:50

Packaging and testing house Sigurd Microelectronics reportedly has landed new orders for 4G LTE chips, including those placed by Anadigics and other major power amplifier suppliers...

Ralec February sales up more than 100%

Mar 14, 14:11

Consolidated revenues at Ralec Electronic hiked 112.2% sequentially in February 2012, while fellow chip resistor firm Ta-I Technology saw its consolidated sales increase 5.2% on month...

Global Unichip reaches tape-out of 30 customer devices using Synopsys IP

Mar 14, 14:08

IC design service provider Global Unichip and Synopsys, an EDA and IP company, have jointly announced the tape out of 30 customer devices during the past four years using a combination...

Chipbond sees flat growth in 1Q12 sales

Mar 13, 14:22

Chipbond Technology, which provides packaging and testing services for driver ICs used mainly in TV and handset panels, expects its consolidated revenues to register flat sequential...

SerComm expects to hit record revenues in 1Q12

Mar 12, 10:22

SerComm, a Taiwan-based maker of broadband and wireless networking devices/equipment, has obtained orders to book up its production capacity until May 2012 and expects to hit record...

UMC sees revenues decline for February

Newswatch - Mar 9, 11:10

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) had revenues of NT$7.52 billion (US$254.68 million) for February, down 6.6% on month and 16.5% on year, according to company data.