Last update: Wednesday 20 February 2013 [22 news items]
Formosa Plastics to raise stake in Inotera
Feb 20, 21:22
Formosa Plastic Group (FPG), the parent company of Nanya Technology, plans to take up new shares that Inotera Memories will release in a private placement, according to industry so...

Sep 29, 01:00
Nanya Technology's board of directors has approved plans to issue up to 15 billion new shares through a private placement. Proceeds will be used to strengthen its capital structure...
Formosa Sumco gearing up for capacity expansion
Apr 15, 01:25
Formosa Sumco Technology (FST) has revealed plans to expand its capacity for 12-inch silicon wafers to 300,000 units a month from the present 180,000. New capacity is scheduled to...
Mar 18, 01:10
There is growing concern that upstream materials and wafer supplies could be limited in the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan. Nanya Technology, however, does not anticipate any...
Nanya gains additional loans from affiliates, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 28, 16:10
DRAM maker Nanya Technology has secured a total of NT$17 billion (US$577 million) in loans from Formosa Plastics and Nan Ya Plastics, two affiliates of its parent company Formosa...
Nanya and Inotera 50nm yield rates reach over 60%, says paper
Newswatch - Oct 2, 16:56
The first batch of DRAM chips taped out from Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories utilizing a 50nm-class process has generated a yield rate of over 60%, the Chinese-language Economic...
DRAM maker Nanya raises over NT$12 billion
Jun 26, 16:39
Taiwan-based DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology on June 26 announced that it has raised additional capital of NT$12.22 billion (US$371.31 million) through private placement.
Taiwan DRAM makers to apply for government funding soon
Jun 19, 17:10
The soon-to-be established Taiwan Memory Company (TMC), along with technology partner Elpida Memory of Japan, is expected to have its decision makers finalize a proposal to apply...
Nanya to raise NT$30 billion for migration to 50nm
Jun 2, 12:51
The board of directors at DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has approved a plan to raise more than NT$15 billion (US$464 million) through a private placement at the end of June. Backed...
Micron pays back loan borrowed from Inotera
Newswatch - May 27, 12:22
Inotera Memories, on May 26, said it has collected US$85 million from Micron Technology in repayment for a six-month loan to facilitate its acquisition of Qimonda's stake in Inoter...
Formosa Plastics to fully back Nanya capital expansion, say sources
Apr 20, 12:26
The Formosa Plastics Group, the parent company of Taiwan's DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology, will subscribe to new Nanya shares through a private placement, according to company sou...
Taiwan Memory to submit application for national budget with Micron-Nanya camp to follow suit
Apr 15, 11:02
Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) plans to submit an application to the government for a budget of no more than NT$30 billion (US$891 million) from the National Development Fund (NDF) before...

Micron-Nanya camp to build IP for Taiwan DRAM, asking support from government
Apr 10, 15:28
The Micron-Nanya camp has similar goals to those of the Taiwan government in respect to restructuring the island's memory-chip industry, according to CJ Wu, chairman of Nanya Technology...

DRAM chipmakers Nanya and Inotera gain capital support from Formosa Plastics
Mar 23, 11:50
Taiwan's Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories have received additional capital of over NT$10 billion (US$296 million) from parent company the Formosa Plastics Group, according to...

DRAM maker Nanya to gain funding from parent company, sources say
Mar 12, 11:31
The Formosa Plastics Group has decided to pour a substantial amount of capital, in the form of equity investment or loans, into its subsidiary Nanya Technology, one of Taiwan's struggling...
Formosa Plastics and Nanya look to participate in Taiwan Memory
Mar 6, 12:05
The Formosa Plastics Group, parent company of DRAM makers Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories, is prepared to pursue talks with John Hsuan, chairman elect of Taiwan Memory Company...
Micron agrees to release DRAM technology to Taiwan
Feb 27, 10:45
The Formosa Plastics Group, parent company of Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories, has assured the Taiwan government that Micron Technology will release more than 2,500 patents...
Nan Ya PCB gains over NT$838 million in capital
Stockwatch - Feb 25, 17:08
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) has raised its capital to NT$57.2 billion (US$1.6 billion), after receiving NT$838.8 million from its parent company the Formosa Plastics Group,...
Feb 25, 12:26
The Taiwan government is considering inviting the Formosa Plastics Group, the parent company of Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories, to co-fund a planned state-run operation called...
Qimonda approaches Formosa Plastics for takeover, paper says
Newswatch - Feb 11, 11:49
The Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan's largest petrochemical business group to which Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories belong, has been approached by Qimonda over the possibility...
Formosa Plastics to invest NT$44 billion in solar industry, paper says
Newswatch - Jan 7, 10:44
The Formosa Plastics Group (FPG), Taiwan's largest petrochemical business group, plans to invest NT$11 billion (US$333 million) to set up a factory of silane, a gas material used...
Nan Ya and Inotera lend Micron US$285 million for Qimonda deal
Nov 26, 01:15
Nan Ya Plastics and Inotera Memories will lend Micron Technology a total of US$285 million to facilitate Micron's acquisition of Qimonda's stake in Inotera, according to the compan...
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
LED | 4h 15min ago
Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
IT + CE | 4h 17min ago
Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
IT + CE | 4h 22min ago
Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
Bits + chips | 4h 44min ago
Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
Bits + chips | 4h 45min ago
Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
Displays | 5h 42min ago
LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
LED | 5h 52min ago
Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
Displays | 5h 58min ago
GSEO sees profits in 2012
Before Going to Press | 4h 38min ago
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Before Going to Press | 4h 56min ago
IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
Before Going to Press | 6h ago
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
Before Going to Press | 6h 26min ago
Innolux expects slowdown in TV panel shipments
Before Going to Press | 7h 23min ago
HTC to continue supplying HTC Butterfly after launch of HTC Butterfly S
Before Going to Press | 7h 31min ago
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
- Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row

Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...

Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...

Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...

Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.
















