SMIC to concentrate resources on R&D, says chairman

Nov 8, 15:35

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) will pump at least US$2 billion into research and development annually in the future, aiming to develop "world-class"...

IC distributors seeing brisk demand for Christmas

Newswatch - Nov 5, 14:01

IC distributors have indicated that they saw brisk demand from downstream customers in the past two months in preparation for the Christmas season. The better-than-expected demand...

Powerchip to allocate more capacity for foundry orders

Nov 5, 01:25

Powerchip Technology is looking to lower the capacity it allocates to make commodity DRAM, in a move to minimize the impact of declining chip prices, according to the company. The...

SMIC set to return to revenue growth trend, says Digitimes Research

Nov 4, 15:04

After two years of revenue declines, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is poised for a return to sales growth in 2010, and growth will continue through...

SMIC reports profits for 3Q10

Nov 3, 11:02

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has reported net profits of US$30.4 million on revenues of US$410.1 million for the third quarter of 2010, showing 26.8%...

SMIC to acquire part of Wuhan fab ownership

Oct 29, 11:54

China-based foundry chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has said it has reached an agreement with the Wuhan municipal government to share the ownership...

TSMC expects moderate chip market growth in 2011, says CEO

Oct 29, 01:35

Sales in the overall semiconductor market in 2011 will log 5% growth, and the foundry sector will see a larger 14% increase, according to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...

UMC more upbeat on 2010 chip market growth

Oct 28, 01:15

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) now expects the global semiconductor market to grow 30% in 2010, while the foundry sector will show over 30% growth, CEO Shih-Wei Sun said...

Win Semi 3Q10 pre-tax profits more than double on quarter

Oct 22, 10:11

GaAs wafer foundry Win Semiconductors posted pre-tax profits of NT$864 million (US$28 million) in the third quarter of 2010, which were more than double on quarter. The company credited...

Powerchip budgets NT$16 billion in capex for 2011, says paper

Newswatch - Oct 21, 14:10

Powerchip Technology plans to allocate NT$16 billion (US$519 million) for its 2011 capex, down from the NT$20 billion it is expected to spend in 2010, the Chinese-language Economic...

Former R&D executive to rejoin TSMC

Oct 19, 02:15

Mong-Song Liang, a former senior director of the Logic Technology Platform Division at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is likely to rejoin the former employer,...

TSMC to boost R&D spending in 2011, says CEO

Oct 14, 14:41

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to allocate US$1 billion on R&D spending in 2011, compared with the US$800 million budgeted for 2010, according to company...

Taiwan prosecutors drop case against ex-UMC execs

Newswatch - Oct 11, 17:05

Prosecutors have decided to not seek further actions in an investment case against Robert Tsao and John Hsuan, former chairman and vice chairman of United Microelectronics Corporation...

TSMC 3Q10 sales top estimate, UMC meets guidance

Oct 8, 15:44

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has posted consolidated revenues of NT$112.25 billion (US$3.64 billion) for the third quarter of 2010, which exceeded its guidance...

VIS sees sequential drop in 4Q10 sales

Newswatch - Oct 8, 02:00

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects revenues for the fourth quarter of 2010 to decline significantly on quarter, due to inventory corrections by...

Rexchip posts smaller-than-expected revenues drop in September

Oct 4, 11:39

DRAM chipmaker Rexchip Electronics has posted revenues of NT$4.612 billion (US$148.73 million) for September 2010, down 4% sequentially but up 84% on year. For the first nine months,...

Chip equipment makers conservative over 2011 business outlook

Sep 29, 14:37

Most semiconductor equipment makers are conservative about the business outlook for 2011 as wafer foundry houses have not yet set capex budgets for the coming year after they substantially...

TSMC spends almost US$1.7 billion so far in 3Q10

Stockwatch - Sep 24, 12:30

For the third quarter of 2010, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has so far disclosed to the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) 47 items of spending on production equipment...

GaAs foundry VPEC expected to see strong shipments in 4Q10

Sep 23, 14:42

Gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafer foundry Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) is expected to post a sequential decline in revenues in September 2010 as well as in the third quarter...

Semiconductor market set for slowdown, says The Information Network

Sep 23, 10:04

The business climate for the semiconductor industry is deteriorating, according to The Information Network. DRAM manufacturers Samsung Electronics, Hynix Semiconductor, Elpida Memory...

Pessimism eases on TSMC 4Q10 expectations

Sep 21, 01:35

Market watchers now expect Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to see its consolidated revenues drop by 4-5% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2010, better than...

Grace names new president and CEO

Sep 14, 16:33

China's Grace Semiconductor has announced that its board of directors has approved the resignation of company president and CEO Ulrich Schumacher. The board decided to have executive...

MEMS foundry APM to ramp up capacity

Sep 9, 16:51

MEMS foundry Asia Pacific Microsystems (APM) plans to ramp its capacity by 60-70% before mid-2011, with a budget of NT$200 million (US$6.27 million), according to company CEO and...

UMC August sales grow 20% on year

Sep 7, 16:05

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has announced revenues of NT$10.89 billion (US$341 million) for August 2010, up 20.13% on year. On a sequential basis,...

Taiwan GaAs foundries hit record revenue highs in August

Sep 6, 14:39

Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Win Semiconductor, two major Taiwan-based GaAs wafer foundries, have both reported new record highs in monthly revenues for August...

Globalfoundries adds new 28nm technology offering, unveils 22/20nm roadmap

Sep 2, 11:40

Globalfoundries has announced the addition of a new technology offering based on its 28nm high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology, and revealed for the first time its manufacturing timeline...

Spansion and TI ink foundry deal

Sep 1, 14:21

Spansion has entered into a foundry services agreement with Texas Instruments (TI), which recently acquired two wafer fabs and equipment from the NOR flash maker's former subsidiary...

Win Semi earnings soar in 1H10, while AWSC swings to profit

Newswatch - Aug 30, 16:51

GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors saw net profits soar over 700% on year in the first half of 2010, while rival Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) returned to profitability,...

Lead time at 8-inch fabs drops to less than two weeks

Aug 24, 11:54

Lead times at foundries are shrinking, with 8-inch manufacturing falling to less than two weeks compared to over 10 weeks earlier in 2010, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC...

Global IC capacity utilization hits 95.6% in 2Q10, SICAS figures show

Aug 18, 10:32

The global IC capacity utilization rate reached 95.6% in the second quarter of 2010, up from 93.2% in the first, according to the latest data from Semiconductor Industry Capacity...

VIS to spend up to NT$400 million on stock buyback

Stockwatch - Aug 16, 15:30

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) plans to buy back 20 million shares of its common stock, equivalent to a 1.2% stake, at between NT$10.30 and NT$20...

Powerchip sees foundry order visibility through 2011, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 13, 15:26

Powerchip Technology has seen contract orders for specialty DRAM (SDRAM), LCD driver ICs and other non-DRAM products continue to grow, according to a recent report by the Chinese-language...

SMIC swings back to profit in 2Q10

Aug 11, 14:00

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China's largest foundry chipmaker, has reported net profits of US$96 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 following...

VIS revenues grow 8% on month in July 2010

Aug 10, 13:57

Specialty IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has announced net sales for July 2010 grew 8% on month to NT$1.59 billion (US$50 million), buoyed by higher wafer shipments...

TSMC responds to recent staff suicide

Aug 10, 11:18

A Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) employee committed suicide by jumping off a building Saturday evening (August 7) due to stress at work, according to local Chinese-language...