Last update: Wednesday 24 April 2013 [26 news items]
PCB inspection equipment maker Machvision reports strong earnings for 1Q13
Newswatch - Apr 24, 16:04
PCB and IC substrate inspection equipment maker Machvision has reported net profits of NT$50.5 million (US$1.69 million) for the first quarter of 2013, up 112.3% sequentially but...
KLA-Tencor intros new e-beam inspection system
Jan 30, 11:32
KLA-Tencor has announced a new electron-beam inspection system, the eS805, which is already shipped to leading logic and chip manufacturers.
Inspection tool supplier HIM reportedly secures orders from Intel
Dec 27, 21:39
E-beam inspection equipment supplier Hermes Microvision (HIM) has secured orders from Intel, according to industry sources. With the addition of new orders placed by a world leading...
Inspection tool supplier HMI to expand capacity
Dec 13, 22:18
Acknowledging huge demand for electron beam inspection equipment, Hermes Microvision (HMI) has unveiled plans to build a new production factory in Southern Taiwan.
KLA-Tencor intros new LED wafer inspection system
Dec 5, 14:46
KLA-Tencor has announced its next-generation LED patterned wafer inspection tool, the ICOS WI-2280. Designed specifically for defect inspection and 2D metrology for LED applications,...
Inspection tool supplier HMI doubles EPS in January-September period
Oct 31, 16:05
Electron beam inspection (EBI) equipment maker Hermes Microvision (HMI) has reported an EPS of NT$16.33 (US$0.56) for the first nine months of 2012, doubling from NT$8.12 of a year...
Inspection tool supplier HMI seeing clear order visibility
Oct 18, 21:23
Taiwan-based Hermes Microvision (HMI) has seen its order visibility extend to the first quarter of 2013, according to industry sources. The transition to more advanced manufacturing...
Hermes Microvision posts 20% growth in July sales
Aug 10, 12:06
Buoyed by rising demand for advanced process equipment, revenues at inspection tool supplier Hermes Microvision (HMI) registered an about 20% sequential growth in July 2012.
IC inspection equipment maker HMI sees order visibility extend to year-end 2012
Jul 13, 12:19
Semiconductor inspection equipment supplier Hermes Microvision (HMI) has reported strong revenue gains for the second quarter of 2012 and has also seen its order visibility extending...
Hermes Microvision lists on OTC market
May 22, 14:43
Semiconductor inspection equipment supplier Hermes Microvision (HMI) debuted on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market on May 21 with an initial price of NT$208 (US$7.03) per...
Hermes Microvision set for OTC listing
May 3, 12:20
Semiconductor inspection equipment supplier Hermes Microvision (HMI) will list on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market on May 21 at an initial price of NT$200 (US$6.85), according...
KLA-Tencor shipping next-node wafer inspection tools
Feb 20, 10:55
Fab-tool vendor KLA-Tencor has announced the availability of its latest wafer defect inspection systems, and is shipping the products to its clients in the foundry, logic and memory...
KLA-Tencor intros flagship wafer inspection solution suite
Jan 20, 10:16
KLA-Tencor has announced three new wafer defect inspection systems for leading-edge chip manufacturers: the 2900, Puma 9650 and eS800 systems. Designed to address a wide range of...
Laser Tek expects November, December revenues to fall
Nov 10, 16:14
Laser Tek, a supplier of SMD (surface-mount-device) packaging materials and semiconductor equipment, expects to report on-month drops in revenues for November and December. Passive...
PCB inspection equipment maker Machvision to debut on OTC market
Jan 4, 13:49
PCB inspection equipment maker Machvision's shares will debut on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) securities market on January 5 at an initial offer of NT$26 (US$0.89) per share, according...
Taiwan to announce testing standard for AC LEDs
Oct 15, 01:45
Taiwan's Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is expected to announce standards for AC LED component and module testing at the...
NCC explains stringent inspection procedures on China-made telecom equipment
Aug 26, 16:12
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), in response to questions from industry players that it may want to block imports of telecoms equipment made by China-based makers...
KLA-Tencor extends reticle inspection systems to 2Xnm
Sep 15, 14:04
KLA-Tencor has introduced the Teron 600-series reticle defect inspection system to address a major transition in mask design at the 2Xnm logic (3Xnm half-pitch memory) node. The new...
KLA-Tencor announces new inspection portfolio for 3X/2Xnm nodes
Jul 14, 14:30
KLA-Tencor has announced two new wafer inspection systems and a new electron-beam (e-beam) review system to address defect issues at the 3Xnm / 2Xnm nodes. Each new tool can preferentially...
Taiwan market: Government imposes quality inspection on PND devices after MStar outage
Jul 1, 16:29
The Taiwan government has imposed a quality inspection measure on all GPS PND devices for sale in Taiwan, according to sources at the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection...
May 12, 14:57
The semiconductor metrology/inspection equipment (MIE) market finally outperformed the rest of the overall semiconductor front-end wafer processing equipment market for the first...
Hermes Microvision lands e-beam equipment order from SMIC
Mar 23, 16:14
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has placed orders for three e-beam inspection systems for 45nm and below production with Hermes Microvision (HMI), a subsidiary...
IC equipment maker TRI looks to expand inspection business
Newswatch - Mar 4, 16:53
Semiconductor equipment supplier Test Research (TRI) is looking to expand its presence in the inspection equipment market, after rival Agilent Technologies' pending departure, according...
Solar cell makers increasing demand for automated inspection equipment
Sep 23, 11:55
As assemblers of solar cell modules have increasingly asked Taiwan-based makers of solar cells to sort products before shipments, solar cell makers are increasing their demand for...
SEMICON Taiwan 2008: Chroma Ate displays solar-cell inspection system
Sep 10, 01:05
Chroma Ate is displaying its latest solar-cell inspection system at the ongoing PV Power Expo Taiwan (September 9-11), marking the company as the first Taiwan equipment vendor to...
Jul 15, 12:12
With China being one of the key hubs for semiconductor production and key market for semiconductor sales, leading process control and yield management tool supplier KLA-Tencor believes...
Taiwan market: LG launches waterproof smartphone
Mobile + telecom | 4h 4min ago
Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
Bits + chips | 4h 16min ago
Foxconn able to produce carbon nanotube touch panel sizes up to 10-inch
Displays | 4h 31min ago
Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
IT + CE | 4h 33min ago
Elan shipping touchscreen controller ICs for new Nexus 7
Bits + chips | 4h 35min ago
Samsung showcases new displays at SID 2013
Displays | 5h 17min ago
E Ink unveils low temperature matrix electronic paper display for freezers
Displays | 5h 28min ago
UMC Singapore unit expands and puts focus on R&D
Bits + chips | 5h 34min ago
E Ink launches 3 pigment electronic paper display
Displays | 5h 36min ago
HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
Displays | 5h 38min ago
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
IT + CE | 5h 41min ago
Supplies of NAND flash to be tight in July-August, says Phison
Before Going to Press | 6h 1min ago
TPK to see orders bump up in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | 6h 14min ago
Wintek expects to see positive turnaround in July 2013, says chairman
Before Going to Press | 6h 18min ago
KLA-Tencor has announced a new generation in the Surfscan family of wafer defect and surface quality inspection systems: the Surfscan SP3. As the first unpatterned wafer inspection...
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KLA-Tencor has announced the latest addition to its VisEdge family of wafer edge inspection and metrology systems. The VisEdge CV300R-EP introduces two edge-metrology capabilities...
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Altatech AltaSight SL300 inspection system
Altatech Semiconductor has announced silicon wafer maker Siltronic is evaluating its AltaSight SL300 inspection system to verify the tool's capabilities for use in wafer manufacturing...
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KLA-Tencor has introduced its ICOS WI-2250 wafer inspector for MEMs and LED manufacturing. This product marks a major breakthrough for the MEMS and LED industry, as it offers a dramatic...
Photo: Company, Dec 2.
KLA-Tencor 8900 inspection system
KLA-Tencor has extended its product offerings in the CMOS image sensor (CIS) market by announcing the 8900 defect inspection system. The new 8900 offers selectable illumination...
Photo: Company, Oct 19.
With China being one of the key hubs for semiconductor production and key market for semiconductor sales, leading process control and yield management tool supplier KLA-Tencor believes...
- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
- Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
- China market: B2C transaction value over CNY133 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
- Asustek, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to provide cloud computing services
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- China market: Smartphone sales over 75 million units in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Imec, Globalfoundries team up for STT-MRAM
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
- Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
- Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
- 3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
- NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
- New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
- Can Ultra HD TVs avoid the fate of 3D sets? asks IHS
- After a year of decline, global flat panel TV market sees marginal growth in 1Q13, says IHS
- Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
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- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- 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
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
22-May-2013 markets closed
| Last | Change |
| TAIEX (TSE) | 8398.84 | +15.79 | +0.19% |
| TSE electronic | 317.55 | +0.70 | +0.22% |
| GTSM (OTC) | 120.71 | +0.33 | +0.27% |
| OTC electronic | 145.64 | +1.03 | +0.71% |
- 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
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- 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 in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.