PTI tougher on payment terms for DRAM customers

Jun 22, 14:35

Taiwan's Powertech Technology (PTI), a memory packaging and testing specialist, has tightened the payment terms for its Taiwan-based DRAM customers to mitigate against the impact...

PTI to benefit from Elpida DDR3 ramp in 3Q09

Newswatch - Jun 5, 09:32

Elpida Memory plans to scale up output for DDR3 in the third quarter when it completes its migration to 50nm, according to industry sources. Its major backend service supplier Powertech...

PTI 2Q09 sales expected to rise 10-15% sequentially

Newswatch - May 6, 11:40

Memory packaging and testing specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) has estimated revenues for the second quarter are likely to grow 10-15% sequentially. Overall utilization rate for...

ASE and SPIL 2Q09 revenues to grow over 30%

Apr 27, 16:25

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) will likely enjoy revenue growth of more than 30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2009,...

Toshiba defers equipment delivery to PTI

Apr 16, 11:50

Toshiba has delayed the delivery of backend equipment that it has promised to sell to outsourcing partner Powertech Technology (PTI), sparking speculation that the Japanese company...

Kingston mulling investment in Eplida; PTI already commits

Mar 25, 15:46

Memory-module maker Kingston Technology is mulling plans to invest in an Elpida Memory subsidiary that has already seen Powertech Technology (PTI) commit an investment of five billion...

PTI utilization slides to 70% for 1Q, expected to rebound in 2Q

Mar 24, 17:10

Powertech Technology (PTI) has said that its overall capacity utilization has fallen to around 70% for the current quarter, and ASPs (average selling prices) for both packaging and...

ChipMOS diversifying customer base to minimize impact from Spansion insolvency

Mar 20, 12:22

Taiwan's ChipMOS Technologies is looking to diversify its memory customer base, while having lowered its dependence on Spansion significantly, according to company sources. The IC...

Kingston says no plan to invest in TMC

Mar 17, 15:10

Kingston Technology has dismissed speculation that it plans to acquire 5-10% of a new DRAM company that the Taiwan government is setting up, saying it would not commit itself to investing...

Kingston to invest in Taiwan Memory, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 16, 12:29

Kingston Technology may take up a 10% stake in Taiwan Memory, the new DDRAM company that the Taiwan government is planning, the Chinese-language Commercial Times reported...

Most IC backend service suppliers see siginificant growth in February

Mar 9, 16:44

Most packaging and testing houses, including Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industry (SPIL), saw significant increases in sales in February, thanks...

KYEC and PTI claim no affect from Spansion bankruptcy filing

Mar 3, 15:24

Taiwan's memory packaging and testing houses King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) and Powertech Technology Incorporated (PTI) have filed statements via the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE)...

Toshiba reportedly to dispose of PTI shares

Feb 11, 15:56

Toshiba is considering the disposal of around 3.79 million Powertech Technology (PTI) shares on the open market beginning February 12, in order to raise its cash on hand, according...

Memory packaging and testing house PTI posts 8.9% net profit drop in 4Q08

Stockwatch - Jan 22, 17:02

Powertech Technology (PTI), a Taiwan-based memory packaging and testing house, generated unaudited revenues of NT$8.04 billion (US$239.6 million) in the fourth quarter of 2008, up...

ProMOS continues to sell assets

Jan 20, 16:46

Packaging and testing house Powertech Technology (PTI) has announced via a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) that it has acquired wafer testing equipment worth approximately...

PTI gross margins to fall 2-5pp in 1Q09, but will remain profitable

Jan 19, 15:56

Powertech Technology (PTI) has estimated first-quarter gross margins will slide to 15-18%, down from 20% in the fourth quarter of 2008. Meanwhile, the company will likely see revenues...

DRAM production cutbacks lead to lower utilization at packaging and testing firms in early 2009

Jan 7, 17:08

Memory IC packaging and testing houses ChipMOS Technologies, Formosa Advanced Technologies Company (FATC), Power ASE Technology and United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) are said...

PTI revenues to slide due to memory production cutback

Jan 5, 13:49

Memory packaging and testing house Powertech Technology (PTI) may experience a sequential sales drop of 20-25% in the first quarter of 2009, as a result of DRAM production cutbacks,...

ProMOS sells backend equipment to PTI

Stockwatch - Dec 25, 12:47

ProMOS Technologies announced via a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) that the company's equipment for backend packaging and testing has been partly acquired by packaging...

Packaging and testing houses see weaker NOR flash sales in 4Q

Newswatch - Dec 8, 16:16

Memory packaging and testing houses ChipMOS Technologies and King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) have estimated that sales contributions from NOR flash will slide sequentially in...

PTI acquires land for expansion despite global economic woes

Newswatch - Nov 20, 10:37

Packaging and testing house Powertech Technology (PTI) has injected NT$327 million (US$9.79 million) to acquire land, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange...

UMC and ASE willing to seek partnerships in 2009 while TSMC, PTI and SPIL have no merger plans

Nov 3, 12:05

With the semiconductor market expected to shrink in 2009, the market may see more strategic alliances and consolidation. Commenting on merger potential in the industry, Taiwan semiconductor...

PTI to have record September sales with Kingston's strong orders; expects flat or increasing sales in 4Q

Oct 6, 15:23

Powertech Technology (PTI) has reported September sales of NT$2.7 billion (US$83.5 million), a company record, thanks to support from its largest shareholder Kingston Technology,...

Power ASE leads in 1H08 profitability

Sep 1, 12:14

Despite a listless memory industry status in 2008, Power ASE Technology managed to maintain its gross margin above 40% in the first half of 2008 thanks to aggressive expansion of...

ASE denies forming joint venture agreement with Toshiba

Stockwatch - Aug 5, 01:05

In response to a Chinese-language Commercial Times article stating that the ASE Group will be forming a backend joint-venture with Toshiba, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering...

Tera Probe-PTI joint venture to start operation in September

Jul 31, 14:31

Powertech Technology (PTI) and Tera Probe expect their new joint venture, announced in June, to start operation in September with targeted sales of NT$750 million (US$24.5 million)...