Career to ramp up FPCB capacity by 30% in 2H12

May 22, 15:23

Flexible PCB maker Career Technology plans to ramp up its capacity by 30% in the second half of 2012, focusing on the production of high-end FPCBs, according to company president...

Intel pushes new battery solutions to reduce ultrabook cost

May 22, 01:30

To lower production costs of ultrabooks, Intel has been aggressively trying to find replacement components and is currently pushing two new battery solutions - 16650 cylindrical battery...

IC designer Sonix expects sales to grow on easing tight capacity

May 18, 14:27

IC design house Sonix Technology has seen a rebound in orders for its MCUs, multimedia chips and consumer ICs recently and expects an easing of tight capacity at foundries will enable...

MTS maker Ko Ja to set up factory in Chongqing

May 16, 01:20

Ko Ja (Cayman), a Taiwan-based maker of membrane touch switches (MTS) mainly used in notebook keyboards, will establish a factory in Chongqing, western China, with production to kick...

Holy Stone hiking in-house MLCC production

May 16, 01:00

Holy Stone Enterprise, a Taiwan-based supplier of multi-layer ceramic capacitors, is increasing in-house production from 33% of its total revenues currently to a target of 40% in...

Taiwan market: HP unveils five new ultrabooks

May 15, 01:45

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has unveiled five new ultrabooks under its Envy 4 and Envy 6 series in Taiwan with a chassis design that combines a metal-based bezel with a plastic-based bottom;...

Apple reportedly books up half of mobile DRAM capacity at Elpida Hiroshima plant

May 15, 01:40

Apple has recently placed huge orders for mobile DRAM memory with Elpida Memory's 12-inch plant in Hiroshima (Japan), securing about 50% of the total chips produced at the facility,...

TSMC gives priority to Nvidia for 28nm capacity

May 9, 15:43

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has given priority to Nvidia for 28nm capacity, according to industry sources.

Graphics card shortages to see improvements in late May

May 3, 01:20

AMD and Nvidia, impacted by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC's) fully-booked capacity, had rather weak shipment performance in the first quarter; however, as more...

Chimei Innolux capacity utilization rate to reach over 90% in 2Q12

May 2, 13:08

Chimei Innolux (CMI) expects its production capacity utilization rate to climb over 90% and its shipments of all sizes of LCD panels to grow 10-20% sequentially in the second quarter...

Wacker Nunchritz hyperpure polysilicon facility to soon reach full capacity

Apr 30, 15:17

Germany-based Wacker Chemie has announced that its hyperpure polysilicon production facilities at the Nunchritz site officially went into operation late last week. Wacker stated it...

Fulltech to see full thin fiberglass fabric utilization in 2Q, 3Q12

Apr 27, 11:56

Fulltech Fiber Glass, a Taiwan-based maker of fiberglass yarns and fabrics, expects its production capacity of electronic-grade (thin) fiberglass fabric to be fully occupied in the...

Acer, Inventec announce results for 1Q12

Apr 26, 01:35

Acer and Inventec have hosted investor meeting and announced their latest performance in the first quarter.

HP to establish printer production line with Foxconn in Chongqing, China

Apr 19, 01:20

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced it will cooperate with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to establish production lines in Chongqing, China for printer manufacturing...

Qualcomm, Nvidia said to approach other foundries for 28nm production

Apr 17, 01:05

The reported tight supply of chips built using TSMC's 28nm process technology is likely to drive Nvidia and Qualcomm toward other foundries as a second source, industry sources have...

ChipMOS expanding LCD driver IC packaging/testing capacity

Apr 16, 11:31

ChipMOS Technologies, A Taiwan-based provider of IC packaging and testing services, is expanding its 12-inch-wafer gold bumping capacity for packaging and testing LCD driver ICs,...

CMI capacity utilization rate reaching 80%, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 9, 11:44

The capacity utilization rate of Chimei Innolux (CMI) will rebound to over 80% in April, buoyed by increasing panel orders from Japan-based brand vendors including Sony and Hitachi,...

TSMC 28nm capacity in large shortage

Apr 6, 01:10

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 28nm foundry capacity has been drastically short of demand from Qualcomm, AMD and Nvidia mainly, but the shortage is expected to...

LED chip makers see increased capacity utilization and revenues in March

Apr 3, 16:28

Taiwan-based makers of LED chips including Epistar, Lextar Electronics, Genesis Photonics and Bright Led Electronics, had increased capacity utilization in March due to increasing...

Panel capacity utilization expected to rise to over 81% in 2Q12, says WitsView

Apr 3, 01:35

The overall utilization of TFT-LCD panel production capacity worldwide is expected to increase from 73% in the first quarter of 2012 to more than 81% in the second quarter, according...

Everlight looks to run at full capacity in 3Q12

Mar 29, 15:31

LED packaging firm Everlight Electronics has seen its utilization rate improve to 60-70% recently and expects the ratio to climb to 80% in the second quarter, according to the company...

Apple places more orders for 13.3-inch MacBook Pro than for 15-inch model

Mar 29, 01:15

As Apple will start mass producing its 15-inch MacBook Pro in April, sources from the upstream supply chain have pointed out that the company's orders for the 13.3-inch model are...

Tight foundry capacity stabilizes ASP for IC designers

Mar 27, 11:29

With tight capacities at foundry service providers, major Taiwan-based IC design houses expect the short supply to give their downstream customers less bargaining power and help maintain...

Formosa Epitaxy to expand MOCVD capacity in 2012

Mar 27, 01:25

Taiwan-based LED chip maker Formosa Epitaxy, in view of increasing demand for LED chips used in backlight units of LCD TV panels and lighting products, will expand its production...