Win Semiconductors has reported that its utilization rates dropped to about 20% in the first quarter of 2023 as a result of inventory correction in the handset supply chain and seasonal...
OSAT ASE Technology (ASE) anticipates a return to 80% plant utilization in the second half of 2023, up from 60% in the first half of the year. After the third quarter, the business...
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its wafer shipments and ASPs to both register about flat sequential increases in the first quarter of 2023, with its capacity...
Leading Taiwan-based OSATs including Powertech Technology (PTI) and ASE Group are reducing prices amid ongoing cost pressures, according to industry sources.
TSMC, which saw sales soar to a new high in 2022, has begun to feel the pressure of high inventory and low demand from the beginning of 2023. While the foundry expects to see weakening...
Micron Technology's memory wafer fab capacity utilization is now at a record low level, the company confirmed at its latest earnings call conference. The company didn't release the...
LED automotive lighting module maker Excellence Optoelectronics (EOI) has secured module orders for 11 new car models thus far in the first quarter, with prospects to push its operations...
Silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers is constructing a new 300mm (12-inch) silicon wafer plant in Sherman, Texas, and expects it to be ready for volume production in the first quarter...
The passive component industry may see a significant rebound in the second and third quarters of this year, according to Yageo, which believes that the worst is over.
Part of TSMC's fab utilization rates, including those for 7/6nm process nodes, will begin to recover in April, sooner than previously predicted by the market, according to sources...
TSMC's fab utilization in the first quarter of 2023 is being dragged down by a rapid slowdown in 7nm and 6nm chip orders, but the foundry has managed to keep its overall fab utilization...
LCD panel makers remain cautious about ramping up the utilization rates of their LCD fabs, although TV panel prices have begun bouncing up, and quotes for IT applications show signs...
Specialty DRAM and flash memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics has kickstarted the output ramp-up at the first-phase facility of its new fab in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, with a monthly...
MLCC shipments for consumer applications have shown signs of rebounding since mid-January, and suppliers are expected to see their inventory fall to regular levels in the second...
