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Tuesday 27 April 2010
Silicon demand set to rebound robustly in 2010, says iSuppli
Following a weak 2009, global demand for silicon used in semiconductor manufacturing is expected to rebound robustly in 2010, led by shipments of 300mm (12-inch) wafers, according...
Monday 19 April 2010
Macronix to invest up to NT$20 billion, hire staff for new 12-inch fab
Mask ROM and NOR flash supplier Macronix International will invest NT$15-20 billion (US$478-638 million) in its newly-acquired 12-inch fab over the next two years, according to company...
Friday 16 April 2010
Macronix to buy ProMOS 12-inch fab for NT$8.5 billion
The board of directors of Macronix International has approved plans to buy ProMOS Technologies' 12-inch fab located at the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) for NT$8.5 billion (US$271 mil...
Thursday 15 April 2010
ProMOS and Macronix to finalize 12-inch fab transaction soon
ProMOS Technologies has reportedly entered the final phase of negotiations to sell its 12-inch fab at the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) to Macronix International Company (MXIC) with...
Tuesday 13 April 2010
STATS ChipPAC intros 300mm embedded WLB wafer manufacturing
STATS ChipPAC has expanded the embedded wafer-level ball-grid array (eWLB) technology to reconstituted 300mm wafers, according to the company. By adding capacity through 300mm wafer...
Monday 12 April 2010
PSC said to allocate more 12-inch capacity to produce DRAM for Elpida
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has entered into a new agreement with Elpida Memory, under which PSC is allowed to source 24,000 wafer starts a month from their DRAM joint-venture...
Tuesday 30 March 2010
ProMOS to announce sale of 12-inch fab to Macronix in early April, say sources
ProMOS Technologies is set to announce the sale of a 12-inch wafer fab to Macronix International Company (MXIC) in early April, according to industry sources. The income from the...
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Semiconductor material distributor Topco predicts 30% revenue growth in 2010
Topco Scientific, a major distributor for blank wafer maker Shin-Etsu Handotai (SEH), has forecast revenues for 2010 will grow 30% on year. The semiconductor material distributor...
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Taiwan players may get green light for 12-inch fabs in China by 2012, says TSMC chairman
Taiwan-based semiconductor companies may be allowed to operate 12-inch fabs in China within two years, according to Morris Chang, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Monday 22 March 2010
12-inch wafer prices to rise 10-20% in 2Q10
Foundry chipmakers including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have been informed by their upstream suppliers that average...
Friday 5 March 2010
UMC to step up hiring for 12-inch fab expansion
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has recently announced plans to add a total of 1,000 engineers for its Fab 12A, a 12-inch wafer fab located at the Southern Taiwan Science...
Thursday 4 March 2010
Nanya to ramp 12-inch output to 50,000 wafers by year-end 2010
Nanya Technology plans to ramp up wafer starts at its 12-inch fab from the current 30,000 units to 50,000 units by year-end 2010, according to Jih Lien, president of Taiwan's largest...
Wednesday 3 March 2010
BCD platform technologies are rapidly changing the power IC landscape, says Petrov Group
The emergence of state-of-the-art BCD (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) platform technologies is having a far reaching effect on the analog/mixed-signal IC landscape, the Petrov Group has commented...
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Prices of 8- and 12-inch wafers to rise in 2Q10, says paper
Major blank wafer suppliers including Shin-Etsu Handotai (SEH), Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corporation (Sumco) and MEMC Electronic Materials have all raised their quotes for the...
Monday 1 March 2010
ProMOS set to ink deal to sell 12-inch fab
DRAM maker ProMOS Technologies has recently made the decision to sell its 12-inch (300mm) wafer fab located at the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) to mask ROM and NOR flash maker Macronix...