1902 news items tagged capacity
GlobalWafers to expand 12-inch wafer production at Korea plant, report says
Thursday 19 April 2018Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers has struck a deal with a provincial government in South Korea for expansion of its local plant in Cheonan, South Chungcheong, according to a report...
Rising component and material costs to put pressure on gross margin
Thursday 19 April 2018IC foundries, and PC and handset manufacturers continue to encounter rising costs of components and materials, and will see their gross margins come under downward pressure in 2018,...
HKC ramping LCD panel capacity aggressively
Thursday 19 April 2018China-based Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics is expanding its capacity aggressively by announcing on April 18 that it will build a new 8.6G LCD fab, or the third one of the company,...
Innotron Memory gearing up for DDR4 chip production, says CEO
Tuesday 17 April 2018China-based Innotron Memory, previously known as Hefei ChangXin or Hefei RuiLi, is gearing up for volume production of 8Gb DDR4 chips in 2019.
Leaframe makers raising capacity to meet strong car electronics demand
Tuesday 17 April 2018Taiwan-based leadframe suppliers including Shuen Der Industry (SDI) and Jih Lin Technology are moving to expand their production capacities to satisfy growing demand for automotive...
ASE Industrial to take 90% of OSAT industry profits
Tuesday 17 April 2018ASE Industrial Holding, the soon to-be-established parent holding company of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), will take as much...
Yangtze Memory obtains first 3D NAND chip orders
Monday 16 April 2018Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) under China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup has obtained its first orders for commercial production of over 10,000 3D NAND flash chips for use in...
NAND flash prices continue to fall
Friday 13 April 2018The global supply of NAND flash chips remains slightly short of demand which will continue to drag down the memory prices during the second quarter of 2018, according to DRAMeXchan...
Taiwan university develops battery costing only 5% of lithium ones
Friday 13 April 2018Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University has developed an eco-friendly battery using sodium ion electrolyte as the source. The battery's non-corrosive, non-toxic and non-explosive...
EPTech begins EV pilot production
Thursday 12 April 2018Taiwan-based electric vehicle (EV) maker Electric Power Technology (EPTech) has recently begun pilot production for its new EV in China.
Micron rolls out edge storage solutions for video surveillance
Thursday 12 April 2018Micron Technology has announced general availability of the 128GB and 256GB density of edge storage microSD card solutions and collaboration with several leading video surveillance...
Innodisk to ramp up production capacity 50%
Wednesday 11 April 2018Taiwan-based Innodisk, which develops and manufactures industrial-class storage products, will soon begin to operate a new plant which will increase its overall production capacity...
Senao to double production capacity in 3 years
Wednesday 11 April 2018Networking device maker Senao Networks is building a new plant in Linkou, northern Taiwan aiming to double its production capacity in three years, according to company chairman Tommy...
Nanya March revenues hit 11-year high
Wednesday 11 April 2018Taiwan-based DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$6.72 billion (US$230.1 million) for March 2018, up 60.3% on year and 13.4% sequentially.
UMC, VIS March revenues increase
Wednesday 11 April 2018Pure-play foundries United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) have reported sequential increases in March consolidated revenues of 4.2% and 25.8%,...
Yageo March revenues surge 80%
Tuesday 10 April 2018Passive component maker Yageo has reported consolidated revenues for March 2018 surged 32.8% sequentially and 80.1% from a year earlier to a record high of NT$4.27 billion (US$146.2...
PTI posts record March revenues
Tuesday 10 April 2018Memory-IC backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.65 billion (US$193.5 million) for March 2018, up 16% sequentially and 32.4% on...
Global PV installation capacity in 2018 hard to predict, says CPIA executive
Monday 9 April 2018The total PV installation capacity to be added around the world in 2018 is difficult to predict mainly because of uncertainties in China, the US, India and Japan - the four largest...
China becomes largest consumer of semiconductor packaging equipment and materials, says SEMI
Tuesday 3 April 2018Fueled by heavy government investment, IC packaging and testing in China generated US$29 billion in revenues in 2017, making China the world's largest consumer of packaging equipment...
LGD steps up AMOLED capacity expansion
Tuesday 3 April 2018LG Display (LGD) is expected to set its 2018 capex higher than rival Samsung Display (SDC) for the first time since 2012 as the company has continued to accelerate the expansion of...
Machvision, Utechzone seeing brisk demand from semiconductor and FPD industries
Tuesday 3 April 2018Automated optical inspection (AOI) equipment specialists Utechzone and Machvision are being pinpointed by market observers as the beneficiaries of semiconductor and LCD panel makers'...
Taiwan leadframe suppliers to raise prices 10-15% in 2Q18
Monday 2 April 2018Taiwan-based leadframe suppliers plan to raise their prices 10-15% in the second quarter of 2018 to reflect tight supply, according to sources at IC backend houses.
Robust IoT chip orders filling 8-inch fab capacities
Monday 2 April 2018Strong demand for Internet of Things (IoT) related chips is filling China- and Taiwan-based pure-play foundries' 8-inch fab capacities, according to industry sources.
SMIC profits fall 52% in 2017
Monday 2 April 2018China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported revenues grew 6.4% on year to a record high of US$3.1 billion in 2017. Net profits, however,...
IntelliEPI to expand epi-wafer capacity by 50-60% in 2018
Friday 30 March 2018Intelligent Epitaxy Technology (IntelliEPI), which supplies epi-wafers to the electronics and optoelectronics industries, is expected to see its overall production capacity expand...
- STMicro, Macom aim to take GaN-on-silicon mainstream (Feb 9) - EE Times
- China to have 700k 300mm wpm capacity in 2018 (Jan 19) - Electronics Weekly
- Intel notebooks are too expensive. Will AMD Ryzen machines be cheaper? (Oct 12) - Guardian
- Opinion: WD unveils breakthrough in hard-drive technology that will be used beyond 2030 (Oct 12) - Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
- Samsung Electronics says may add NAND capacity at China plant amid demand surge (May 29) - Reuters
- China: Fab boom or bust? (Mar 16) - Semiconductor Engineering
- China's OLED spend may be big trouble in 2018, says Bernstein (Mar 16) - Barron's
- Sumitomo Chemical boosting capacity for OLED touchscreens (Dec 25) - Nikkei Electronics Asia
- New undersea cable expands capacity for Google APAC customers and users (Oct 12) - Company release
- Global chipmakers plan $50bn investment in China by 2020 (Sep 11) - Nikkei Electronics Asia