973 news items tagged packaging and testing
Equipment makers eyeing strong demand from Taiwan OSAT firms
Tuesday 12 January 2021As Taiwan's OSAT output value is estimated to hit another record high in 2021, domestic equipment and materials suppliers are poised to embrace robust demand from the sector, according...
Taiwan OSAT firms see clear order visibility through mid-2021
Tuesday 22 December 2020Taiwan-based OSAT services providers have seen clear order visibility through mid-2021, thanks to robust demand for 5G and Wi-Fi chips, power management ICs (PMIC), and display driver...
ASE to set up more smart factories in 2021
Thursday 17 December 2020ASE Group will complete the establishment of its 18th smart factory by the end of this year, with plans to build seven more intelligent plants in 2021, according to company COO Tien...
Renesas seeking support from Taiwan OSAT for auto components
Tuesday 8 December 2020Japan-based IDM Renesas Electronics has been aggressively seeking support from its backend partners in Taiwan for next year to meet increasing demand for automotive MCUs and power...
Pandemic-triggered structural changes: Q&A with ASE Technology COO Tien Wu
Friday 20 November 2020ASE Technology has turned optimistic about the IC backend industry prospects for the first half of 2021 with high capacity utilization to linger in diverse processes despite the coronavirus...
Notebook power IC prices poised to hike on tight foundry capacity
Tuesday 22 September 2020Taiwanese IC designers are likely to raise their quotes for power management ICs and MOSFETs for notebooks, desktop PCs and servers to reflect increased costs resulting from tight...
PTI to enter FoPLP volume production in early 2022, says chairman
Wednesday 22 July 2020Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) is set to move its FoPLP (fan-out panel level package) technology into volume production starting early 2022, according to company...
MediaTek backend partners to see clear order visibility till 1Q21
Wednesday 15 July 2020MediaTek's backend partners in Taiwan including ASE Technology, King Yuan Electronics and Sigurd Microelectronics will see clear order visibility stretching to at least the first...
Prices for TV SoCs, driver ICs set to rise
Friday 3 July 2020Taiwan's IC designers are mulling raising quotes for TV SoCs and driver ICs amid increasingly tight supply as Korean vendors gradually quit production of LCD panels and TVs as well...
PTI sees little impact of US ban on Huawei
Friday 29 May 2020Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) expects new US trade sanctions against Huawei not to significantly affect its operations, but it will take 1-2 weeks for the company...
Memory backend specialists see orders lose momentum
Friday 22 May 2020Memory backend specialists have seen customer orders slow down recently, with the orders likely to remain stagnant till June as their clients, mainly makers of memory modules, are...
PTI expects no material impact from computer virus
Thursday 7 May 2020Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) recently had some of its computer servers infected by ransomware but has worked out a solution with the affected servers being restored. The...
Backend firm PTI poised to challenge new revenue records in 2020
Wednesday 22 April 2020Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) has seen clear order visibility through the third quarter of 2020 and may have a chance to end the year with record revenues as...
ASE Technology lands orders shifted from Southeast Asia
Thursday 16 April 2020Taiwan-based OSAT provider ASE Technology has recently gained orders shifted from backend plants located in Southeast Asia, where coronavirus lockdowns are imposed in several countries...
ASE enters ZTE supply chain for 5G base station chips
Tuesday 7 April 2020ASE Technology has entered the supply chain of ZTE, providing advanced backend technology to volume process 5G base station chips developed in house by the Chinese vendor, according...
Driver IC backend houses land rush orders for notebooks, tablets
Tuesday 31 March 2020Taiwan-based driver IC backend specialists have landed short lead-time orders for business notebooks and tablets that will be used mostly to support remote working and studying needs,...
Memory module makers, backend houses see demand pick up
Tuesday 19 November 2019Memory module manufacturers and backend service providers have seen end-market demand pick up recently, and are gearing up to meet 5G-driven demand with their sufficient supplies...
ASE teaming up with Ansys to advance IC packaging development
Friday 25 October 2019ASE Group has developed an Ansys customization toolkit (ACT) workflow to enhance its IC packaging and development process.
Backend house PTI stepping up capacity expansion
Wednesday 23 October 2019Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) has disclosed it is building new production capacity to meet strong customer demand coming in the first quarter of 2020.
Major China OSAT firms post losses for 1H19
Thursday 5 September 2019Major China-based outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) providers Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET) and Tongfu Microelectronics (TFME) have both reported...
IC backend service firms to lock in orders for new iPhone launch
Monday 2 September 2019Apple has sent out invitations for a new product event on September 10 signaling that Taiwan's IC backend service firms are set to land related orders for new iPhones as expected...
HiSilicon enhancing in-house chip development capability
Tuesday 6 August 2019HiSilicon Technologies, a chipset solution arm of Huawei, has been ramping up its chipset orders for 7nm and other advanced node products at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
ASE Technology positive about 2H19
Thursday 1 August 2019ASE Technology Holding has expressed optimism about its sales performance in the second half of 2019, and reiterated its previous remark that revenues are expected to register sequential...
PTI expects sales surge in 3Q19
Wednesday 24 July 2019Memory and logic IC backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) expects to post sequential growth in revenues for both the third quarter and the second half of 2019, judging from recovery...
Memory backend firms see clear order visibility throughout 4Q19
Tuesday 23 July 2019Taiwan-based memory backend specialists have seen clear order visibility through the fourth quarter of 2019, as they have directly or indirectly tapped into the supply chains of major...