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Thursday 8 September 2011
ASE, SPIL post sequential growth in August sales
IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Silicon Precision Industries (SPIL) have reported sequential growth of 2.9% and 6.7%, respectively, in consolidated revenues...
Tuesday 23 August 2011
Mobile RAM outlook optimistic, say memory backend firms
The outlook for mobile RAM remains optimistic despite weaker-than-expected demand thus far in 2011, according to sources at major Taiwan-based memory packaging and testing houses...
Monday 22 August 2011
PTI cuts 2011 capex, says paper
Memory packaging and testing firm Powertech Technology (PTI) has revised downward its capex budget for 2011 to less than NT$10 billion (US$345 million) from the previously-planned...
Monday 22 August 2011
More firms reducing exposure in DRAM packaging and testing market
The growing supply-demand imbalance in the PC DRAM market has discouraged packaging and testing firms from paying attention to the segment, with some looking to completely phase out...
Thursday 18 August 2011
PTI, Walton look to lower revenues in 4Q11
Memory packaging and testing firms Powertech Technology (PTI) and Walton Advanced Engineering both expect their fourth-quarter revenues to be lower than the levels recorded in the...
Friday 29 July 2011
Elpida reportedly to cut back DRAM production 20%
With 2Gb DDR3 prices having tumbled to near cost, Elpida Memory reportedly has decided to scale back its output to allow prices to bounce back. The Japan-based DRAM chipmaker plans...
Friday 29 July 2011
PTI sees fall in 3Q11 revenues
Powertech Technology (PTI) has guided that its third-quarter consolidated revenues will see a sequential decline with a lower gross margin, citing a fall in demand for DRAM packaging...
Thursday 7 July 2011
DRAM backend firms post slight growth in June revenues
Powertech Technology (PTI), Walton Advanced Engineering and Formosa Advanced Technologies (FATC) have reported sequential growth in revenues for June 2011 of 2.9%, 0.8% and 1.7%,...
Friday 1 July 2011
PTI developing advanced packaging technologies
Packaging and testing firm Powertech Technology (PTI) expects the development of new technologies including wafer-level packaging, 3D IC packaging and copper pillar bumping to bear...
Thursday 30 June 2011
PTI, Walton seeing weaker-than-expected demand for mobile DRAM
Memory IC packaging and testing firms Powertech Technology (PTI) and Walton Advanced Engineering have revised downward their targeted sales contributions from mobile DRAM products...
Wednesday 29 June 2011
DRAM makers negotiating for cheaper backend services, says paper
Contract quotes for DRAM packaging and testing services have been facing downward pressure, and are likely to decline over 10% in the third quarter of 2011, according to a Chinese-language...
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Walton expects slow growth in 3Q11 revenues
Walton Advanced Engineering, which mainly provides backend services for DRAM companies, has forecast revenues for the third quarter of 2011 will stay flat or grow slightly by up to...
Monday 27 June 2011
Major Taiwan IC backend firms developing copper pillar bumping
Major IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), and memory packaging and testing specialist Powertech Technology (PTI), have...
Monday 27 June 2011
PTI sees flat to single-digit 3Q11 sales growth
Packaging and testing firm Powertech Technology expects its revenues to stay flat sequentially in the third quarter of 2011, with a possibility of low-single digit growth, according...
Monday 27 June 2011
ASE subsidiary sells DRAM testing equipment to PTI
Power ASE Technology, a subsidiary of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) specializing in DRAM packaging and testing, has announced that the company has sold some of its high-speed...