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Wednesday 17 September 2003
Amkor: Outsourced IC packaging and testing to double in three years
The global market for outsourced IC packaging and testing is likely to balloon to US$10.5 billion in 2005 from US$5.7 billion in 2002, as packaging and testing costs rise as a proportion...
Wednesday 17 September 2003
Testing and packaging, the mainstay of China’s semiconductor industry
The testing and packaging industry represents a significant portion of the semiconductor industry in China. According to the China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID),...
Wednesday 17 September 2003
Overview of new packaging technologies
Demand from end-user application markets drives the development of new packaging technologies. For instance, mobile phones drove the development of stack packaging and PCs and game...
Wednesday 17 September 2003
Connecting ICs to the outside world, scientifically, ethically and with the environment in mind
Taiwan, situated at the center of the Asia-Pacific region, enjoys a tremendous geographical advantage over its neighbors. With its complete electronics supply chain and the world’s...
Wednesday 17 September 2003
Semiconductors set for double-digit growth in 2004; DRAM chips to lead the recovery
The increasingly diverse applications for semiconductors – growing from a focus on to encompass many consumer products – will induce robust, double digit growth for the...
Tuesday 16 September 2003
Taiwan packaging and testing providers enjoy record August sales
Taiwan-based IC packaging and testing service providers enjoyed strong sales in August. Nine companies set record highs, and four others posted highs for this year.
Tuesday 16 September 2003
Gartner: Worldwide flash card market to grow 38% in 2003
Despite declining NAND flash memory component prices in the first half of this year, the worldwide flash card market is poised for strong revenue growth in 2003, market research firm...
Tuesday 16 September 2003
Semiconductor industry in China enacting a great leap forward
The combination of increasing foreign and domestic investment with a strategy shift towards foundry services has helped the semiconductor manufacturing industry in China establish...
Tuesday 16 September 2003
Unaxis keeps focus on customers and integration in deposition and etching
Building on a long history in advanced manufacturing technologies and processes, Unaxis Semiconductors, a US subsidiary of the Swiss company Unaxis, is taking an integrated, customer-oriented...
Tuesday 16 September 2003
Entegris cleans up in materials integrity management
Cleanliness remains a key to successful manufacturing in the semiconductor arena and a key force for profitability for Chaska, Minn.-based Entegris. The company grew 30% in its 2003...
Tuesday 16 September 2003
Semiconductor industry capital spending set to rise
Semiconductor capital expenditures are tightly linked to the recovery of the entire industry. There is a direct knock-on effect from an increase in demand for semiconductors to the...
Tuesday 16 September 2003
Blue skies reflect industry sentiment at opening of Semicon Taiwan 2003
Semicon Taiwan 2003 opened yesterday at 10 am. Blue skies greeted the record number of participants and seemed to reflect the mood of the lines of attendees waiting to register. The...
Monday 15 September 2003
Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing industry upgrading its technology
Taiwan’s IC industry grew 12% year-on-year to produce NT$348.5 billion worth of products in the first half of 2003, according to the Industrial Technology Information Service...
Monday 15 September 2003
Superhighway now open! Faster than ever before – integrated solutions from IC design to manufacturing
At SEMICON Taiwan, Spirox will take customers on a tour of a new “Superhighway.” David Sheu, Spirox chairman and CEO, explains more.
Monday 15 September 2003
FEI Company finds focus in nanotech as smaller features drive development
In the world of semiconductors, size continues to play a critical role as customers continue to clamor for smaller and smaller features. Like its competitors, FEI Company is working...