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Friday 2 February 2018
USI profits hike over 60% in 2017
Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), a subsidiary of backend service provider Advanced Semiconductor Engineer (ASE), saw its net profits surge 63.1% to CNY1.31 billion (US$208.7...
Monday 30 October 2017
Innolux to maintain high utilization rate in 4Q17
Flat panel maker Innolux expects its overall performance to stay steady in the fourth quarter of 2017, with its overall utilization rate to be nearly at 100% with minor adjustments...
Monday 30 October 2017
AUO guardedly optimistic about 4Q17
Taiwan LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has expressed guarded optimism about its sales performance in the fourth quarter of 2017, with its capacity utilization to stay at high levels...
Thursday 26 October 2017
UMC profits hit 9-quarter high
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has reported net profits of NT$3.47 billion (US$114.9 million) for the third quarter of 2017, up 65.5% sequentially and hitting a nine-quarter...
Monday 28 August 2017
Lite-On Semi obtains GPP diode orders from major China smartphone vendors
Lite-On Semiconductor with its GPP (glass passivated package) bridge rectifiers has entered the supply chain of major China-based smartphone vendors including Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and...
Thursday 27 July 2017
UMC planning 28HPC, 22ULP processes
United Microelectronics (UMC) is looking to expand its 28nm process offering by launching 28nm HPC and 28nm HPC Plus nodes, which will become available in 2018. The foundry also plans...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
UMC expects flat 3Q17
United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its wafer shipments and ASPs to stay flat sequentially in the third quarter of 2017. The guidance is lower than market watchers' estimates of...
Thursday 6 July 2017
Taiwan foundries to see 8-inch fabs run at full utilization till October
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) will see...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Lite-On Semi seeing GPP diode orders ramp up
Lite-On Semiconductor has seen orders of GPP (glass passivated package) bridge rectifiers surge 50-60% sequentially in the second quarter of 2017, according to company president David...
Friday 12 May 2017
ChipMOS expects revenue growth in 2Q17
ChipMOS Technologies, a backend house targeting the LCD driver IC and memory chip sectors, expects rising sales generated from the LCD driver IC and mixed-signal chip sectors in the...
Monday 8 May 2017
PTI April revenues increase
Packaging and testing company Powertech Technology (PTI) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.36 billion (US$144.4 million) for April 2017, up 20.7% on year and 2.1% sequenti...
Tuesday 2 May 2017
Win Semi expects to post 13-17% revenue growth in 2Q17
GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors expects to post a 13-17% sequential increase in consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2017, with gross margin set to be better than the...
Thursday 27 April 2017
UMC expects flat performance in 2Q17
United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its wafer shipments and ASPs to stay flat sequentially in the second quarter of 2017, when the foundry chipmaker's capacity utilization rate...
Wednesday 24 August 2016
TSMC 28nm utilization rate to fall on slowdown in Intel orders
With Intel decelerating its pace of orders for baseband chips, utilization rates for TSMC's 28nm processes are set to drop slightly in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to industry...
Friday 29 July 2016
Innolux turns to focus on shipping whole-set products to increase profits
With demand for panels returning stable in the third quarter of 2016, Innolux's utilization rate is currently full. The company will focus on selling whole-set products instead of...