299 news items tagged utilization rate
Innolux 5G utilization rate up to 80-90%
Tuesday 10 March 2009Taiwan-based LCD panel and system maker Innolux Display has indicated that the utilization rate at its 5G production line has returned to 80-90% from 50-60% at the end of 2008 due...
Notebook PCB makers see increased utilization rate and sales in February thanks to strong netbook demand
Monday 9 March 2009Demand for notebook PCBs has been gaining momentum, especially for netbooks PCBs, thanks to rush orders and inventory buildup from customers. Taiwan's leading notebook PCB makers...
IC backend suppliers see utilization recovering on white-box handset demand
Thursday 5 March 2009
IC packaging houses Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), and testing specialists Sigurd Microelectronics and King Yuan Electronics...
IC backend suppliers see sales rebound on resumed orders
Wednesday 4 March 2009IC substrate makers Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT) and Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC), and packaging house Greatek Electronics are all seeing improved utilization rates thanks...
Quartz prices fall due to competition from Japan makers
Tuesday 3 March 2009Taiwan-based quartz component makers have been forced to reduce quotes due to continued price-cut competition from Japan-based makers, and prices may further drop through the second...
CMO utilization rate up by 20%, says company chairman
Monday 2 March 2009TFT-LCD panel maker Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has seen its utilization rate increase 20% recently mainly due to the China government's consumer electronics (CE) promotion program,...
Handset PCB makers to see losses in 1Q09 on low utilization rates
Friday 27 February 2009
Handset PCB makers expect a 5-10% sales growth in February as demand is recovering, but will still see losses for the first quarter since the average utilization rate for the period...
LED players Genesis and Lite-On see utilization rates rising
Friday 27 February 2009LED chipmaker Genesis Photonics has indicated that its February revenues may return to the level in December 2008 at about NT$60 million, with utilization rates climbing to 50-60%,...
Taiwan first-tier LCD panel makers see utilization rates recovering
Friday 27 February 2009Utilization rates at Taiwan's first-tier LCD panel makers have recovered to 50-60% from the lows of 30% at the beginning of this year, thanks to China's stimulus program and restocking...
Taiwan driver IC firms 1Q09 utilization to drop to 30-40%
Wednesday 25 February 2009Utilization at Taiwan's driver IC designers may slide to 30-40% in the first quarter of 2009, due to collapsing demand for LCD TVs and consumer electronics products, market watchers...
LED chipmaker Epistar to see utilization rise to 80% in March
Tuesday 24 February 2009Due to recent rush orders, leading Taiwan LED chipmaker Epistar has indicated that February demand has been better than January, and its March orders have already reached NT$500 million...
SMIC 2Q09 utilization to rise on rush orders, says paper
Friday 20 February 2009Wafer foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has recently secured rush orders for handset and home appliance applications from China's IC design houses,...
PCB maker Unimicron to post losses in 1Q09
Friday 20 February 2009PCB maker Unimicron Technology expects to post losses in the first quarter of 2009 although sales in February and March are likely to be better compared to those in January. Unimicron's...
Driver IC backend utilization rate at 20-30%
Friday 20 February 2009Driver IC packaging and testing companies Chipbond Technology, ChipMOS Technologies and King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) recently have been able to receive mostly rush or short-term...
TSMC to cut foundry service prices by 10-15%, say sources
Thursday 19 February 2009Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has decided to lower foundry prices by 10-15% for some large-volume orders placed by its major clients, according to market sources...
PTI 1Q09 sales to fall over 25% amid lower utilization
Friday 6 February 2009
Memory packaging and testing house Powertech Technology (PTI) has estimated that its packaging and testing utilization rates will go down to 75% and 65%, respectively, in the first...
LCD panel oversupply may return as first-tier makers increase utilization rates in 1Q09
Tuesday 20 January 2009As first-tier LCD panel makers make plans to increase utilization rates in first-quarter 2009 in anticipation of a pickup in panel prices, Taiwan LCD panel makers are worried that...
TSMC to see January sales hit by excess semi stockpiles
Monday 19 January 2009
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is facing a tough time maintaining its monthly revenues above the NT$10 billion (US$298 million) mark for January 2009, as the foundry's...
TSMC receives rush orders, utilization to rise
Thursday 15 January 2009Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently received rush orders for low-power and entry-level CPUs and chips from Altera, MediaTek, Nvidia, OmniVision and Qualcomm,...
DRAM production cutbacks lead to lower utilization at packaging and testing firms in early 2009
Wednesday 7 January 2009Memory IC packaging and testing houses ChipMOS Technologies, Formosa Advanced Technologies Company (FATC), Power ASE Technology and United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) are said...
UMC utilization to reach lowest in 1Q09, says paper
Tuesday 30 December 2008United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) may see its foundry utilization rate fall to as low as 35% in the first quarter of 2009, down from an estimated 50-55% for the fourth quarter...
SMIC utilization rate at 65-70%, company says
Thursday 11 December 2008
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) indicated on Wednesday that it running at a utilization rate of 65-70% in the fourth quarter of 2008. The company made...
TSMC posts 36% revenues drop in November
Wednesday 10 December 2008Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) generated revenues of about NT$19.3 billion (US$585 million) in November, down 32% sequentially and 36% from 2007, the company announced...
CMO utilization rate drops below 60% in November
Friday 21 November 2008LCD panel maker Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO)'s utilization rate has dropped below 60% in November as the company now in principle only takes orders whose quotes are higher than the...
