319 news items tagged utilization rate
Small- to medium-size LCD panel to heat up in April
Thursday 26 March 2009Several Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD panel makers are expected to see their utilization rates surge to 100% in April as the upcoming peak season triggers downstream vendors...
ASE, SPIL 2Q utilization to rebound
Wednesday 25 March 2009Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) may see their packaging and testing utilization rates climb to 60% in the second quarter of 2009,...
PTI utilization slides to 70% for 1Q, expected to rebound in 2Q
Tuesday 24 March 2009Powertech Technology (PTI) has said that its overall capacity utilization has fallen to around 70% for the current quarter, and ASPs (average selling prices) for both packaging and...
Taiwan chip resistor makers see utilization rates increase to 95%
Tuesday 24 March 2009Ta-I Technology and Ralec Electronics, two Taiwan-based makers of chip resistors, have seen their utilization rates climb to 95%. First-quarter shipments are likely to be better than...
LED packaging house Para Light sees utilization rate rebound to 60% in March
Tuesday 24 March 2009Taiwan-based LED packaging house Para Light Electronics has seen their utilization rate return to 60% in March, and the order visibility extend to April because of growing demand...
Giantplus expects utilization rate to exceed 90% in April
Tuesday 24 March 2009Taiwan-based small- to medium-size LCD panel maker Giantplus Technology expects its utilization rate to exceed 90% in April amid recovering demand from China's handset market, according...
TSMC resumes production as orders surge
Monday 23 March 2009Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has returned to almost full production, buoyed by a surge in short lead time orders for handset chips, telecom products and graphics...
IC substrate makers see utilization increase to 50%
Monday 23 March 2009IC substrate makers Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC), Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT) and Unimicron Technology have all seen their order visibility extend to mid-April and utilization...
HannStar 5.3G plant to reach full capacity in April
Friday 20 March 2009LCD panel maker HannStar Display's utilization rate at its 5.3G plant is expected to be fully-loaded in April as shipments of medium-size netbook panels and large-size LCD monitor...
AUO is optimistic for 2009 outlook
Friday 20 March 2009LJ Chen, president and CEO of AU Optronics (AUO), has struck an optimistic note about the LCD panel market in 2009, saying the industry does not need to be pessimistic because of...
TSMC and UMC see rising orders for AMD GPUs for 2Q09, says paper
Thursday 19 March 2009Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have landed combined orders of 30,000 wafers (12-inch equivalent) for new AMD graphics...
Driver IC packaging firms see capacity utilization improve on China demand
Thursday 19 March 2009Driver IC packaging and testing companies Chipbond Technology, International Semiconductor Technology (IST) and King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) have seen their recently capacity...
LED chipmakers have better order visbility and utilization rates
Thursday 19 March 2009Taiwan LED chipmakers Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy, and Opto Tech have all reported sequential increases in their February revenues, with their order visibility and utilization rates...
Career shipping FPCBs to smartphone client in North America
Thursday 19 March 2009Taiwan-based flexible handset PCB maker Career Technology will begin shipping flexible PCBs (FPCBs) to a smartphone vendor in the North America market starting this month. Shipments...
Gold Circuit Electronics runs China PCB facility to nearly full capacity
Wednesday 18 March 2009
PCB maker Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) has said that its Changshu plant (Jiangsu Province, China) is running at almost full utilization, thanks to rising shipments for netbooks...
First-tier panel makers to see higher-than-expected utilization rates in 1Q09, say sources
Tuesday 17 March 2009The utilization rates at Taiwan's first-tier TFT LCD panel makers, AU Optronics (AUO) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), will be higher than what the companies had expected for the...
Compal utilization rate expected to reach 90% in 2Q09, says paper
Monday 16 March 2009Compal Electronics' utilization rate for notebook manufacturing has a good chance of reaching 90% in the second quarter as current order visibility is clear, according to a Chinese-language...
Second-tier foundry VIS lifts guidance for 1Q09
Friday 13 March 2009Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), an affiliate of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has revised its first-quarter guidance thanks to rush orders, according...
TSMC and UMC to see 2Q09 orders grow by double-digits, utilization to rise
Friday 13 March 2009Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are expected to receive a substantial number of new orders for the second quarter of...
TSMC and UMC utilization climbing on rush orders
Tuesday 10 March 2009Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) both have seen utilization rates grow to 50-60% at some of their fabs, sources at the...
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...
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