74 news items tagged Visual Photonics Epitaxy
Skyworks raises July-September financial forecast
Monday 24 September 2012Skyworks, a semiconductor firm with customers such as Apple and Samsung Electronics, has raised its financial forecast for the period of July-September 2012 (fourth-quarter of its...
GaAs firms report mixed results for July
Tuesday 7 August 2012GaAs foundry houses Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) have both reported flat sequential growth in sales for July 2012. Sales at wafer supplier...
GaAs wafer supplier VPEC seeing orders pick up
Thursday 28 June 2012Major clients have stepped up their pace of orders since June, according to Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), which supplies GaAs pi-wafers made to fabricate power amplifiers (PA)...
GaAs firms to post sales growth through 3Q12
Tuesday 26 June 2012GaAs foundries Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Win Semiconductors, and GaAs wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) are expected to post sales growth...
GaAs wafer firm VPEC to post 5% sales growth in 2Q12
Tuesday 8 May 2012Taiwan's Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), a manufacturer of GaAs pi-wafers made to fabricate power amplifiers (PA) or consumer technology products such as smartphones and...
GaAs wafer makers post mixed results for 1Q12
Monday 30 April 2012GaAs (gallium arsenide) wafer makers Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC), Win Semiconductor and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) have posted mixed results for the first quarter...
Three Taiwan GaAs makers to benefit from new iPhone launch
Wednesday 13 July 2011GaAs component suppliers Avago, TriQuint and Skyworks reportedly will share Apple's orders for GaAs components used in the new iPhone to be launched in the third quarter, and this...
GaAs wafer maker VPEC to set sales record for fifth straight month
Friday 27 May 2011Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), a manufacturer of GaAs epitaxial wafers used in the fabrication of power amplifiers (PA), will likely break its revenue record for the fifth...
GaAs foundries post sales growth in April
Thursday 5 May 2011GaAs foundries Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Win Semiconductors have reported sequential growth in revenues for April 2011 of 15.1% and 3.4%, respectively.
iPad 2 to benefit PA makers and Taiwan GaAs foundry houses
Wednesday 2 March 2011Component suppliers are expected to benefit from the iPad 2 's imminent launch. Both TriQuint Semiconductor and Skyworks Solutions will be the new Apple device's GaAs power amplifier...
GaAs foundries VPEC, AWSC and Win Semi report mixed January results
Wednesday 9 February 2011GaAs foundry house Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) posted a new monthly sales record with NT$186 million (US$6.43 million) in January revenues, up 16.3% sequentially. Fellow...
GaAs foundries post mixed 4Q10 results
Wednesday 5 January 2011GaAs foundry house Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) saw revenues for December 2010 slip 15.5% sequentially to NT$153 million (US$5.25 million), yet fourth-quarter revenues...
GaAs foundries see demand declining in December
Wednesday 1 December 2010GaAs foundry houses, including Win Semiconductors, Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), have seen demand for GaAs-based power...
VPEC, Win Semi ready to adopt BiHEMP process for production
Monday 13 September 2010Pure-play 6-inch GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors and one of its epi-wafer suppliers, Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), have both expressed optimism about demand for so-called...
GaAs foundry VPEC looks to strong revenue gains in July
Thursday 22 July 2010Gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafer foundry Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) has said that its orders have remained strong recently and that its revenues for July will be better...
VPEC reportedly lands orders from Skyworks; to see July revenues hit record
Thursday 1 July 2010Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) will likely see July 2010 revenues score the company's monthly high, and revenues for the third quarter of 2010 grow over 15% sequentially,...
GaAs foundry VPEC to see revenues grow over 30% sequentially in 2Q10
Tuesday 1 June 2010Gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafer foundry Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) is expected to see its revenues hit a new high in May and its second-quarter revenues grow over 30% sequentially...
GaAs foundry VPEC to increase capacity by 50-60% by year's end
Tuesday 27 April 2010Gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafer foundry Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) is looking to expand its production capacity by 50-60%, according to the company. Part of the new capacity...
VPEC to benefit from growth of TriQuint
Friday 15 January 2010Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) is expected to enjoy growth in 2010 as its major customer TriQuint Semiconductor has increase its guidance for its fourth-quarter 2009 results,...
GaAs wafer supplier VPEC to raise capital
Tuesday 8 September 2009Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) plans to raise an estimated NT$500 million (US$15.2 million) in additional capital by floating 10 million new shares, with a tentative price of NT$50...
GaAs wafer supplier VPEC expected to see record revenues and profit in 3Q09
Friday 7 August 2009Visual Photonics Epitaxy's (VPEC's) third-quarter 2009 revenues and profits are expected to surpass those recorded in the second quarter due to strong market demand for smartphones,...
GaAs wafer supplier VPEC reports record revenues in June
Friday 10 July 2009Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) has reported record revenues of NT$177 million (US$5.35 million) for June 2009, up 25% on month mainly due to strong orders from TriQuint Semiconductor,...
VPEC cuts into Apple supply chain
Wednesday 24 June 2009Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) will benefit from the popularity of Apple's iPhone 3GS as it is a major GaAs wafer supplier for TriQuint Semiconductor, which supplies WCDMA power...
Visual Photonics Epitaxy aims to grow concentrator PV conversion rate to 40%
Tuesday 15 July 2008Epitaxy wafer maker Visual Photonics Epitaxy aims to further boost the power conversion rate of its concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) wafers to 40% within three years, according to...