As consumer electronics goods see increasing adoption by consumers, the tendency of favorably evaluating products that are fun-oriented rather then utility-oriented is swinging the...

Agilent Technologies recently announced that it will partner with National Nano Device Laboratories (NDL) on wafer mapping tool development, aiming to shorten the testing time for...

An IC backend production plant jointly established by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) in Chengdu, China, has...

The fire at Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE)’s facilities in May of this year benefited some competing IC packaging and testing companies as was evident by their increased...

Time flashes back to last year’s Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS), the global IC equipment market was blossoming with an influx of orders. However, at this year’s conference,...

As semiconductor production technology has evolved, the growing functionality of integrated circuit (ICs) has correspondingly increased the pin count per chip. Traditional lead-frame...

France-based Soitec, which produces silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers based on its patented Smart Cut technology, recently opened a Taiwan office, responding to growing industry interest...

The most important concern with current semiconductor companies is their ability to accelerate their time to market – which equates to time to money – as end-users move...

Stimulated by growing 12-inch wafer testing orders, local testing houses including Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) have both installed more...

Although confident about the next two months, Amkor Technology is conservative about demand growth after November, claiming that high crude oil price may serve as a limiting factor...

Substantial demand for NAND flash memory is encouraging memory module makers to accelerate their expansion in China because of its relatively low assembly costs. Kingston Technology...

Although Micron Technology was trumped by Korea-based Hynix Semiconductor as the third largest DRAM suppliers in the second quarter, the US-based memory and CMOS image sensor supplier...

As the focus of the global semiconductor industry turns to China, Taiwan players are benefiting from the influx of substantial business opportunities. However, as the semiconductor...

Equipment spending by Taiwan's semiconductor industry, including foundry, memory manufacturing and packaging and testing companies, will meet the 2005 forecast, according to Archie...

VLSI Research announced Friday that Varian Semiconductor came out on top in its annual customer satisfaction survey. The survey asked equipment users to rate equipment suppliers on...