August 21, 2008 - Industry News
UMC said to also have MEMS devices production in-house
While most industry watchers regard Asia Pacific Microsystems (APM), an United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) affiliate, as the pure-play ...
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August 20, 2008 - Industry News
Micron memory card partners settled
Micron Technology has made further progress on its memory card deployment by settling controller IC and backend production partners ...
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August 19, 2008 - Industry News
SAS aims to be largest small-size semi wafer supplier in 4 years
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) aims to be the top supplier for small-size semiconductor-use wafers in terms of capacity within four ...
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August 15, 2008 - Industry News
Neo Solar Power to start producing thin-film solar cells in 2009
Neo Solar Power held the opening ceremony for its new crystalline solar cell fab in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on August 13. Operation will be started ...
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August 14, 2008 - Technology News
Sematech advances EUV resist development
Sematech engineers, working closely with researchers from major resist suppliers, have demonstrated chemically amplified EUV resist (CAR) ...
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August 14, 2008 - Industry News
Silicon wafer shipments up 6% in 2Q, says SEMI
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments grew over 6% during the second quarter of 2008 when compared to the first quarter of 2008 area ...
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August 13, 2008 - Industry News
Weaker Taiwan dollar means stronger margins for IC distributors
Taiwan IC distributors are benefiting from the recent depreciation of the Taiwan dollar, as much of their business is conducted in US dollars ...
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August 12, 2008 - Industry News
Weak LCD demand to constrain growth at related Taiwan IC design houses
Due to weak demand for TFT LCD panels and consumers electronics products, Taiwan IC design house Advanced Analog Technology may ...
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August 8, 2008 - Industry News
Leading foundry said to be considering layoffs
While leading foundries are all trimming their guidance and delivering cautious outlook, a leading foundry in Taiwan is said to be ...
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August 7, 2008 - Industry News
ASE expects weak growth for 3Q08; plans capex cut
Packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects its revenues to grow only 1-3% in the third quarter because ...
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August 5, 2008 - Industry News
Nvidia says it is not quitting the chipset market
Nvidia has released an official statement refuting the recent Digitimes story claiming that the company is planning to quit its chipset ...
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August 4, 2008 - Industry News
Higher ASPs and stronger growth expected in the semiconductor market, says Future Horizons
While growth over the past few years in the semiconductor industry has been driven by IC unit growth being able to overcome the offsetting ...
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July 29, 2008 - Industry News
TSMC secures MEMS gyroscope orders
After securing micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensor and microphone orders from Analog Devices (ADI) recently, Taiwan ...
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July 25, 2008 - Industry News
3D-stacking IC consortium established in Taiwan
Driven by growing demand for strong IC design integration, Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recently established ...
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July 23, 2008 - Industry News
Taiwan IC distributors work with design houses to gain traction in the China white-box handset market
According to local government officials in China, there are about 7-8 million new handset users each month in China, and most of them are ...
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July 23, 2008 - Industry News
Balance of power may be shifting to foundries in the semiconductor
While a number of market research firms have cut their semiconductor market growth forecasts for 2008, Malcolm Penn, chairman and CEO of ...
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July 18, 2008 - Industry News
No consensus from IC distributors on 2H08 China market outlook
The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) yesterday invited Taiwan IC distributors WT Microelectronics and WPG Holdings to share their respective ...
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July 15, 2008 - Technology News
Gigabyte pushes into mid-range motherboard market, says paper
In order to prevent head-on competition with Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology has decided to fully push into the mid-range market this ...
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July 11, 2008 - Industry News
Weak PND market worries GPS chip suppliers
With global demand of Portable Navigation Device (PND) products declining rapidly in the first quarter and inventory building up, the average ...
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July 8, 2008 - Industry News
Taiwan thin-film solar module makers secure new orders
During a recent photovoltaic (PV) show in Germany, Auria Solar and Green Energy Technology secured thin-film solar module orders that exceed ...
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July 7, 2008 - Industry News
IC packaging and testing industry heads for single-digit growth in 3Q08
Peak-season effects for the IC packaging and testing industry in third quarter 2008 will not be strong as expected, and will push down ...
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July 3, 2008 - Industry News
Samsung to reduce NAND flash supply in July amid Apple orders
Samsung Electronics has informed downstream customers it will start reducing its supply of NAND flash chips to them from July as its key ...
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July 2, 2008 - Industry News
Taiwan IC design houses expect June revenues to drop between 5-10%
Taiwan-based IC design houses expect June revenues to drop 5-10% compared to May due to falling gross margins during the second ...
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July 1, 2008 - Industry News
Sunrex to ship 46-48 million notebook keyboards in 2008
Taiwan-based keyboard maker Sunrex Technology expects its shipments of notebook keyboards to top 46-48 million units in 2008 compared to 34 ...
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June 30, 2008 - Industry News
Solar-cell spot pricing surges by over 10% in a month
Spot pricing for solar cells has surged by over 10% in a month with a premium of almost 20% over contract quotes. The upsurge is due to a ...
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