May 5, 2008 - Technology News
IP violations to cost suppliers US$4.5 bil
IP rights violations have caused significant losses to nearly half the suppliers of semiconductor equipment and materials, according to a ...
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April 10, 2008 - Industry News
AMD lowers sales forecast for Q1, 10% cut reveals plans
Battered by product delays and acquisition costs, beleaguered chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said that it will jettison 10 percent of ...
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February 28, 2008 - Technology News
MetaRAM aims to solve bottleneck in server computers
Fred Weber, chief executive of memory-chip technology start-up MetaRAM Inc, has a knack for making complicated things sound simple. The ...
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January 8, 2008 - Industry News
MOEA targets 18-inch wafer fab investment
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is actively soliciting foreign investment in 18-inch wafer plants and semiconductor equipment ...
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December 3, 2007 - Top Story News
Semiconductor equipment demand on the rise
Taiwan's demand for semiconductor equipment is expected to break the US$9.5 billion mark this year, with an annual growth of 30 percent ...
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November 23, 2007 - Industry News
Taiwan's flat panel industry world's No. 1
Taiwan's flat panel industry has become the world's largest, both in terms of production value and shipments, said the Industrial ...
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September 17, 2007 - Technology News
Nokia to produce new, fast flash memory card
The world's largest mobile phone maker, Nokia Corp., said Thursday it would join rivals -- including Samsung and Sony Ericsson -- ...
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August 21, 2007 - Industry News
Contract chip makers output to soar in third quarter
The output of Taiwan's contract chip makers in the third quarter is expected to reach NT$121 billion, a 16.9 percent growth over the ...
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July 19, 2007 - Industry News
Intel: Computer market is growing fast
Intel Corp., the world's biggest chipmaker, said worldwide demand for personal computers is rising faster than the company expected, fueled ...
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June 26, 2007 - Top Story News
Chip prices rise on 'production problems'
Computer memory chip prices, which rose by a record yesterday, have gained on speculation that some Taiwanese producers are experiencing ...
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June 1, 2007 - Industry News
ProMOS to build US$2.5 bil. 12-inch wafer plant by year-end
ProMOS Technologies Inc, Taiwan's leading memory chipmaker, said yesterday it will build a fourth 12-inch (300 millimeter) wafer plant ...
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May 14, 2007 - Industry News
SMIC to spend US$1.86 bil. on equipment
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., China's biggest chipmaker, agreed to buy as much as US$1.86 billion of equipment from ...
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May 14, 2007 - Industry News
Taiwan world's No. 1 semiconductor foundry
Taiwan will remain the world's No. 1 semiconductor foundry in 2007, with its semiconductor industry's total output expected to grow by 24.5 ...
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May 9, 2007 - Industry News
Taiwan's export growth slows amid weaker U.S. demand
Taiwan's export growth slowed in April amid weaker demand for electronics in the U.S., the island's second-biggest market after ...
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May 2, 2007 - Industry News
United Micro profit falls 88%
United Microelectronics Corp., the world's second-largest custom-chip maker, reported a bigger first-quarter profit decline than some ...
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March 27, 2007 - Industry News
Officials launch TOSIA in Taipei
The Taiwan Optoelectronics and Semiconductor Industries Association (TOSIA) was officially established in Taipei, with members vowing to ...
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March 1, 2007 - Industry News
Siliconware, Stats Chippal shares rise
Shares of Stats Chippac Ltd. and Siliconware Precision Industries Co. rose after Nomura Holdings Ltd. recommended investors buy the chip testers, ...
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February 26, 2007 - Technology News
Hitachi shows off world's smallest RFID microchip
Tiny computer chips used for tracking food, tickets and other items are getting even smaller. Hitachi Ltd., a Japanese electronics maker, recently showed off radio frequency identification, or ...
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February 1, 2007 - Industry News
Chi Mei to borrow NT$50 bil. for LCD plant
Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. will borrow at least NT$50 billion to build a liquid crystal display factory in Taiwan, the company said. ...
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January 25, 2007 - Industry News
TSMC talking to Philips on share sale
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest custom-chip maker, said it is in talks with major stockholder Philips ...
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January 15, 2007 - Industry News
Sales fall 18.4% at TSMC, lagging UMC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's top contract chip maker, posted an 18.4 percent fall in December sales ...
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December 13, 2006 - Industry News
Semiconductor, UMC stocks downgraded by Merrill Lynch
United Microelectronics Corp. and five other Asian semiconductor makers had their shares downgraded by Merrill Lynch & Co., which said it expects ...
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December 8, 2006 - Industry News
Advanced Semiconductor to up Taiwan investment
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc., the Taiwanese chip packager that the Carlyle Group's seeking to acquire, will invest NT$100 billion in ...
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September 20, 2006 - Industry News
Semiconductor output seen to rise by 9.8%
Output of Taiwan's semiconductor industry is expected to rise by about 9.8 percent in 2006 on support for the wafer foundry, integrated circuit ...
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September 18, 2006 - Industry News
Semiconductor output seen to top NT$2 tril.
The production value of Taiwan's semiconductor industry is expected to reach NT$1.75 trillion (US$53.35 billion) in 2008 and to top NT$2 ...
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