Lisa Wang

Taipei

Staff Reporter at Taipei Times

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China Steel slashing domestic prices

1 week ago | taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang

By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter China Steel Corp (中鋼), Taiwan’s biggest steelmaker, is slashing steel prices for domestic deliveries next month and lowering prices for most products for deliveries next quarter as the global steel industry is entering a short-term correction due to precarious US tariff policies and the slack season effect. The Kaohsiung-based company in a statement released on Thursday said that it is cutting prices of domestic deliveries by NT$600 per tonne next month.
GPTC gives bullish outlook for the year

1 week ago | taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang

By Lisa Wang / Staff Reporter, in Hsinchu County Grand Process Technology Corp (GPTC, 弘塑科技), an advanced chip packaging equipment supplier, yesterday gave a bullish outlook for this year, saying it expects revenue to grow to a record high thanks to increasing customer demand amid new capacity expansion plans.
Nanya, Winbond shares rise as DDR4 prices surge

1 week ago | taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang

By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter DRAM chipmakers Nanya Technology Corp (南亞科技) and Winbond Electronics Corp (華邦電子) saw shares rally more than 4 percent yesterday after DDR4 DRAM prices surged about 6 percent on average. Supply of DDR4 and low-power DDR4 DRAM chips has been dwindling as major global players have been shifting to high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips or advanced DDR5 DRAM chips amid the artificial intelligence (AI) boom.
MA-tek sees surge in testing demand

1 week ago | taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang

EXPANSION: MA-tek is scaling up ultra-high-power burn-in testing and 2-nanometer chip analysis with NT$100 million in new equipment, chairwoman Hsieh Yong-fen said By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter Materials Analysis Technology Inc (MA-tek, 閎康) yesterday said it is experiencing strong demand for its advanced burn-in testing services from leading global artificial intelligence (AI) chip developers, including Nvidia Corp.
ASMedia bullish on AMD desktop chip demand

2 weeks ago | taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang

By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter High-speed data transmission chip designer ASMedia Technology Inc (祥碩) yesterday said revenue would grow sequentially next quarter, fueled by robust upgrade demand for USB 4.0 technology and increased demand for Advanced Micro Devices Inc’s (AMD) desktop chips and motherboards.
Intelligo upbeat on profit outlook

2 weeks ago | taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang

By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter Intelligo Technology Inc (意騰科技), which specializes in deep neural network algorithms used in voice identification, yesterday said that net profit this year would grow significantly from last year, driven mainly by rising demand for chips used in Nintendo Co’s new game consoles.
MPI to expand capacity on AI demand

2 weeks ago | taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang

BOOMING INDUSTRY: Capacity had already been expanded by 30 percent last year, but this was still not enough to keep up with the rising demand, the company said By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter MPI Corp (旺矽), a wafer testing services provider, yesterday said it aims to expand its probe card capacity by 30 percent this year in a bid to satisfy customers’ growing demand over the next few years amid the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom.
UIS optimistic about second half of this year

2 weeks ago | taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang

By Lisa Wang / Staff Reporter United Integrated Services Co (UIS, 漢唐), which helps Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) build chip manufacturing facilities and install clean rooms, yesterday delivered an upbeat revenue outlook for the year, citing robust demand for chipmaking capacity expansion.
Yageo to discuss Shibaura Electronics partnerships

3 weeks ago | taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang

By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter Yageo Corp (國巨), the world’s third-largest passive components supplier, on Wednesday said that Shibaura Electronics Co had proposed a meeting ahead of further discussions about their future partnerships. Yageo launched its tender offer in early February to fully acquire Shibaura Electronics for ￥65.57 billion (US$457 million). Representatives from the two companies met in April in Tokyo to exchange views.
URE to lay off 100 workers and retire outdated equipment

3 weeks ago | taipeitimes.com | Lisa Wang

By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter Solar module and cell maker United Renewable Energy Co (URE, 聯合再生) plans to lay off more than 100 workers and retire outdated manufacturing equipment in an effort to improve operational efficiency. The 10 percent job cuts come amid shrinking domestic demand for passivated-emitter-and-rear cells (PERC), the company said yesterday. It has a total of 1,095 employees.