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DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology Corp (南亞科技) yesterday posted its first monthly decline in revenue in about a year, as prices and shipments began to slump amid faltering demand. Revenue shrank 6.49 percent to NT$7.68 billion (US$275.6 million) last month, compared with NT$8.21 billion in August, the company said in a statement. On an annual basis, revenue surged 38.4 percent from NT$5.55 billion. Shipments and chip prices both dropped to low-single digits last month from August, the New Taipei City-based chipmaker said. During the quarter ending Sept. 30, Nanya Technology amassed NT$23....

Taiwan’s semiconductor industry continues to be plagued by hiring challenges, with educational requirements and working conditions driving away the talent necessary for growth in a highly specialized industry. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), by far the biggest player in the sector, has long been aware of these constraints. In 2019, TSMC chairman Mark Liu (劉德音) said that the biggest challenge facing the domestic semiconductor industry is a lack of talent. The industry primarily cites limited academic research funding for the shortage, which deters academics from conducting...

TSMC increases planned payout due to raised earnings PLEDGE: The contract chipmaker said it would issue at least NT$2.5 a share each quarter and no less than NT$10 per share for the whole of this year By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), the world’s biggest contract chipmaker, yesterday raised its proposed cash dividend for last quarter to NT$2.75 per share from NT$2.5 a year earlier, given the company’s increased earnings. That represents a payout ratio of about 51 percent based on its earning...

United Integrated Services Co (UIS, 漢唐集成), which provides electric system integration engineering services, is part of a supply chain that is set to benefit from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC, 台積電) multiyear capacity expansion plans, despite weak sales and earnings growth so far this year, Yuanta Securities Investment Consulting Co (元大投顧) said on Friday. Revenue in the first four months of this year declined 21.94 percent to NT$7.72 billion (US$278.49 million), from NT$9.89 billion a year earlier, UIS data showed. Net profit in the first quarter was almo...

Higher prices lift Nanya’s revenue By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology Corp (南亞科技) yesterday reported NT$7.6 billion (US$274.33 million) in revenue last month, its highest in nearly three years, as robust demand lifted prices. Revenue rose 2.84 percent from April and soared 37.02 percent from a year earlier, as its factories ran at full capacity, Nanya said. The company in April said that chip prices would gradually pick up in the second quarter amid tight supply and strong demand for DRAM chips used in consumer electronics, servers and notebook computers...