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Vanguard planning to expand capacity ORDER VISIBILITY: The chipmaker’s chairman said that demand for semiconductors is strong, with some customers booking orders to be delivered in the third quarter By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter Contract chipmaker Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp (世界先進) yesterday said that it plans to allocate 41.2 percent more capital expenditure to expand capacity this year as demand has greatly surpassed its capacity amid a stay-at-home trend. The Hsinchu-based chipmaker plans to spend NT$5 billion (US$176.14...

Realtek says chip demand should continue growing ‘CONFIDENT’: While COVID-19 has caused demand for PCs and home routers to rise, it has also resulted in an upgrade in overall infrastructure, the company said By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter Networking chip designer Realtek Semiconductor Corp (瑞昱半導體) yesterday said that there has been healthy demand for Ethernet switch and Wi-Fi chips through the first half of this year, as the work-from-home and distance-learning trends are stimulating a broad infrastructure upgrade. Realtek said that g...

UMC profit surges on robust semiconductor demand By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter United Microelectronics Corp (UMC, 聯電), the world’s third-largest contract chipmaker, saw its net profit grow almost 3-folds last quarter, thanks to robust chip demand for consumer electronics and computing-related applications. Net profit surged to NT$11.2 billion (US$394.64 million) during the final quarter last year, compared with NT$3.84 billion in the same period of 2019. On a quarterly basis, net profit jumped 171 percent from NT$9.11 billion, UMC said yesterday. For the full year of last year, net pr...

DRAM chipmaker Nanya Technology Corp (南亞科技) yesterday posted its weakest quarterly net profit in about four-and-a-half years for last quarter, on unfavorable foreign exchange rates and falling chip prices, but the company expects prices to rebound in the first half of this year as the industry enters a new upcycle. Nanya said that 5G-related applications, including smartphones, and the stay-at-home economy are set to fuel DRAM demand in the first two quarters and beyond. The resurgence of COVID-19 is driving demand for TVs with ultra-high-definition 8K or 4K screens, Chromebooks and n...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. VOLTA MEDICAL raises 28 million USD to revolutionize persistent AFib ablation January 5, 2021 GMT Volta Medical logo MARSEILLE, France, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Volta Medical, a pioneering French-based HealthTech startup, working on novel artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to treat cardiac arrythmias, today announced that it has successfully raised 28 million USD. The financing round was led by Gilde Healthcare with participation of existing shareholder Pasteur Mutualité. The new capital will...