* Macronix income at eight-year high Oct 30, 2009
Local memory chipmaker Macronix International Co (ql) yesterday reported its highest quarterly earnings in eight years, thanks to robust demand for memory chips used in consumer electronics, such as Nintendo Cos game consoles. Net income grew 7 percent to NT$2. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Smaller Semicon Taiwan offers more Sep 30, 2009
Local memory chipmaker Macronix International Co (ql) recently announced plans to invest in new advanced plants with an initial investment of NT$10 billion to NT$20 billion. They are expected to start production in 2011. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* TMC obtains go-ahead for NT$11bn investment plan Sep 22, 2009
Separately, the administration gave the go-ahead to major investment proposals including those from Macronix International Co (ql) and Air Products, which planned to spend a combined NT$160. 12 billion on capacity expansion in Taichungs Central Science Park. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Numonyx regains top spot in NOR flash Sep 16, 2009
Macronix International and Silicon Storage Technology rounded out the Top-5 NOR suppliers, with each gaining revenue in the second quarter, iSuppli said. Despite challenges associated with reorganization, iSuppli said it believes Spansion will remain a strong player in the flash memory market. (EETimes)
* Macronix projects strong sales this month Sep 9, 2009
Local memory chipmaker Macronix International Co (ql) yesterday raised its outlook for the current quarter, saying revenues could grow 40 percent quarter-on-quarter as demand for flash memory chips used in TVs and notebook computers rebounded at a faster-than--expected rate. The announcement came after Macronix reported that sales rose 14 percent year-on-year, or 35. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Macronix mulls expansion plan on high demand Sep 1, 2009
Local memory chipmaker Macronix International Co (ql) is considering spending NT$160 billion (US$4. 86 billion) on new advanced plants to cope with growing demand for its chips, a company executive said yesterday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Miserable Q1 sales for semis, says ISuppi Jun 20, 2009
The list is headed by Dialog Semiconductor, the Kirchheim/Teck, Germany-based power management chip specialist, and includes Macronix International, MediaTek, Osram, Telegent Systems and TriQuint Semiconductor. Meanwhile, iSuppli stresses every region of the world suffered double-digit percentage declines in semiconductor revenue in the first quarter compared to the fourth. (EETimes)
* Fewer workers on unpaid leave at local science park May 19, 2009
Miin Wu (dD), chairman of chipmaker science park based Macronix International Co (ql), told President Ma Ying-jeou (^E) during a visit on Sunday that the firm had begun to reverse its policy of unpaid leave last month and even planned to hire another 150 engineers X 50 for the research and development department and 100 for the manufacturing department. Macronix president Lu Chih-yuan (c) said the companys factory usage was rising fast and may reach full utilization next... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Petrochemical firm cuts dividends Mar 14, 2009
Macronix International Co (ql), a local maker of memory chips that counts Nintendo Co among its clients, yesterday said its board agreed to offer a dividend yield of 5. 32 percent, based on a cash dividend of NT$0. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Rush Chinese orders help TSMC Mar 11, 2009
The revision, the latest in a slew of outlook upgrades by chip companies including Macronix International Co (ql) and MediaTek Inc (po), might help TSMC avoid posting its first quarterly loss since the 1990s for the current quarter, which ends March 31. TSMC chief executive Rick Tsai (O) told investors in January the Hsinchu-based chipmaker might swing into losses this quarter, saying the bleak economy had hurt demand for all kinds of electronics. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Macronix raises shipment forecast Mar 10, 2009
Macronix International Co (ql), a local memory chipmaker that counts Nintendo Co among its clients, yesterday raised its shipment forecast for the current quarter on the back of stronger-than--expected demand from its East Asian customers. The revision came after the chipmaker yesterday reported higher sales last month, joining the nations top handset chip supplier MediaTek Inc (po) in fine-tuning prospects for the current quarter despite the economic recession. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
What's next for Spansion? Mar 7, 2009
Other possible suitors could include Japan's Elpida Memory Inc. and Taiwan's Macronix International Co. Ltd., according to other insiders. But given the state of market, I would think the interest (in buying Spansion) would wane,'' one source said. (EETimes)
