Local memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics Corp (華邦電子) said yesterday it had exchanged views with state-owned Taiwan Memory Co (台灣記憶體公司) on possible collaboration.
Company spokesman Wilson Wen (溫萬壽) said the Hsinchu-based company was in talks with TMC on a broad range of issues, a stock exchange filing said yesterday.
No substantial conclusions had been reached yet, Wen said.
Winbond shares rallied 6.83 percent to NT$4.69 amid speculation that the chipmaker would supply memory chips to TMC. Winbond produces both commodity and specialized memory chips.
TMC head John Hsuan (宣明智) announced last week that the firm would form a technology partnership with Japan’s Elpida Memory Inc. He said TMC would adopt a business model similar to most other chip designers, which do not operate their own factories.
Separately, Powerchip Semiconductor Corp (力晶半導體), the nation’s top computer memory chipmaker, said yesterday it won final approval from a majority of its creditor banks for a six-month rollover on loans totaling NT$70 billion (US$2.09 billion), partly easing the financial pressure on the firm.
Creditor banks, led by Mega International Commercial Bank (兆豐國際商銀), made the decision at a meeting on Monday, Powerchip said in a stock exchange filing.
The chipmaker would have a six-month grace period to repay the principal amount, company spokesman Eric Tan (譚仲民) said.
Powerchip said last month it did not believe TMC would be an ideal partner.
SEEKING CLARITY: Washington should not adopt measures that create uncertainties for ‘existing semiconductor investments,’ TSMC said referring to its US$165 billion in the US Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) told the US that any future tariffs on Taiwanese semiconductors could reduce demand for chips and derail its pledge to increase its investment in Arizona. “New import restrictions could jeopardize current US leadership in the competitive technology industry and create uncertainties for many committed semiconductor capital projects in the US, including TSMC Arizona’s significant investment plan in Phoenix,” the chipmaker wrote in a letter to the US Department of Commerce. TSMC issued the warning in response to a solicitation for comments by the department on a possible tariff on semiconductor imports by US President Donald Trump’s
The government has launched a three-pronged strategy to attract local and international talent, aiming to position Taiwan as a new global hub following Nvidia Corp’s announcement that it has chosen Taipei as the site of its Taiwan headquarters. Nvidia cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) on Monday last week announced during his keynote speech at the Computex trade show in Taipei that the Nvidia Constellation, the company’s planned Taiwan headquarters, would be located in the Beitou-Shilin Technology Park (北投士林科技園區) in Taipei. Huang’s decision to establish a base in Taiwan is “primarily due to Taiwan’s talent pool and its strength in the semiconductor
An earnings report from semiconductor giant and artificial intelligence (AI) bellwether Nvidia Corp takes center stage for Wall Street this week, as stocks hit a speed bump of worries over US federal deficits driving up Treasury yields. US equities pulled back last week after a torrid rally, as investors turned their attention to tax and spending legislation poised to swell the US government’s US$36 trillion in debt. Long-dated US Treasury yields rose amid the fiscal worries, with the 30-year yield topping 5 percent and hitting its highest level since late 2023. Stocks were dealt another blow on Friday when US President Donald
UNCERTAINTY: Investors remain worried that trade negotiations with Washington could go poorly, given Trump’s inconsistency on tariffs in his second term, experts said The consumer confidence index this month fell for a ninth consecutive month to its lowest level in 13 months, as global trade uncertainties and tariff risks cloud Taiwan’s economic outlook, a survey released yesterday by National Central University found. The biggest decline came from the timing for stock investments, which plunged 11.82 points to 26.82, underscoring bleak investor confidence, it said. “Although the TAIEX reclaimed the 21,000-point mark after the US and China agreed to bury the hatchet for 90 days, investors remain worried that the situation would turn sour later,” said Dachrahn Wu (吳大任), director of the university’s Research Center for
RSS