IC testing service provider King Yuan Electronics Co (京元電) yesterday reported that revenue last month was NT$2.11 billion (US$67.8 million) — a June record — up 22.68 percent from NT$1.72 billion in June last year.
Revenue in the April-to-June period also reached a new quarterly high at NT$6.09 billion, rising 20.83 percent year-on-year, King Yuan said in a regulatory filing.
The company has reported double-digit percentage growth in its monthly revenue for eight months in a row and said that it expects the trend to continue in the third quarter.
Orders for chips for 5G base station testing remained steady, while automotive chips declined slightly, it said.
However, as new smartphone models are expected to hit the market in the third quarter, orders for smartphone chip testing are on the rise, it said.
SIGURD
Separately, chip testing and packaging service provider Sigurd Microelectronics Corp (矽格) on Tuesday reported improved revenue for last month as orders continued to grow for segments such as cryptocurrency chips, network communication chips, power management ICs and memory chips.
Revenue for the month was NT$801.29 million, down 9.8 percent from NT$887.96 million in June last year.
However, the annual fall was narrower than declines in April and May of more than 15 percent, Sigurd said.
Revenue for the second quarter decreased 14.7 percent year-on-year to NT$2.21 billion, but increased 9.6 percent from NT$2.04 billion in the first quarter.
Revenue in the third quarter is expected to continue improving as the semiconductor industry enters a peak season, Sigurd said.
SEMICONDUCTOR SERVICES: A company executive said that Taiwanese firms must think about how to participate in global supply chains and lift their competitiveness Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said it expects to launch its first multifunctional service center in Pingtung County in the middle of 2027, in a bid to foster a resilient high-tech facility construction ecosystem. TSMC broached the idea of creating a center two or three years ago when it started building new manufacturing capacity in the US and Japan, the company said. The center, dubbed an “ecosystem park,” would assist local manufacturing facility construction partners to upgrade their capabilities and secure more deals from other global chipmakers such as Intel Corp, Micron Technology Inc and Infineon Technologies AG, TSMC said. It
People walk past advertising for a Syensqo chip at the Semicon Taiwan exhibition in Taipei yesterday.
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