Not long ago, the IC sector was terrible due to the recession. Now, business is looking up in the IC industry, based on a sampling of announcements in several sectors.

ASE, Diodes, RFMD and UMC separately report strong demand. And market research firm IC Insights Inc. Monday (March 8) increased its estimate for 2010 semiconductor growth, saying it now expects chip revenue to increase 27 percent this year, reaching $253 billion.

The chip-making capacity as well as demand is going up around the world – keeping capacity utilization above 90 per cent in many leading-edge sectors.

According to the Semiconductor International Capacity Statistics (SICAS) organization, global utilization of wafer fab capacity reached 89.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 – up from 86.5 percent in the third quarter. SICAS gathers production statistics from around the world for the benefit of the industry.

The Exhibition - a tradeshow that portrays the industry’s installed capacities and capabilities of the electronic manufacturing companies and its allied and support industry.

1. SEIPI members and non-members are invited to participate as EXHIBITORS
2. Two (2) exhibition ha

This is an invitation to all heads of SEIPI member-companies and their company executives to attend the 100th SEIPI General Membership Meeting (GMM) @ Boracay scheduled on April 22-24 at Shangri-la Boracay.

The tentative programs of activities are as follows:

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