Asian semiconductor producers already reported that the economic crisis will force them to reduce the production volumes . Some of them declared about the intentions to decrease the capital expenditures .
Associate with the reference to Chinese MEDIA reports that TSMC and UMC companies will reduce expenses by 15-20%. The first s assembled to temporarily remove a part of personnel. UMC preferred to reexamine the operating schedule, after transferring personnel to the four-day workweek. UMC is not assembled to force colleagues (to leave) prior to the end of this year.
TSMC officially only reported that different reduction methods in expenditures are examined. We hope that the measures examined will not affect the preparation periods of the 40 NM video chip, which AMD and NVIDIA will release in the following half-year.