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MediaTek sales targets unharmed by earthquake

by on03 March 2016


Despite postponed deliveries

MediaTek saw some postponed deliveries of some chips from TSMC, and there had been fears that it might not meet its sales guidance.

However the world on the street is that MediaTek is expected to meet its sales guidance for the first quarter of 2016 and is doing rather well.

MediaTek's MT6625-series wireless connectivity chips were affected by TSMC's wafer delivery delays which were the result of the earthquake that hit southern Taiwan on February 6.

The MT6625 is MediaTek's key connectivity product integrating four advanced radio technologies and it was manufactured at TSMC's Fab 14 located at the Tainan Science Park.

TSMC has promised to recover its lost production for MediaTek, which should still be able to have first-quarter revenues unharmed.

TSMC has said that the earthquake interrupted its production at Fab 6, 14A and 14B. For Fab 14A, wafer delivery will be delayed by 10 to 50 days, and delivery of about 100,000 12-inch wafers will be delayed from the first quarter to the second quarter. For Fab 6, the wafer delivery delay is five to 20 days, with 20,000 8-inch wafers delayed to the second quarter.

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