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Chip packaging and testing service provider Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has declined to comment on reports that it has received a large order from AMD for CPUs, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE).

The Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted industry sources as reporting that AMD has notified its contract partners plans to place assembly and testing orders for several CPU series - mainly Athlon II X2 and Sempron - with SPIL. The orders will start contributing to the Taiwan-based firm's revenues and profits in the second half of 2010.

Previous reports have also speculated SPIL secures orders for AMD's 40nm Fusion CPUs, which reportedly are outsourced to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).

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dvanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has dismissed a recent Commercial Times report indicating it was planning an acquisition of Giga Solution Tech, which specializes in radio-frequency (RF) IC testing for power amplifiers used mainly in handset applications. 全智科技( code: 3559)

ASE, in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), said it has not approached Giga Solution, directly or indirectly, with respect to an acquisition.

The Chinese-language report cited unnamed institutional investors as saying ASE would acquire Giga Solution through a share swap.

Giga Solution reported net profits of NT$65.81 million (US$2.07 million) for the first quarter of 2010, up significantly from NT$10.3 million posted a year ago. Revenues for the quarter were NT$244.09 million, compared to NT$140.57 million in the first quarter of 2009.