Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) saw its October consolidated revenues climb to an all-time high of NT$6.55 billion (US$222.7 million) for October 2013, representing growth of 1.6% on month and 12.9% on year.

　　SPIL's cumulative 2013 sales through October totaled NT$57.07 billion, an about 5% increase from a year earlier.

　　Market watchers expect SPIL to post a sales decrease of about 5% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2013, but some observers predict SPIL's fourth-quarter sales will likely drop by a low single-digit percentage thanks to a pull-in of orders for mobile chips from MediaTek.

　　SPIL chairman Bough Lin said during a recent investors meeting that strong mobile IC demand would help the company report brisk results for October. Nonetheless, the outlook for November and December is unclear, indicated Lin, adding that short lead-time orders may emerge boosting the company's overall sales for the fourth quarter.

　　Lin estimated that utilization rates for SPIL's wire-bonding and logic IC testing would slip to 78-82% in the fourth quarter, due to a slowdown in demand for PCs and consumer electronics devices. However, utilization rates of its flip-chip and bumping packaging are set to rise to 90-94% during the quarter, thanks to continued growth in mobile-chip demand, according to Lin. He did not provide a revenue guidance.