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Monday 4 July 2011
Quotes for copper foils, fiber glass fabrics to stay flat in July
Quotes for copper foils and fiber glass fabrics, key raw materials for the production of PCBs, are expected to remain unchanged in July after a slide of 3-5% on average in June although...
Friday 1 July 2011
PTI developing advanced packaging technologies
Packaging and testing firm Powertech Technology (PTI) expects the development of new technologies including wafer-level packaging, 3D IC packaging and copper pillar bumping to bear...
Monday 27 June 2011
Major Taiwan IC backend firms developing copper pillar bumping
Major IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), and memory packaging and testing specialist Powertech Technology (PTI), have...
Friday 3 June 2011
Copper pillar to be mainstream FC packaging technology in 2012
IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), Amkor Technology, Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) and STATS ChipPAC have all started developing a new flip-chip (FC)...
Thursday 2 June 2011
PCB material prices fall 3-5% in June
Quotes for copper foils and fiber glass fabrics, key raw materials for the production of PCBs, have slid by 3-5% on average in June 2011 amid weakening demand and falling global commodity...
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Taiwan makers cut CCL prices along with international copper price drops
Taiwan-based CCL (copper-clad laminate) makers have lowered their quotes by 10% on average recently because of dropping international copper prices and bleak order prospects, according...
Wednesday 4 May 2011
STATS ChipPAC reaches milestone of over 300 million copper wirebond units shipped
STATS ChipPAC has shipped over 300 million semiconductor packages with copper wirebond interconnect, according to the company. Its previous milestone with shipments of more than 100...
Monday 2 May 2011
ASE sees 7-9% growth in 2Q11 shipments; copper wire bonding sales rising
Chip packager Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects shipments to increase 7-9% sequentially in the second quarter of 2011, with a higher gross margin, company CFO Joseph...
Friday 22 April 2011
Glass fabric price rally to slow in May
Prices for fiber glass fabrics in May 2011 will rise at a slower rate compared to 5-10% increases in April as producers of copper clad laminates (CCL) have been reluctant to place...
Friday 8 April 2011
Glass fabric prices to rise 5-10% in April
Prices for fiber glass fabrics, which are used for making copper clad laminates (CCL), are set to increase by 5-10% in April 2011, according to industry sources. Mainstream 7628-size...
Friday 4 March 2011
SPIL sees boost in copper wirebonding orders, says paper
With more fabless IC firms adopting copper wire to package their products for cost reasons, packaging and testing house Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has seen a substantial...
Thursday 3 March 2011
Chipbond, KYEC team up for power IC packaging and testing
LCD driver-IC packaging and testing firm Chipbond Technology and King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), which specializes in chip probing and final test services, have signed a memorandum...
Tuesday 22 February 2011
Copper foil prices to continue to rally in March, says paper
Prices for copper foil, a raw material for making copper clad laminates (CCL), will be adjusted upward again in March, the Chinese-language Commercial Times cited industry...
Tuesday 15 February 2011
High copper price damaging profitability of notebook component makers
Taiwan-based makers of notebook components such as connector, cable, power supply and cooling modules are seeing their profitability drop as the recent global copper price is hovering...
Tuesday 1 February 2011
Rising copper price to trigger competition for securing component supply
As London Metal Exchange (LME) spot quotes for copper are expected to steadily climb to a new record level of nearly US$10,000 per metric ton after the Lunar New Year, sources from...
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