Tight ABF substrate supply has not only pushed up prices by 30-40% but also prolonged delivery lead time to a maximum of three quarters, according to industry sources.

Zhen Ding Technology saw its revenues and profits for the first three quarters of 2020 decline over 20% on year, due mainly to delays in shipments at the request of its clients, but...

A new wave of price hikes for high-end IC substrates, ranging from 20-40%, has emerged following a recent fire damaging a plant of Taiwan's Unimicron Technology, with clients rushing...

Leading foundry houses are mostly partners rather than competitors for OSAT firms despite their aggressive deployment in advanced 3D IC packaging solutions, according to Amkor Technology...

IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology is set to see its revenues peak for 2020 in the fourth quarter, buoyed by shipments for new iPhones, according to market sources.

Unimicron Technology's IC substrate plant in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan caught fire on the afternoon of October 28. The site is where the company produces flip-chip chip-scale packaging...

A sound ecosystem for high-end IC substrates has to be built in Taiwan as such substrates will still have a big role to play in backend services despite the growing demand for substrate-free...

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) and Taiwan-based Iteq have announced plans to jointly establish a joint venture, of which the former will hold a 51% share and the latter 49%.

Taiwan-based equipment makers including Csun Manufacturing and Gallant Precision Machining (GPM) expect strong demand from domestic IC substrates makers now all gearing up to build...

TSMC as a top-choice foundry partner for HPC (high performance computing) chips vendors will significantly benefit Taiwan suppliers of ABF substrates for processing such chips, according...

The market for system-in-package (SiP) substrates is already tight and will become tighter as Apple is looking to adopt SiP technology in more of its AirPods series, according to...

PCB and IC substrate maker Unimicron Technology has expressed caution about its performance in the fourth quarter of 2020, despite a pick-up in demand for handsets.

Taiwan's PCB equipment makers including C Sun and Symtek Automation Asia are poised to embrace strong growth momentum as many PCB and IC substrate makers are keenly expanding capacities...

IC substrate makers Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have reported impressive revenue increases for the third quarter of 2020 on strong shipments of diverse substrate...

Taiwan-based IC substrate makers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are being discouraged from making further investments in China by the...