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Friday 24 June 2011
Foxconn reportedly hires Unimicron executive to expand substrate business
The Foxconn (Hon Hai) Group has hired Chu-Ching Hu, who in May resigned as head of Unimicron Technology's IC substrate division, to lead the substrate business unit of Foxconn Advanced...
Friday 17 June 2011
New sapphire substrate plant to break ground in July, says SAS
Taiwan-based wafer maker, Sino-American Silicon (SAS) stated there is stable demand for semiconductors and a slight return of demand for solar products at its shareholders meeting...
Friday 10 June 2011
Taiwan market: Korea-based Simmtech to raise IC substrate quotes
Korea-based memory module substrate vendor Simmtech is likely to raise its quotes during June 2011 with the increase rates marching those offered by rival companies in Taiwan, according...
Wednesday 1 June 2011
4-inch sapphire substrates to reach 50% of capacity in 2012, says Tera Xtal chairman
Demand for large-size sapphire substrates has been increasing and according to Chien Fu Shieh, chairman of Taiwan-based sapphire substrate maker Tera Xtal, 4-inch sapphire substrates...
Monday 30 May 2011
Ta-I to ramp up LED heat sink substrate capacity
Chip resistor maker Ta-I Technology plans to ramp up its monthly production capacity of LED heat sink substrates to 200,000 units by the end of June 2011, according to company chairman...
Friday 20 May 2011
ITRI flexible substrate can increase silicon dioxide content and lower costs for displays
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan received the silver award for The Display of the Year Awards (DYA) from The Society for Information Display (SID) for its...
Friday 20 May 2011
NPC to ramp up CPU-use FC substrate output
Nan Ya PCB (NPC) will be able to grow its output of flip-chip (FC) substrates for Intel's x86 CPUs later in the second quarter of 2011, on the strength of improved yields, according...
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Viking Tech ships LED heat sink substrates to leading LED lighting players
Chip-resistor maker Viking Tech reportedly has begun to ship its LED heat sink substrates to the supply chain of international LED lighting players, including Osram, and has also...
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Kinsus lands FC CSP substrate orders from Intel, says paper
IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology has landed orders for FC CSP (flip-chip chip-scale packaging) substrates from Intel, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Friday 13 May 2011
Asahi Glass to set up second substrate factory in China
Japan-based Asahi Glass will establish a new glass substrate factory in Shenzhen, southern China, to produce substrates for 8.5G TFT-LCD panel production lines with volume production...
Thursday 12 May 2011
Top-3 sapphire substrate makers to ramp up capacities in 2H11
The top-three Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers – Crystal Applied Technology (CAT), Tera Xtal Technology and Crystalwise Technology – all plan to ramp up capacity...
Thursday 5 May 2011
Patterned sapphire substrate wafers expected to account for 50% of the market in 2011
Contrast to the lack of demand for LED TV, the market for LED lighting has been growing steadily. With demands for improvements in luminous efficacy growing, the market forecasts...
Friday 29 April 2011
Unimicron to raise PCB and substrate prices 10-20%
Unimicron Technology plans to raise prices for PCBs and some of its substrate products by 10-20% to reflect rising raw material costs, according to company CFO Tsai-Sheng Shen.
Thursday 28 April 2011
Normal substrate supply to resume in June, says SPIL chairman
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) chairman Bough Lin on April 27 confirmed that the company has been facing stretched lead times for its IC substrates due to limited availability...
Tuesday 26 April 2011
HDD component maker Min Aik expects flat shipments in 2Q11
Taiwan-based hard disc drive (HDD) maker Min Aik Technology is expected to see its component shipments remain flat on quarter as several key hard drive components such as aluminum...