Last update: Monday 7 January 2013 [16 news items]
Kinsus to perform strongly in 1Q13 on steady demand for FC CSP substrates
Jan 7, 12:08
Kinsus Interconnect Technology will perform relatively strongly in the first quarter of 2013, buoyed by shipments of FC CSP (flip-chip chip-scale package) substrates to clients including...
FC CSP substrate supply may be affected by explosion at Nippon Shokubai
Oct 4, 01:20
The supply of a chemical raw materials for producing ink used in the production of FC CSP (flip chip-chip scale package) substrates may be affected after a recent explosion and fire...
Kinsus looks to increasing shipments of FC CSP substrates in 4Q12
Sep 20, 13:59
Kinsus Interconnect Technology has entered the supply chain of Apple's iPhone 5 and is expected to see robust shipments of its FC CSP (chip scale package) substrates for Qualcomm's...
Kinsus ramping up FC CSP substrate shipments for Apple A5 CPUs, says paper
Newswatch - Oct 4, 12:28
Shipments of flip-chip chip-scale package (FC CSP) substrates for Apple's A5 processors from Taiwan-based Kinsus Interconnect Technology are expected to top one million units a month...
Unimicron lands orders from TI and Apple, says paper
Newswatch - Sep 9, 11:54
Unimicron Technology will soon begin to ship its FC CSP (flip-chip chip-scale-packaging) substrates to Texas Instruments (TI) for the production of ARM-based OMAP3 CPU lineups, according...
Kinsus lands FC CSP substrate orders from Intel, says paper
Newswatch - May 17, 14:12
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...
Kinsus to commence operation of China plant
Sep 28, 01:00
Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology revealed that construction of a new plant in Suzhou, China is near completion, and production will kick off in the fourth...
Kinsus looks to strong demand for FC CSP and base station substrates in 3Q10
Jul 28, 11:57
IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology expects its revenues to grow 5-10% sequentially in the third quarter with flip-chip chip-scale packaging (FC CSP) and base station...
NPC expects strong revenues from FC CSP substrates in 2010
Oct 26, 10:22
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) may see its revenues from flip-chip chip scale packaging (FC CSP) substrates double in 2010 because of significant demand from the handset segment,...

Kinsus FC CSP substrate utilization rate up on orders from Qualcomm
Aug 18, 14:37
Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology has seen its capacity utilization for flip-chip chip scale packaging (FC CSP) substrates rise to more than 80% and the...
IC substrate maker Kinsus says high-margin products to sustain growth for 2H09
Jun 17, 16:26
Kinsus Interconnect Technology is expected to manage sequential revenue growth from July through December 2009, driven by growing sales of its high-margin product lines, according...

Kinsus expects strong substrate shipment growth in March due to China 3G deployment
Mar 20, 17:11
IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology estimates that March revenues will top NT$700 million (US$20.74 million) because China handset makers have expanded deployment of...
Kinsus BT-based FC and FC CSP substrate shipments to increase in 2009
Feb 20, 14:18
Kinsus Interconnect Technology has reported January sales of NT$433 million (US$12.45 million), down 21% on month. The company expects sales to increase to NT$500-550 million in February...

IC substrate maker Kinsus to see sales decline but will remain profitable in January
Jan 19, 15:36
Investors estimate Kinsus Interconnect Technology's January sales to be only around NT$500 million (US$14.93 million) due to sagging market demand. However, the company said it expects...
Netbooks and handsets to drive up PPT sales in 3Q08
Aug 6, 14:59
Seeing its July sales sustain an upward trend, Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT) has delivered an optimistic outlook for the third quarter, with flip-chip (FC) and chip-scale packaging...
Memory market shows signs of a rebound
Jun 6, 01:10
Demand in the memory market is showing signs of a rebound, with IC substrate supplier Kinsus Interconnect Technology and PCB maker Tripod Technology saying June-orders from the flash...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.

















