415 news items tagged substrate
Unimicron posts record revenues for 2020
Wednesday 13 January 2021PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology has reported its 2020 revenues spiked 6.5% on year to a new high of NT$87.89 billion (US$3.14 billion) mainly driven by strong shipments...
Nan Ya, Kinsus see 4Q20 revenues peak on strong IC substrate demand
Friday 8 January 2021IC substrate suppliers Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology both saw their fourth-quarter 2020 revenues hit the year's peak, bolstered by higher prices offered by clients...
ABF substrate demand simmering for high-end EV chips
Wednesday 6 January 2021Demand for high-performance chips solutions for EV and autonomous vehicles is expected to gradually gain momentum, which will generate a new outlet for Taiwan's ABF substrate makers,...
ABF substrate yield rate to affect PS5 chip shipments
Monday 28 December 2020AMD has been promised more 7nm foundry capacity at TSMC, but actual shipments for its PS5 chips will depend on the production yield rates for ABF substrates needed to make the customized...
Taiwan IC substrate makers doing well in China market
Friday 25 December 2020Taiwan's IC substrate makers Unmicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB, and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have seen their production lines in China running at full capacity to serve Chinese...
PCB materials prices set to rise in 2021
Tuesday 22 December 2020Prices for upstream PCB materials including copper foil, glass cloth and resin are set to rally in 2021 as supply is expected to be increasingly short of demand throughout the year,...
IC equipment maker GP optimistic about 2021
Friday 18 December 2020Taiwan-based Group Up Industrial (GP), which specializes in PCB dry process and other semiconductor equipment, has seen clear order visibility through the second quarter of 2021 and...
LCD panel shortage worsening, says AUO chairman
Thursday 17 December 2020The shortage of LCD panels has worsend after a strong earthquake struck northeastern Taiwan and a power outage hit glass substate supplier Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) in Japan recently,...
NAND flash controller suppliers mull price hike
Wednesday 16 December 2020NAND flash device controller suppliers including Phison Electronics and Silicon Motion Technology have stopped offering quotes for new orders, and are mulling a 10-15% price hike...
ABF substrate shortages may dent 2021 shipments of new CPU, GPU chips
Monday 14 December 2020The worsening shortages of ABF substrates are expected to become one of the major woes affecting shipments of new CPU and GPU products at chipmakers in 2021, according to industry...
Unimicron, Kinsus to embrace 5G handset sales boom in 2021
Wednesday 9 December 2020Taiwan's IC substrate makers Unimicron Technology and Kinsus Interconnect are poised to benefit significantly from 5G handset sales boom expected in 2021 as they reportedly have secured...
Kinsus 4Q20 revenues to peak on strong shipments for handset applications
Tuesday 8 December 2020IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology has reported November revenue climbed 24.7% on year to a record high of NT$2.56 billion (US$90.7 million), and is expected to see...
Nan Ya PCB logs notable revenue increases for first 11 months 2020
Monday 7 December 2020Nan Ya PCB has reported its November revenues rose 1.3% on month and 30.56% on year to a monthly record of NT$3.652 billion (US$129.25 million), with January-November revenues increasing...
Sputtering equipment supplier UVAT lands new orders for panel-level packaging
Monday 30 November 2020Taiwan-based UVAT Technology with its sputtering and etching equipment has obtained new orders for fan-out panel-level packaging, as well as orders for the manufacture of high-end...
Taiwan IC substrate suppliers gearing up for mmWave AiP modules
Wednesday 25 November 2020Taiwan-based IC substrate suppliers including Kinsus Interconnect and Unimicron Technology are expected to gain growth momentum from increasing demand for AiP (antenna in packages)...
BT substrate production lead time extended
Tuesday 24 November 2020The supply of ABF substrate has been tight, which has also pushed up BT substrate production lead times, according to industry sources.
Tight ABF substrate supply pushing up prices, lead times
Tuesday 24 November 2020Tight 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.
Concerns rising over tight BT substrate supply for handset SoCs
Friday 20 November 2020Handset application processor vendors have expressed concerns about the supply of BT substrates that may fall due to the suspension of production at Unimicron Technology's fire-hit...
Unimicron reportedly sole ABF substrate supplier for Apple M1
Thursday 12 November 2020Taiwan's Unimicron Technology reportedly is the sole supplier of ABF substrates for Apple-designed M1 chipsets powering its just-unveiled new MacBook series.
IC substrate quotes rising 20-40% amid tight supply
Wednesday 11 November 2020A 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...
Silicon Motion expects foundry supply to stay tight through end-2021
Tuesday 10 November 2020Flash device controller developers, including Silicon Motion Technology, have seen their foundry partners encounter tight capacity particularly at 8-inch fabs, which may persist through...
IC substrate maker Kinsus to see revenue peak in 4Q20
Thursday 29 October 2020IC 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.
Fire strikes Unimicron IC substrate plant in northern Taiwan
Thursday 29 October 2020Unimicron 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...
Taiwan makers urged to build high-end IC substrate ecosystem
Monday 26 October 2020A 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, Iteq form JV in Taiwan
Monday 26 October 2020Mitsubishi 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%.