186 news items tagged Unimicron Technology
Unimicron eyeing ABF substrate as major growth driver in 2021
Thursday 25 February 2021IC substrate and PCB maker Unimicron Technology expects ABF substrates to remain its major growth driver in 2021 and will maintain high capacity utilization for the product line throughout...
ABF substrate prices likely to rise
Tuesday 23 February 2021ABF substrate prices are likely to rise later in the first half of 2021, driven by rebounding demand for crypto mining chips and a sharp rise in demand for server applications starting...
HDI PCB makers see robust orders for non-handset applications
Friday 19 February 2021HDI PCB manufacturers have enjoyed a strong influx of orders for non-handset applications, with order visibility extended to April-May, allowing them to expect a strong first-half...
PCB makers set to record strong 1Q21
Thursday 18 February 2021Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers are set to record a particularly strong first-quarter 2021, judging from their significant revenue increases for January and clear order visibility...
Fire strikes again at Unimicron plant
Friday 5 February 2021A fire broke out February 4 at Unimicron Technology's PCB and IC substrate manufacturing complex in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, where its BT substrate plant had been just damaged by...
ABF substrate suppliers see clear order visibility stretch into 2H21
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan-based IC substrate providers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have seen the visibility of orders for ABF substrates extend to second-half...
Taiwan IC substrate makers see promising demand for SiP, AiP designs
Wednesday 20 January 2021Taiwan-based IC substrate makers are generally cautious about expanding BT-based substrate capacity. Nevertheless, with demand for SiP (system-in-package) and AiP (antenna-in-package)...
Unimicron to further boost ABF substrate capacity
Wednesday 20 January 2021PCB maker Unimicron Technology is likely to rebuild and transfer its fire-damaged BT substrate plant in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, to the production of ABF substrates, according to...
High-end ABF substrates in increasingly short supply for HPC, server chips
Tuesday 19 January 2021The supply of more lucrative high-end ABF substrates for use in HPC, server and 5G networking chips has been increasingly short of demand due partly to insufficient yield rates at...
Taiwan PCB output value hits record high in 2020
Friday 15 January 2021The output of Taiwan's PCB industry grew 5.6% on year to a record high of NT$667.2 billion (US$23.83 billion) in 2020, bolstered by pandemic-induced stay-at-home economy in most of...
HDI PCB makers see ramp-up in orders from China handset vendors
Thursday 14 January 2021HDI PCB manufacturers have seen a significant ramp-up in orders from Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi, who are seeking sufficient supply of components to support their expansion in the China...
PCB supply chain to gain from mass production of new Intel server processors
Wednesday 13 January 2021Taiwan's PCB supply chain is poised to embrace a new wave of growth momentum in 2021 from Intel entering volume production of its latest 10nm Ice Lake Xeon scalable server processors...
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...
HDI PCB makers see strong shipments to Chinese handset vendors
Thursday 7 January 2021Taiwan's major HDI board makers have seen strong shipment pull-ins from Chinese handset vendors since fourth-quarter 2020, with the momentum expected to persist through at least the...
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 substrates supply tightened amid resurging crypto mining fever
Tuesday 5 January 2021Demand for mining ASICs has been regaining momentum in China along with sharp increases in cryptocurrencies' value, further lengthening the queue of clients seeking capacity support...
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...
PCB makers may ramp up shipments for new-gen servers in 2Q21
Friday 25 December 2020Taiwan's PCB supply chain players are expected to gradually ramp up shipments for servers adopting Intel's next-generation Whitley platform starting second-quarter 2021 at the earliest,...
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...
Unimicron may resume fire-disrupted shipments of FCCSP substrates in 1Q21
Thursday 17 December 2020Unimicron Technology expects to resume shipments of BT-based FCCSP substrates for processing handset SoCs in first-quarter 2021 at the earliest, with the shipments to be delivered...
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...
HDI board demand for notebooks to rise robustly in 2021-2022
Thursday 3 December 2020Demand for notebook-use HDI PCBs will be rising robustly in the next one to two years, and the server and networking segments will also see mounting penetration for such boards with...
Symtek to sustain strong equipment shipments for semiconductor clients
Tuesday 1 December 2020Taiwan-based automation equipment maker Symtek Automation Asia saw its October revenues shoot up 177.55% on year to NT$307 million (US$10.75 million), thanks to shipments to clients...
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)...