Taiwan’s Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT), an IC substrate maker, may raise prices for PBGA (plastic ball-grid array) substrates in the third quarter, said CC Hu, company executive vice president during an April 5 general shareholders meeting.
Hu said demand should experience a seasonal pickup in the third quarter, extending order visibility to six months. Prices may increase to reflect growing material costs.
PPT, after it investment in Dayshine Technology, is currently the largest PBGA and CSP (chip-scale package) substrate supplier in Taiwan, followed by ASE Material, Unimicron Technology, Kinsus Interconnect Technology and Nan Ya PCB, according to statistics from the companies.
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Taiwan substrate suppliers: PBGA and CSP substrate monthly output in 1Q(million units) | ||
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Company |
Output* |
Note |
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PPT |
25-26 |
Affiliate Dayshine outputs up to 10 million units per month. |
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ASE Material |
20-25 |
Shanghai plant to begin production in May |
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Kinsus |
20 |
Plans to expand capacity by five million units in the second half |
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Unimicron |
15-20 |
Affiliate Subtron Technology will soon begin CSP substrate production |
|
Nan Ya PCB |
10-15 |
- |
Source: companies, compiled by DigiTimes, April 2004.
*Output = Sales/ASPs for 31.5mm2 substrates
Article translated by Jack Lu and edited by Jack Lu
