280 news items tagged IC substrate
AiP substrates in growing demand for new mmWave iPhones in 2021
Friday 9 April 2021IC substrate makers in Apple's iPhone supply chain are aggressively bracing for production of BT-based AiP (antenna in package) substrates expecting a surge in demand for new iPhones...
PCB equipment makers bolstered by capacity expansions at clients
Tuesday 6 April 2021Taiwan's PCB equipment makers have seen their shipment schedules well set through the third quarter of the year and are in talks with clients about equipment orders for fourth-quarter...
Taiwan PCB makers to enjoy strong 1H21
Monday 29 March 2021Taiwan-based PCB and IC substrate companies are poised to enjoy a particularly strong first half of 2021, thanks to robust demand for high-end substrates and HDI boards, according...
Japan, Korea PCB makers shifting production focus to IC substrates
Friday 19 March 2021PCB makers in Japan and South Korea have been shifting production focus to IC substrates from segments of traditional multi-layer rigid boards and even higher-end HDI, flexible PCB...
LG Innotek reportedly bracing for ABF substrate production
Friday 19 March 2021IC substrate maker LG Innotek is bracing for production of ABF-based FCBGA substrates, according to Korean media reports, but industry sources believe it would be a hard job to venture...
Taiwan ABF substrate suppliers to land handsome profits in 1Q21
Thursday 18 March 2021Taiwan's IC substrate makers Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are upbeat about their revenue and profit results for first-quarter 2021 due to rising...
Shennan Circuits shifts focus to automotive PCBs, IC substrates
Wednesday 17 March 2021Shennan Circuits has focused more on automotive PCBs and IC substrates following shrinkages in shipments for 5G infrastructure applications in 2020, according to the China-based PCB...
Through the production hall with a helmet camera
Wednesday 17 March 2021Wearing a helmet camera as we know it from ski races on TV, or a smartphone gimbal, a technician is walking through the production hall showing a customer, with whom he is connected,...
Unimicron to lease land for IC substrate capacity expansion
Thursday 11 March 2021Taiwan's IC substrate maker Unimicron Technology has decided to lease a land lot in northern Taiwan to prepare for further capacity expansions beyond those already underway, expecting...
Taiwan ABF substrate makers to gain from China homegrown CPU development
Thursday 11 March 2021Taiwan's IC substrate makers with their strong technological prowess are in pole position to explore business opportunities from China's ongoing homegrown CPU development campaign,...
Nan Ya to spend NT$8 billion on IC substrate capacity expansion
Friday 5 March 2021Nan Ya PCB has disclosed plans to spend at least NT$8 billion (US$287.5 million) in 2021, compared to a capex of NT$7.35 billion for 2020, for capacity expansions at its plants in...
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...
Contract PCB drilling service: Q&A with Key Ware CEO Chen Po-ying
Wednesday 24 February 2021Taiwan suppliers of high-end IC substrates, HDI boards, rigid PCBs with high layer counts and flexible PCBs are expected to have another busy year in 2021 after benefiting from pandemic-induced...
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...
Chipmakers placing extra orders for BT substrates amid tight supply
Monday 22 February 2021As supply of high-end BT substrates has turned tight in the first quarter of 2021, major chipmakers including Qualcomm and MediaTek are moving aggressively to secure more capacity...
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...
Kinsus swings to profit in 2020 on robust BT, ABF substrates sales
Tuesday 2 February 2021IC substrate supplier Kinsus Interconnect Technology swung to net profit of NT$541 million (US$19.3 million) in 2020 from loss of NT$2.025 billion a year earlier, mainly driven 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...
BT substrate shipments for 5G handset SoCs may slow down in 2Q21
Monday 25 January 2021Taiwan's IC substrate suppliers will continue to enjoy robust shipments of BT-based FCCSP substrates for handset SoCs throughout first-quarter 2021, but may see off-season impacts...
Kinsus to expand ABF substrate capacity by 30% in 2021
Friday 22 January 2021Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology plans to restore a fire-hit flexible PCB (FPCB) plant in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, and convert it to produce ABF substrates...
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)...
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...
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...