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Wednesday 2 March 2011
Sapphire substrate prices start to fall
Pricing for sapphire substrates has stopped increasing and is showing a gradual decrease due to dropping demand and seasonality. Current prices for 2-inch sapphire substrates have...
Friday 25 February 2011
Sapphire ATI FirePro workstation graphics - 400% performance boost and 100% free
All professional users, ranging from architects, 3D engineers, and animation designers to visual effects artists, need a stable, reliable and high performance computing solution....
Friday 18 February 2011
TXC to start production of sapphire substrate wafers
Quartz crystal component maker TXC has acquired 10 sets of equipment for slicing monocrystalline sapphire ingots and will begin production soon, with monthly shipments expected to...
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Sapphire substrate price drop to expand to 15% on quarter in 1Q11
Prices of sapphire substrates are expected to drop 10-15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2011, an increase from a previous 5-10% quarterly decrease in 2010, but the decrease...
Friday 11 February 2011
Gintech, SAS post on-month drops in January sales
Solar cell maker Gintech Energy has announced revenues for January 2011 slid 12% sequentially to NT$2.36 billion (US$82 million). Gintech also saw shipments fall 4.3% from December...
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Sapphire ingot demand strong, no signs of price retreat yet
Though the first quarter is typically considered the annual low season, sapphire ingot makers are currently seeing strong demand due to sapphire substrate clients moving up procurement...
Monday 3 January 2011
USI Optronics to reach 13-15% global market share for sapphire ingots in 2011
USI Optronics, a Taiwan-based maker of monocrystalline sapphire ingots, has received orders to book up its production capacity in then first quarter of 2011 and expects its global...
Thursday 23 December 2010
SAS looks to semi, sapphire wafers for 2011 growth
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) expects sales of sapphire wafer materials to account for 5-6% of revenues in 2011 compared to about 2% estimated for 2010, according to company...
Wednesday 22 December 2010
San Chih's sapphire ingot revenues to overtake that of semiconductor business in 2H11
San Chih Semiconductor's revenues from sapphire ingot production will exceed that of semiconductor in the first half of 2011, according to analyst forecasts. San Chih's sapphire ingot...
Wednesday 22 December 2010
LED sapphire substrate prices remain flat in 4Q10
LED sapphire substrate suppliers are expected to keep prices flat in the fourth quarter of 2010 despite dropping demand from the end market and seasonality, and expect prices to increase...
Friday 3 December 2010
GT Solar lands orders for sapphire crystallization furnaces
GT Solar International has received more than US$84 million worth of orders for sapphire crystallization systems, according to the solar-manufacturing equipment specialist. The announcement...
Tuesday 16 November 2010
Wafer Works announces investment in Formosa Epitaxy
Wafer Works on November 15, 2019 announced a US$600,000 investment for a 1% equity interest in Formosa Epitaxy's new subsidiary in Jiangsu, China. Although the acquisition is merely...
Thursday 4 November 2010
Prices for sapphire ingots to rise 40% in 4Q10
Prices for sapphire ingots, a material for making LED chips, are set to rise 40% in the fourth quarter, according to industry sources. Due to tight supply, prices have gone up since...
Friday 22 October 2010
Quartz component maker TXC eying LED market
TXC, a major producer of quartz components in Taiwan, is gearing up the development of sapphire and other crystalline products to tap a market that is expected to be strong in coming...
Wednesday 20 October 2010
SAS to report NT$3.5 3Q10 EPS
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) is expected to report an EPS of NT$3.50 (US$0.113) for the third quarter of 2010, according to market watchers. The positive result is largely...