Last update: Wednesday 13 March 2013 [23 news items]
Greatek looks to improved profitability on copper wire bonding lines
Mar 13, 13:51
Logic IC packaging firm Greatek Electronics has revealed that copper wire bonding packaging lines are currently contributing more than 50% to its total revenues, which will further...
Demand for copper wirebonding packaging to peak in 2014
Sep 6, 13:36
Demand for copper wirebonding packaging will remain strong over the next two years, with the packaging technology to account for 85% of the global wirebonding market in 2014, according...
ASE, SPIL make progress in transition to copper wire bonding
Jul 31, 16:12
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have made progress toward the transition from gold to copper wire bonding, and have also stepped...
Greatek remains focused on shift to copper wire bonding
Jun 29, 01:20
IC backend service provider Greatek Electronics, which focuses on the consumer electronics market, has said the firm will continue shifting copper wire bonding from gold bonding in...
Proportion of copper wire bonding to rise to over 20% in 2011, says SEMI
Sep 7, 16:36
Due to rising gold prices, replacement of conventional processes based on gold wire with copper-wire bonding processes is increasing. The proportion of total wire bonding volume for...
ASE and SPIL look to continued growth in copper wire bonding business in 3Q11
Aug 15, 15:15
IC packaging and testing houses Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Silicon Precision Industries (SPIL), both expect their sales generated from copper wire bonding to increase...
ASE sees 7-9% growth in 2Q11 shipments; copper wire bonding sales rising
May 2, 14:01
Chip packager Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects shipments to increase 7-9% sequentially in the second quarter of 2011, with a higher gross margin, company CFO Joseph...
SPIL sees boost in copper wirebonding orders, says paper
Newswatch - Mar 4, 15:41
With more fabless IC firms adopting copper wire to package their products for cost reasons, packaging and testing house Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has seen a substantial...
SPIL 4Q10 gross margin up on higher copper wire bonding sales
Jan 27, 01:00
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) saw its gross margin increase to reach 14.3% in the fourth quarter of 2010, up 0.1pp sequentially and beating market estimates. The chip packager...
ASE slowing copper wire bonding expansion, says paper
Newswatch - Sep 23, 16:25
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) is slowing down the expansion of its copper wirebonding capacity due to low market visibility, according to a Chinese-language Economic...
SPIL announces equipment purchase
Stockwatch - Aug 3, 14:43
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has announced an equipment purchase worth NT$574.62 million (US$18 million) from Verigy, which mainly supplies automated test equipment.
SPIL to raise 2010 capex budget for copper wire bonding equipment procurement
Jun 17, 10:30
Chip packaging house Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) will raise 2010 capex budget by at least 30% from US$450 million to about US$585 million due to increased procurement...
Jun 15, 11:52
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has decided to boost its 2010 capex to US$600-700 million from US$450-500 million it earlier planned, said company COO Tien Wu at a recent...
Backend supplier UTAC says sales of copper wirebonding process growing
May 18, 11:48
United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) has seen sales generated from copper wire bonding account for 20% of its total revenues, according to company CEO Lee Joon Chung. Apart from...
Greatek and TICP to step into copper-wire bonding in 2Q10
Feb 11, 14:58
With Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) aggressively ramping production on copper-wire bond processes, second-tier Taiwan-based IC...
STATS ChipPAC moves copper wire bonding process to volume production
Nov 25, 11:23
STATS ChipPAC has ramped production on its copper wire bonding process, joining rivals Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL).
ASE and SPIL revenues hit 2-year high in October
Nov 10, 13:46
IC packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) saw revenues in October 2009 reach a two-year high at NT$4.9 billion (US$152 million), while rival Siliconware...
ASE, SPIL speeding up copper wire bonding expansion
Nov 2, 16:34
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) plans to add an additional 2,000 copper wirebonders by the end of 2010, while Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) will add 200-300 copper...
ASE and SPIL deny headhunting rumors
Oct 16, 12:23
Taiwan-based chip packaging houses Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have both come out to deny a Citi Investment Research report...
SPIL 2Q09 sales up more than 50%
Jul 8, 15:53
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has announced unaudited revenues for second-quarter 2009 grew 53.6% sequentially to NT$14.14 billion (US$431.24 million), beating market watchers'...
ASE, SPIL optimistic about 3Q09
Jun 2, 16:10
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industry (SPIL) have fully utilized all wire bonders, with the former using 60-70% and the latter 70-80% of their...
STATS ChipPAC delivers low-cost flip-chip technology
May 20, 12:25
STATS ChipPAC, a Singapore-based semiconductor packaging and testing service provider, has announced a new flip-chip (FC) technology that it says offers cost savings over standard...
NPC to relocate wirebond capacity to China
Jul 29, 11:38
Having already identified flip-chip (FC) substrates as a key sales driver in 2008, Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (NPC) plans to relocate its low-margin production to China in order...
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
IT + CE | 6min ago
HP CEO to visit China and Taiwan
IT + CE | 26min ago
Touch-sensor technologies poised for growth, says DisplaySearch
Displays | 57min ago
Lite-On Technology to deal out 2012 cash dividend of NT$2.35
LED | 59min ago
Newmax Technology to begin shipments of lenses used in Xbox One in 3Q13
IT + CE | 1h 1min ago
Innolux not to be largely affected by subsidies ending in China, says company president
Displays | 1h 2min ago
Genius Electronic to expand lens capacity by 60%
IT + CE | 1h 5min ago
AUO likely to turn around performance in 2013, says company chairman
Displays | 1h 8min ago
UMC looking for potential acquisitions in Asia
Bits + chips - Stockwatch | 1h 8min ago
Micron swings to fiscal 3Q13 profit
Bits + chips | 2h 4min ago
- LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
- Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
- Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
- Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- DRAM market grows up, IHS finds
- Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
- Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
- Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
- Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
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- PowerByProxi aims to cooperate with Taiwan makers to explore wireless power market
- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.