83 news items tagged Greatek
BGA packaging for memory controller ICs hits snag on ABF substrate shortages
Wednesday 3 March 2021Backend demand for memory controller ICs has been increasingly strong promising clear order visibility for BGA and FC-BGA packaging processes at OSAT firms, but their operations are...
Packaging quotes for MCU and other consumer ICs set to rise
Thursday 18 February 2021Packaging specialists, such as Greatek Electronics, plan to raise their quotes for MCU and other consumer IC products in the second quarter to reflect their tight capacities, according...
Backend firms upbeat about demand for MediaTek chips
Thursday 28 January 2021Backend houses in the supply chain of MediaTek have expressed optimism about demand for the fabless client's 5G, Wi-Fi 6 and automotive chip solutions in 2021, and are ramping up...
Logic IC packager Greatek to raise quotes later in 1Q21
Wednesday 27 January 2021Greatek Electronics, a Powertech Technology (PTI) subsidiary dedicated to logic IC packaging, plans to raise its quotes between the end of February and the beginning of March to reflect...
Automotive chips vendors mull adopting FOPLP backend technology
Monday 18 January 2021Major automotive chip vendors including NXP are mulling adopting FOPLP (fan-out panel level packaging) technology to process part of their peripheral automotive chips seeking to reduce...
CWTC readies NT$10 billion for leadframe capacity expansions, acquisitions
Wednesday 23 December 2020Leadframe maker Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) has readied NT$10 billion (US$355.05 million) in new funds, including a 5-year syndicated loan of NT$7.2 billion (US$255.6 million) newly...
Taiwan OSAT firms see clear order visibility through mid-2021
Tuesday 22 December 2020Taiwan-based OSAT services providers have seen clear order visibility through mid-2021, thanks to robust demand for 5G and Wi-Fi chips, power management ICs (PMIC), and display driver...
Taiwan backend houses see more demand for consumer power chips
Tuesday 15 December 2020Taiwan-based power IC backend specialists including Greatek Electronics, GEM Services and Lingsen Precision Industries have seen a ramp-up in packaging demand for consumer devices...
All-round OSAT: Q&A with PTI CEO Boris Hsieh
Monday 14 December 2020Taiwan-based Powertech Technology (PTI) is one of the world's top OSATs with major backend orders from non-Korean memory vendors. PTI has just completed a top management shakeup after...
Renesas seeking support from Taiwan OSAT for auto components
Tuesday 8 December 2020Japan-based IDM Renesas Electronics has been aggressively seeking support from its backend partners in Taiwan for next year to meet increasing demand for automotive MCUs and power...
Taiwan backend houses see orders boom
Monday 7 December 2020Taiwan backend houses will continue to embrace orders shifted by chipmakers from Chinese peers, as "risk control" has become a major concern among global chipmakers now that the US...
Taiwan backend firms, IC distributors to gain from fresh US ban on Chinese peers
Tuesday 1 December 2020The US Department of Commerce reportedly will place another 89 Chinese tech firms on its MEU (military end user) control list including JCET's subsidiary STATS ChipPAC and IC distributor...
ASE, Greatek see QFN wire bonding run at full capacity for PMICs
Friday 27 November 2020IC packagers including ASE Technology and Greatek Electronics have been running QFN (quad flat no-lead) wire bonding lines at full capacity utilization, mainly driven by strong demand...
Taiwan supply chain bracing for new-generation game console boom
Thursday 12 November 2020Taiwan supply chain players are gearing up for the game console replacement boom to be triggered by Sony's new-generation game console PS5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series X, according...
Leadframe supplier CWTC posts profit increase
Tuesday 10 November 2020Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) has reported net profits rose 34% on year to NT$603 million (US$21.1 million) in the first three quarters of 2020, with EPS reaching NT$1.71 for the period,...
PTI eyes new logic IC orders from MediaTek, Novatek, Realtek
Monday 26 October 2020Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) is aggressively foraying into new logic IC segments such as TV SoCs and handset APs in a bid to offset loss of orders expected...
Greatek to expand IC packaging capacity
Friday 23 October 2020IC packaging and testing service provider Greatek Electronics has plans to expand capacity to meet strong demand from the smaertphone sector.
Taiwan IC backend service firms ramping wire bonding capacity
Monday 19 October 2020The current tight wire bonding (WB) packaging capacity at Taiwan's IC backend service firms is likely to last beyond the first quarter of 2020 thanks to strong demand from analog...
LCD driver IC, MOSFET prices to rise over 10% in 4Q20
Wednesday 14 October 2020LCD driver IC and MOSFET chip prices are set to rise over 10% in fourth-quarter 2020 and will continue their rally in the following two quarters to reflect tight supply and rising...
Leadframe makers see OSAT vendors step up pace of orders
Friday 18 September 2020Leadframe makers have seen OSAT providers including ASE Technology and Greatek Electronics step up their pace of orders for QFN (quad flat no-lead) leadframes to meet robust wire-bonding...
Taiwan backend houses cautious about 4Q20
Monday 31 August 2020Taiwan backend houses are cautious about business prospects for the fourth quarter of the year thanks to upcoming disruptions in MediaTek shipments to China's Huawei under the latest...
Demand for TWS chips warming up
Monday 24 August 2020Demand for chips needed for production of true wireless studio (TWS) devices has rebounded recently, fueled by orders from non-AirPods vendors who have seen a pick-up in sales of...
Backend houses kicking off shipments for PS5
Wednesday 5 August 2020Backend houses including ASE Technology and Greatek Electronics have kicked off shipments for Sony's new-generation PS5 game console series slated for launch later this year, according...
Chang Wah leadframe shipments to grow robustly in 3Q20
Thursday 23 July 2020Leadframe maker Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) is expected to see its revenues for the third quarter of the year pick up further on stronger shipment pull-ins by its IDM and OSAT clients...
IC packager Greatek to see 2H20 revenues gain on shipments for PS5
Wednesday 22 July 2020Taiwan-based logic IC packaging firm Greatek Electronics, an affiliate of Powertech Technology (PTI), has indirectly cut into the supply chain of Sony's next-generation PS5 gaming...