Pricing of various passive components has become a major concern recently due to slowing demand from downstream sectors, and industry sources believe chip resistor prices will remain...

With persisting shortages for sapphire substrates, quotes are expected to trend up into the fourth quarter of 2010 and will exceed US$30/unit. To prevent idle production lines, some...

Ferric core and sapphire ingot maker Acme Electronics has posted net profits of NT$120 million (US$3.77 million) or NT$1.04 per share, on revenues of NT$973 million in the first half...

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) again hit a monthly revenue record in July 2010 at NT$1.794 billion (US$56.451 million), up from NT$1.63 billion in June, on full capacity utilization...

Ferric core maker Acme Electronics expects its production of sapphire ingots to reach 150,000 units a month in the third quarter of 2010, an increase of 25% from the previous quarter,...

LED chipmakers are developing new substrates based on copper-tungsten, ceramic or diamond thin-film to replace sapphire substrates to improve heat dissipation amid the surging demand...

Due to rapid increase in demand for LED-backlit LCD TVs and a supply shortage, international quotes for sapphire substrates have increased from US$7-9 in the first quarter to US$12-14...

Ferric core maker Acme Electronics has announced plans to spin off its sapphire ingot business unit to form a new subsidiary. The spin-off is tentatively set to take effect on October...

LED backlight products may see their prices increase by 5-10% as both upstream LED chip and epitaxial wafer prices will rise soon due to strong market demand, according to sources...

Current tight supply of sapphire ingots may not ease in the short run, as suppliers' capacity expansions are unable to keep up with demand, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Genesis Photonics increased the prices of its green LED epitaxy wafers in April amid increasing prices of sapphire substrates, and expects its price hike...

Sapphire substrates for LED chip production is in shortage and the supply will remain short until the end of 2010, according to market sources.

Taiwan-based inductor maker Acme Electronics plans to ramp up its capacity of sapphire ingots to 120,000mm in the second quarter of 2010 from the current 90,000mm to meet increasing...

Taiwan-based IC design house Richtek has announced that it has filed a patent infringement complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against uPI Semiconductor, AMD,...

Taiwan-based inductor maker Acme Electronics plans to double capacity of its sapphire crystal substrates in 2010 to satisfy increasing LED demand. The company is seeing its sapphire...