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Friday 27 July 2012
Toshiba to become the most competitive player in silicon substrate processes, says Epistar
Toshiba has announced plans to mass produce LEDs using gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) technology in October 2012. The technology is a joint product of Toshiba and Bridgelux...
Monday 16 July 2012
Taiwan sapphire substrate makers face growing competition from Japan and China
The price of sapphire substrates has been reaching stability in 2012. Nevertheless, Japan-based sapphire substrate makers have been eager to lower prices, meaning the price difference...
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Sapphire substrate makers see rising June revenues
Rising June revenues for LED chipmakers helped upstream sapphire substrate makers such as Crystal Applied, Crystalwise, and Tera Xtal see June revenues reach above NT$160 million...
Friday 22 June 2012
Unimicron to invest over NT$10 billion to build IC substrate plant, says report
Unimicron Technology plans to invest more than NT$10 billion (US$334 million) to build a new plant to produce IC substrates, with volume production expected to kick off in the third...
Thursday 21 June 2012
Viking Tech expects heat dissipation substrate revenues in 2H12 to show growth
Thin film resistor supplier Viking Tech has been seeing demand for aluminum nitride substrates increase. According to Stone Wei, president of Viking Tech, this is likely to help grow...
Wednesday 13 June 2012
Sapphire substrate shipments increase due to LED lighting demand
Sapphire substrate manufacturers said 2-inch substrates were around US$9 on average during May but are expected to rise due to a shortage of patterned sapphire substrates (PSSs).
Monday 14 May 2012
Leatec to build new ceramic substrate plant in Kunshan
Passive component maker Leatec Fine Ceramic plans to set up a new plant in Kunshan, China for the production of high-end ceramic substrates of LED lighting, back-light and in-car...
Friday 11 May 2012
Sapphire substrate sales increase in April
Substrate manufacturers such as Crystal Applied Technologies and Wafer Works reported increased revenues during April due to upstream sapphire substrates becoming more in demand as...
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Tong Hsing expects revenue growth through 4Q12
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, which provides assembly and packaging services for niche ICs and produces ceramic substrates for the production of LED devices, has guided that its...
Thursday 1 March 2012
Sapphire substrate makers expect February revenues to improve
Demand in the LED industry has been returning and some LED chipmakers have been enjoying 90% capacity utilization rates. Nevertheless, inventory levels are still high, causing sapphire...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Digitimes Research: Corning forecasts 2012 glass substrate demand to grow by 12.5%
International glass firm Corning predicts demand from PC and LCD will both grow by 10% compared to 2011. In addition, overall demand for glass substrates will increase from 3.2 billion...
Monday 13 February 2012
Rubicon sees slight increase of sapphire substrate orders
Orders of 2- and 4-inch sapphire wafers have been rebounding slightly in first-quarter 2012, according to Rubicon. Industry sources indicated that orders have been showing signs of...
Monday 6 February 2012
Sapphire substrate maker Wafer Works Optronics reports net loss for 2011
Weak demand in the LED market in 2011 caused pricing of upstream sapphire substrates to decrease as well. 2-inch substrates have been quoted around US$8-10/unit.
Monday 26 December 2011
Firms to phase out COF substrate business
With LCD panel demand for large-size applications such as TVs remaining dull, Mitsui Kinzoku and Sumitomo Electronics Taiwan (SET) are looking to withdraw from the standard chip-on-film...
Friday 23 December 2011
Backend firms gearing up for new MediaTek solution
IC packagers Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), and substrate makers Unimicron Technology and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are...