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Wednesday 3 March 2021
BGA packaging for memory controller ICs hits snag on ABF substrate shortages
Backend 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...
Thursday 25 February 2021
Unimicron eyeing ABF substrate as major growth driver in 2021
IC substrate and PCB maker Unimicron Technology expects ABF substrates to remain its major growth driver in 2021 and will maintain high capacity utilization for the product line throughout...
Wednesday 24 February 2021
Contract PCB drilling service: Q&A with Key Ware CEO Chen Po-ying
Taiwan suppliers of high-end IC substrates, HDI boards, rigid PCBs with high layer counts and flexible PCBs are expected to have another busy year in 2021 after benefiting from pandemic-induced...
Tuesday 23 February 2021
IC testing service providers benefit from surging demand for cryptocurrencies
Surging prices of Ethereum has boosted demand for graphics cards used to mine the cryptocurrecny, which is benefiting Taiwan-based IC testing services providers, according to sources...
Tuesday 23 February 2021
ABF substrate prices likely to rise
ABF substrate prices are likely to rise later in the first half of 2021, driven by rebounding demand for crypto mining chips and a sharp rise in demand for server applications starting...
Friday 19 February 2021
Tape COF substrate demand picking up
Taiwan-based Chipbond Technology and JMC Electronics have both seen orders for tape COF substrates pick up substantially, reflecting limited capacity supply for such substrates and...
Tuesday 9 February 2021
Kinsus expects new ABF substrate capacity to come online in 2H21
Kinsus Interconnect Technology has stepped up its pace of capacity expansion for ABF substrates, and expects the additional output to come online in the second half of 2021.
Friday 5 February 2021
Robust ABF substrate sales buoy Nan Ya revenues for January
Nan Ya PCB has reported revenues surged 58.1% on year and 5.1% sequentially to NT$3.92 billion (US$140.24 million) in January 2021, buoyed by strong sales of ABF substrates.
Friday 5 February 2021
Fire strikes again at Unimicron plant
A fire broke out February 4 at Unimicron Technology's PCB and IC substrate manufacturing complex in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, where its BT substrate plant had been just damaged by...
Thursday 4 February 2021
AMD unlikely to transfer orders away from TSMC
AMD is unlikely to transfer its 5nm or 3nm chip orders from TSMC to Samsung Electronics, and its ongoing tight supply of processors is due mainly to ABF substrate shortages rather...
Tuesday 2 February 2021
Kinsus swings to profit in 2020 on robust BT, ABF substrates sales
IC substrate supplier Kinsus Interconnect Technology swung to net profit of NT$541 million (US$19.3 million) in 2020 from loss of NT$2.025 billion a year earlier, mainly driven by...
Friday 29 January 2021
Corning expanding 10.5G LCD glass output in China amid sales growth
Corning has disclosed it is expanding production at its 10.5G LCD glass substrate plants in China to meet stgrong demand for IT and TV applications.
Tuesday 26 January 2021
ABF substrate suppliers see clear order visibility stretch into 2H21
Taiwan-based IC substrate providers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have seen the visibility of orders for ABF substrates extend to second-half...
Monday 25 January 2021
BT substrate shipments for 5G handset SoCs may slow down in 2Q21
Taiwan's IC substrate suppliers will continue to enjoy robust shipments of BT-based FCCSP substrates for handset SoCs throughout first-quarter 2021, but may see off-season impacts...
Friday 22 January 2021
Kinsus to expand ABF substrate capacity by 30% in 2021
Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology plans to restore a fire-hit flexible PCB (FPCB) plant in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, and convert it to produce ABF substrates...