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Friday 22 February 2013
Sapphire substrate maker Rubicon reports 4Q12 financial results
Rubicon Technology, a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, semiconductor, and optical industries, has reported financial results for its fourth quarter...
Thursday 21 February 2013
Ta-I reportedly lands more orders for LED heat dissipation substrates
Taiwan-based Ta-I Technology is expected to significantly expand its ceramic heat dissipation substrate business in 2013, thanks to an influx of pull-in orders from LED lighting companies...
Tuesday 8 January 2013
China to account for over 20% of global glass substrate demand by 2015
With its panel makers rapidly expanding their capacity, China's demand for glass substrates has been growing fast, and is expected to account for more than one fifth of worldwide...
Wednesday 26 December 2012
December revenues to show continuous decreases, say sapphire substrate makers
Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers believe December revenues are likely to show a continuous decrease due to the low season and year-end inventory checks by downstream LED firm...
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Ceramic substrate maker Leatec to report flat 4Q12 sales
Taiwan-based Leatec Fine Ceramic, which mainly manufactures chip resistor substrates, is expected to report flat revenue growth for the fourth quarter of 2012 despite increasing sales...
Friday 9 November 2012
GaN-on-Si for LED: Q&A with Azzurro vice president of sales and marketing Erwin Ysewijn
GaN-on-Si is a new technology that has the potential to replace sapphire substrates in the LED supply chain. Erwin Ysewijn, vice president of sales and marketing at Azzurro Semiconductors,...
Thursday 1 November 2012
Silicon substrate-based LED products to enter market in 2013
The LED industry believes 8-inch silicon substrate-based LED products will appear on the market in 2013 at the earliest, two years ahead of expectations. This will likely pose challenges...
Friday 26 October 2012
IC substrate makers develop coreless substrates for thin-profile mobile devices
Major Taiwan-based IC substrate suppliers, including Nanya PCB (NPC) and Unimicron Technology, have developed coreless IC substrates for use in thin-profile mobile devices, and already...
Thursday 25 October 2012
NPC cautious about 4Q12
IC substrate supplier Nanya PCB (NPC) has expressed caution about its sales performance during the fourth quarter of 2012, citing limited visibility for the remainder of the year...
Thursday 4 October 2012
FC CSP substrate supply may be affected by explosion at Nippon Shokubai
The supply of a chemical raw materials for producing ink used in the production of FC CSP (flip chip-chip scale package) substrates may be affected after a recent explosion and fire...
Wednesday 26 September 2012
Substrate maker Leatec inaugurates new plant
Alumina substrate maker Leatec Fine Ceramics has kicked off commercial production of its new plant in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, which will focus on the production of ceramic materials...
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Sapphire substrate makers report mixed August revenues
Sapphire substrate firms such as Crystalwise and Crystal Applied have both reported on-month decreases in August revenues. Crystalwise saw August revenues fall to NT$90 million (US$3.04...
Wednesday 22 August 2012
AvanStrate releases new glass substrate products
AvanStrate has released a series of new thin and light glass substrate products in order to meet market requirements.
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...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research