Foundry, packaging materials in tight supply

Prices for IT panels have been climbing due to worsening supply-demand imbalnce triggered by the tight supply of upstream materials and components, including LCD driver ICs and glass substrates, according to industry sources......»»

The US trade ban against China-based SMIC has restricted the pure-play foundry's capability of obtaining semiconductor equipment f.....»»

Supply of polysilicon and solar wafers has turned tight in the China market, sending many Chinese PV firms signing long-term contracts to secure the materials, according to industry sources......»»

Robust orders for advanced fabrication and packaging services at TSMC have prompted the foundry to team up with Materials Analysis Technology (MA-tek) and Integrated Service Technology (iST) to satisfy th.....»»

In addition to its tight 7nm chip supply, with delivery lead times extending to over six months, pure-play foundry TSMC has seen its supply of 16nm, 12nm and 10nm chips also fall short of demand recently, according to industry sources......»»

Backend house Powertech Technology (PTI) has seen its order visibility extend to the third quarter of 2018, but expressed concerns that tight supplies of certain components and materials will affect its supply......»»

Foundry houses raising quotes for 8-inch capacity amid tight supply.....»»

Taiwan IC backend service firms have seen increasing flip-chip packaging orders from China chipmaker .....»»

The global supply of notebooks and other PCs will remain constrained all the way to the third quarter of this year as components continue to be in tight supply, according to Acer chairman and CEO Jason Chen......»»

Qualcomm reportedly has extended the delivery lead times for its mobile chips as the global semiconductor supply chain remains under pressure amid tight capacity, according to industry sources......»»

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Employment and new orders improved in February but rising materials prices and supply-chain delays raised concerns amo.....»»

China-based power MOSFET and other power device suppliers have already raised their quotes by 10-15% recently amid tight foundry capacity, and will make another upward price adjustments, according to industry sources......»»

LCD panel prices will continue rising in March after moving up in February, as supply remains constrained due to shortages of upstream chips and materials despite strong demand from downstream clients, according to industry sources......»»

As supply of high-end BT substrates has turned tight in the first quarter of 2021, .....»»

High-end UV-C LED chips have been in tight supply along with increasing demand for disinfection applications in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to industry sources......»»

A rally in DRAM and flash memory prices will boost Winbond Electronics' memory business revenue in March and April, according to Pei-Ming Chen, president for the specialty DRAM and NOR flash chip specialist......»»

Components and materials have been in short supply for the IT upply chain, and the shortages may have been further compounded by a fire that hit Unimicron's BT substrate plant i.....»»

The supply of SSD device controller ICs remains tight, which may continue to boost SSD prices despite sufficient NAND chip supplies, according to industry sources......»»

The supply of notebook-use chi.....»»