PORTLAND, OR – Intel Corp. invites suppliers to participate in a technology interchange in which the semiconductor company will share its vision and reveal its requirements for the supply chain. The event – Where Are We Going? Where Do We Need to Be? – will be held May 23 at the Holiday Inn Portland Airport.
 
Intel general manager of systems manufacturing technology development Martin Rausch will keynote the event, speaking on The Inevitable Transition to HDI.
 
Other topics to be discussed include underlying issues that must be overcome as the industry makes advances in package scaling and associated board density, and what needs to happen to create pull for HDI PCBs from the OEM and ODM communities.
 
Nine industry suppliers will outline the supply chain's abilities and present gap analyses in the areas of lamination, cost-effective microvias, metallization/etching, embedded passives, board-level underfill solutions, component size and spacing reductions, assembly equipment, rework and alternative alloys.
 
For more information, contact Susan Filz, SusanFilz@ipc.org.
 
Registration form:
http://www.ipc.org/3.0_Industry/3.5_Councils_Associations/3.5.0_IPC/3.5.0.1_Suppliers/intel-0507/intel0507-REG.pdf 

TAIPEI -- Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Taiwan's second largest LCD maker, and Hon Hai announced plans to form a TV component joint venture

A Chi Mei spokeswoman said each company will contribute $14 million toward the new JV.

Hon Hai is the parent company of Foxconn, the world's largest EMS/ODM company.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Delta Group Electronics has purchased the assets of Sanford, FL-based electronics manufacturing services supplier Singletec Inc. No financial terms were disclosed.

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