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AUSTIN, TX – Flip chip and wafer-level package sales grow more than 24% compounded from 2005 to 2010, according to a new study from TechSearch International.
In the report, the research firm found that performance and form factor continue to drive flip chip. Flip chip interconnect is expanding into high performance logic to a variety of devices found in wireless products. An increasing number of suppliers of ASICs, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), DSPs, chipsets, graphics, and microprocessors are expanding their use of flip chip in package (FCIP).
In the report, the research firm found that performance and form factor continue to drive flip chip. Flip chip interconnect is expanding into high performance logic to a variety of devices found in wireless products. An increasing number of suppliers of ASICs, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), DSPs, chipsets, graphics, and microprocessors are expanding their use of flip chip in package (FCIP).
EL SEGUNDO, CA - China's slowing electronics industry growth is leading to reduced demand for semiconductors, prompting iSuppli Corp. to trim its revenue forecast for chips sold in China in 2006.
iSuppli currently expects China's 2006 semiconductor revenue to rise between 11% and 15%, which translates to $41 billion and $43 billion for the year. That’s down from the firm’s projection of 18% one year ago.
iSuppli currently expects China's 2006 semiconductor revenue to rise between 11% and 15%, which translates to $41 billion and $43 billion for the year. That’s down from the firm’s projection of 18% one year ago.
CAMBRIDGE, UK – Active RFID is said to be growing, with several applications already more than $100 million, and is responsible for more than 20% of all spent on RFID. Leading the way: The U.S. military.
New IDTechEx research indicates that the value of sales of active systems will rocket from $550 million in 2006 to $6.78 billion in 2016.
New IDTechEx research indicates that the value of sales of active systems will rocket from $550 million in 2006 to $6.78 billion in 2016.
FORT WASHINGTON, PA – Kulicke & Soffa will acquire Alphasem, supplier of die bonder equipment, from Dover Technologies for $30 million, subject to a working capital adjustment. The acquisition is expected to close around Nov. 3, K&S said today.
In a statement, vice president Christian Rheault, called the acquisition “a natural extension of K&S’s core equipment business into die bonding equipment. The die bonding process precedes the wire bonding step in semiconductor chip manufacturing, and normally utilizes adjacent floor space and a common engineering team. This supplier consolidation will enhance our ability to provide solutions to our customers across a greater span of the semiconductor assembly process.”
In a statement, vice president Christian Rheault, called the acquisition “a natural extension of K&S’s core equipment business into die bonding equipment. The die bonding process precedes the wire bonding step in semiconductor chip manufacturing, and normally utilizes adjacent floor space and a common engineering team. This supplier consolidation will enhance our ability to provide solutions to our customers across a greater span of the semiconductor assembly process.”
The die bonder market was $520 million in 2005, according to VLSI Research. Dover put Alphasem and several other business units on the block in July.
HIALEAH, FL -- Electronics contract manufacturer Simclar Inc. expects June quarter net income of $790,000 on sales of $30.5 million, compared to net income of $510,000 and sales of $21.8 million for the March quarter.
The company will restate its 2005 and March quarter 2006 financials due to accounting errors in the company's Mexico subsidiary during 2005.
The company will restate its 2005 and March quarter 2006 financials due to accounting errors in the company's Mexico subsidiary during 2005.
ARMONK, NY -- IBM Corp. last week issued layoff notices to about 400 employees of its hardware development division. The company downsized staff in Austin, TX; Burlington, VT; San Jose; Raleigh, NC; and Rochester, MN.
Employees have 30 days to secure another job within the company, according to a spokesman.
Employees have 30 days to secure another job within the company, according to a spokesman.
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