A step-down PCB is simply a multilayer PCB whose board thickness is reduced (stepped down) in a few places. The step-down is ...

SANTA ANA, CA – TTM Technologies has announced the acquisition of a 750,000 sq. ft. facility in Eau Claire, WI, and land rights for a new manufacturing site in Penang, Malaysia.

WASHINGTON – Global semiconductor sales reached $59 billion in May, a 27% year-over-year increase, according to data released today by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Sales were up 3.5% ...

After a challenging 2023, the IC substrate ecosystem is showing promising signs of recovery. According to Yole Group’s latest projections, the combined market for advanced substrate technologies is ...

How will the pandemic play out in the PCB world? Here we are, nine months into 2020, with little insight as to how the rest of the year will turn out for printed circuit fabricators. When was the last ...

SEOUL – Doosan Corp. has launched mass production at its new flexible copper-clad laminate (FCCL) plant in Gimje, North Jeolla Province, targeting the fast-growing foldable smartphone and wearable ...

MacDermid Enthone invests in RM Plating to boost advanced surface finishing solutions for Latin American industries like automotive and construction.

TAOYUAN CITY, TAIWAN – The fire that hit Unimicron’s plant here Feb. 4 was the second fire to affect the factory in the last four months, according to reports. The blaze at the PCB and IC substrate ...

GIMJE, KOREA – Doosan has opened a flexible copper-clad laminate (FCCL) plant here at the Horizon Industrial Complex. The new plant covers 13,000 sq. m. of the 82,211 sq. m. site on which it was built ...

Schmid's acidic-based through glass via (TGV) etching system is said to work seamlessly with all common glass types with CTEs ranging from 3 to 9. Reportedly delivers six to eight times higher ...

SHANGHAI -- Saying it is responding to US government bans selling American-made design software tools to China, Shanghai Hejian Industrial Software Group today opened its key product trial and ...

The industry standard formula could triple the number actually required. If a high-current trace on a board has a via going to another trace segment, the question of via size comes up. Conventional ...