STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Choosing the Right GaAs Substrate Supplier in 2007.Customer Ratings of Bulk and Epitaxial GaAs Substrate The base layer of a structure such as a chip, multichip module (MCM), printed circuit board or disk platter. Silicon is the most widely used substrate for chips. Fiberglass (FR4) is mostly used for printed circuit boards, and ceramic is used for MCMs. Suppliers in 2006 BOSTON -- Strategy Analytics has released the results of surveys detailing customer ratings for their bulk and epitaxial GaAs substrate suppliers, revealing that uniformity and price are the critical parameters used by GaAs device manufacturers and epitaxial wafer suppliers when choosing a substrate supplier. The two studies, "SI GaAs Bulk Substrates 2005: Vendor Ratings and Customer Satisfaction," and "SI GaAs Epitaxial Substrates 2005: Vendor Ratings and Customer Satisfaction," summarize sum·ma·rize intr. & tr.v. sum·ma·rized, sum·ma·riz·ing, sum·ma·riz·es To make a summary or make a summary of. sum customer ratings across a range of technical and commercial parameters:
-- Technical parameters
-- Surface Finish
-- Flatness
-- Wafer Uniformity
-- Lot Uniformity
-- Lot-to-lot Uniformity
-- Commercial parameters
-- Test Data
-- Lead Time
-- Achieving delivery promise
-- Technical Support
-- Response to complaints
-- Price
"The Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) epitaxial wafer suppliers have differentiated themselves on cost. Aside from IQE IQE Internal Quantum Efficiency IQE Institute of Quantum Electronics IQE International Quantum Epitaxy IQE Indefinite-Quadratic Estimation IQE Incoming Quality Evaluation IQE Initial Qualification Evaluation (US Air Force) , none of the other epitaxial wafer suppliers could match VPEC VPEC Virginia Power Electronics Center and MBE MBE (in Britain) Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE n abbr (BRIT) (= Member of the Order of the British Empire) → título ceremonial MBE n abbr (Brit) (= Technology wafer pricing," notes Asif Anwar, GaAs service Director. "MBE Technology also had the highest rating overall as a result of strong customer ratings in both the technical and commercial parameters." "Customers rated the top three suppliers of SI GaAs bulk substrates, Sumitomo Electric Industries Sumitomo Electric Industries (住友電気工業 , Hitachi Cable Hitachi Cable, Ltd. (日立電線株式会社 and Freiberger Compound Materials, highly for technical parameters, with little difference between the three," observes Stephen Entwistle, VP of the Strategy Analytics Strategic Technologies Practice. "We did see changes in the rank order for commercial performance and in particular, we have seen considerable improvement in AXT's commercial ratings." About Strategy Analytics Strategy Analytics, Inc. - a global research and consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a - provides timely insights and strategic business solutions to companies operating at the convergence of information, communications and entertainment technologies. With worldwide headquarters in Boston, MA, and principal offices in England, France and Germany, Strategy Analytics focuses on market opportunities and challenges in the areas of Automotive Electronics & Multimedia, Digital Consumer, Wireless Strategies and Enabling Technologies. For more information, see www.strategyanalytics.com |
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