High demand amid chip shortages have been pushing out lead times for chip manufacturing equipment reports the Nikkei. The lead time for wire bonding machines, mainly supplied by Kulicke & Soffa of Singapore said to be 10 to 12 months. For wafer dicing machines, led by Japan’s Disco, delivery times are up tob5 to 8 ...

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