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Friday 23 October 2015
Utilization rates at 8-inch fabs rise
Taiwan-based IC foundries have recently landed a pull-in of orders for LCD driver ICs, analog chips and consumer ICs lifting capacity utilization rates at their 8-inch fabs, according...
Thursday 22 October 2015
Foundries asking LCD driver IC firms to switch to 12-inch wafers
IC foundries have requested their LCD driver IC clients to upgrade to 12-inch process in order to provide a stable supply for analog ICs, fingerprint sensors, MCUs, mixed-signal ICs,...
Thursday 2 July 2015
Taiwan IC design houses looking for more orders from China handset vendors
Taiwan-based IC design houses including LCD driver IC suppliers and analog chip providers have stepped up efforts to solicit orders from first-tier China-based handset vendors, according...
Wednesday 13 May 2015
TI strengthens analog market share, says IC Insights
Texas Instruments (TI) was again the leading supplier of analog devices in 2014 with US$8.1 billion in sales, and increased its analog market share to 18%, while Skyworks Solutions...
Thursday 5 March 2015
Global Unichip utilizes Cadence analog IP to implement WiGig-enabled SoC on 28nm process
Cadence Design Systems has announced that Global Unichip achieved first-silicon success integrating tri-band analog front-end (AFE) intellectual property (IP) with WiGig (IEEE 802.11ad),...
Thursday 15 January 2015
Globalfoundries and Linear to offer joint analog solution for wearables and MEMS sensors markets
Contract chipmaker Globalfoundries and Linear Dimensions Semiconductor, which specializes in low-power analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, have announced that they are working...
Friday 26 December 2014
First-tier analog IC suppliers eye sales rebound in 2015
Taiwan-based first-tier analog IC design houses, including Richtek Technology, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) and Macroblock are likely to see a strong rebound in sales in 2015,...
Thursday 14 August 2014
Analog IC vendors bracing for strong sales in 3Q14
Analog IC vendors are set to post strong sales in the third quarter of 2014 thanks to the roll-outs of new smartphones, tablets and LED lighting products, according to industry sou...
Thursday 14 August 2014
Analog IC vendor GMT to see revenues grow 2-12% in 3Q14
Analog IC vendor Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) expects its sales to grow 2-12% sequentially in the third quarter of 2014, but gross margin to drop to 33-36% from 36.48% during...
Thursday 7 August 2014
Analog IC vendors landing more short lead time orders from PC sector
Taiwan-based analog IC vendors have received more short lead time orders from downstream PC clients, indicating that demand for analog ICs in the third quarter will be stronger than...
Wednesday 25 June 2014
GKB launches the Effio-V analog cameras to reinforce analog line-up
GKB is launching seven new 800 TVL cameras: GKB 3818, 3518, 5418,1318, 6018, 4218, 6918 and 2718. These cameras are designed with Sony's latest Effio-V sensor. The Sony Effio-V technology...
Monday 31 March 2014
Richtek, GMT ramping analog IC shipments
Analog IC design houses Richtek Technology and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) are expected to see their shipments of power management (PWM) ICs for smartphone and tablet applications...
Tuesday 25 March 2014
Analog IC vendors to see sales and profits grow in 2014
Taiwan-based analog IC vendors are expected to see their sales and profits grow in 2014, buoyed by the release of new products for smartphone, tablet, LED lighting, server, STB and...
Friday 14 March 2014
Analog IC vendor On-Bright reports strong profit growth for 2013
Analog IC vendor On-Bright Electronics has reported net profits of NT$540 million (US$17.79 million) for 2013, increasing 53.7% from a year earlier. The earnings translated into an...
Tuesday 11 February 2014
Analog IC suppliers set to enjoy growing market share
Taiwan-based analog IC vendors are set to further expand their market shares in 2014 thanks to emerging business opportunities in the handset, tablet, games console and LED lighting...