Taiwan-based consumer IC designers saw second-quarter revenues increase significantly and market watchers expect them to continue to enjoy revenue growth in the third quarter.
Orders for toy ICs are on the rise and order volumes are expected to peak in August as usual, according to Taiwan consumer IC design houses. However, the total order volume may decrease...
ALi has identified set-top box (STB) chips as its key growth driver for 2009, thanks to demand from China, Europe and the Middle East. The consumer IC designer expects to see sequential...
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has revised upward its forecast of global semiconductor sales for 2009, after seeing some recovery signs along with a sales growth recorded...
Consumer IC design house Sonix Technology has said its optical touchscreen solutions are expected to be available for volume production in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Sunplus Technology expects second-quarter 2009 revenues to increase 50% sequentially to NT$1.4 billion (US$43.48 million) thanks to healthy shipments of chips for DVD players and...
Consumer IC design house Sonix Technology is estimated to generate revenues of NT$978 million (US$29.6 million), net profit of NT$161 million and gross margin of 40.39% for the second...
Toy IC orders for the year-end holiday season may drop by 50% this year as demand from North America has decreased significantly, signaling the impact of the global economic depression,...
IC designer ALi saw April revenues increase 60%, driven by set-top box (STB) demand from the digital switch, particularly in Europe. Other consumer IC designers, such as Sunplus Technology,...
Revenues at IC design houses MediaTek, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Realtek Semiconductor and Elan Microelectronics are expected to reach record highs in April due to increasing...
Greatek Electronics is expected to post a sequential growth of 30-40% in revenues in the second quarter of 2009 as order visibility has extended to June, according to estimates by...
Consumer IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor, Sunplus Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor all enjoyed double-digit sequential growth in March revenues, while seeing demand warm...
Consumer IC design houses Sonix Technology and Holtek Semiconductor have reported net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$4.43 (US$0.13) and that of NT$2.73 respectively for 2008. Sonix...
