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Thursday 2 January 2014
MediaTek to control over 50% of smartphone touchscreen controller IC market in China
MediaTek could control over a 50% share of the smartphone-use touchscreen controller IC market in China after the Taiwan-based design house officially merges with fellow company MStar...
Tuesday 17 December 2013
Memory controller IC designer Skymedi to report loss for 2013
NAND flash controller IC design house Skymedi is likely to report a loss for 2013 due to a significant cut in orders from a major client, according to market observers.
Friday 6 December 2013
Digitimes Research: Melfas emerging as leading touchscreen controller IC player in Korea
While international IC players such as Atmel, Cypress and Synaptics are currently dominating the global touchscreen controller IC market, Melfas, Zinitix and Imagis Technology are...
Wednesday 4 December 2013
Linear releases 80V buck-boost lead acid, lithium battery charging controller
Linear Technology has announced the LT8490, a synchronous buck-boost battery charging controller for lead acid and lithium batteries, featuring automatic maximum power point tracking...
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Touchscreen controller IC vendor FocalTech reports profits down for 3Q13, says paper
Touchscreen controller IC vendor FocalTech Systems has reported net profits of NT$287 million (US$9.72 million) for the third quarter of 2013, decreasing 18.4% from the previous quarter...
Monday 18 November 2013
Prices of Windows 8 touchscreen controller chips to continue to fall in 2014
Prices of Windows 8-enabled touchscreen controller ICs are expected to continue to fall in 2014 even though prices of these devices have declined 50% since 2013, according to industry...
Monday 11 November 2013
Kingston to expand purchases of USB 3.0 flash drive controllers, say sources
Kingston Technology reportedly plans to expand its purchases of USB3.0 flash drive components, which is expected to boost the penetration rate for drives with USB 3.0, according to...
Friday 8 November 2013
Touchscreen controller IC vendor FocalTech debuts on TSE
FocalTech Systems, a leading supplier of touchscreen controller ICs for smartphones, debuted on the Taiwan Stock Exchange on November 8 with an initial offering of NT$250 (US$8.49)...
Thursday 7 November 2013
Elan 4Q13 revenues to slide 3-6% sequentially
Touchscreen controller IC vendor Elan Microelectronics expects its revenues to slip 3-6% sequentially to NT$1.78-1.94 billion (US$60.5-65.94 million) in the fourth quarter of 2013,...
Thursday 24 October 2013
Touchscreen controller IC prices to drop 20-30% in 2014
Prices of touchscreen controller ICs are expected to drop 20-30% in 2014, down from current levels of US$1.2-1.5 per unit for high-end smartphones and below US$1 for entry-level models,...
Wednesday 16 October 2013
China market: MediaTek Group to account for 60% of smartphone touch controller IC market in 2H13
Goodix and MStar Semiconductor, two associate companies of MediaTek, jointly took a 50% share of the smartphone-use touch controller IC market in China in the first half of 2013,...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Kyocera adopts Pixart capacitive touch controllers for smartphones
Pixart Imaging has announced that the new generation of its capacitive touch controller ICs, which supports up to 10 touch points, have been adopted by Kyocera for the Japan-based...
Wednesday 21 August 2013
Touchscreen controller IC vendors adding stylus functions
Touchscreen controller IC vendors, including Elan Microelectronics and Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) are adding stylus functions into their touchscreen solutions to meet demand from...
Thursday 25 July 2013
Elan, EETI touch ICs to be featured in touch panel reference designs
Touch controller IC design houses Elan Microelectronics and Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) will have their solutions incorporated in the touch panel reference designs provided by...
Monday 8 July 2013
EETI optimistic about 3Q12 after revenues hit 26-month high in June
Touchscreen controller IC vendor Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) expects its monthly revenues to climb upward month-on-month in the third quarter of 2013 after its sales hit a 26-month...