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Friday 1 April 2022
Samsung may outsource more OLED DDI production to Taiwan
Samsung Electronics is likely to step up its outsourcing of OLED display driver ICs in 2022 and 2023, with Novatek Microelectronics and other Taiwan-based DDI suppliers being pinpointed...
Thursday 24 March 2022
Handset TDDI chip prices to fall further in 2Q22
Handset TDDI (touch/display driver integration) chip prices will likely fall more significantly in the second quarter of 2022, as handset sales particularly sales by Chinese vendors...
Friday 18 March 2022
Backend demand for TV SoCs, large-size DDIs may rebound in 2H22
TV SoC and large-size display driver IC (DDI) packaging demand will have a chance to rebound in the second half of 2022, as the FIFA World Cup 2022 slated for November 21-December...
Friday 18 March 2022
Large-size DDI prices come under downward pressure
Prices for large-size display driver ICs (DDI) have come under downward pressure, due to TV sales staying in low gear and demand for PC and monitor applications facing a slight downturn,...
Friday 11 March 2022
IC design houses expect lower-than-expected shipments in 1H22
Taiwan-based IC design houses have quietly revised downward their shipment targets for the first half of 2022, due mainly to disappointing smartphone sales, according to industry...
Friday 11 March 2022
Taiwan IC design houses focus more on automotive electronics
Taiwan-based IC design houses including display driver IC (DDI) companies, network IC specialist, and suppliers of sensors, audio chips and MEMS microphones have all put increased...
Tuesday 8 March 2022
Chinese phonemakers hope to hike sales with multiple 5G models
China-based smartphone brands are expected to flood non-Chinese handset markets with entry-level to mid-range 5G models in 2022 in hopes to improve their sales amid weakening smartphone...
Thursday 24 February 2022
Taiwan chipmakers see their role in global EV supply chain grow
The role of Taiwan's IC industry is growing amid the persistent shortage of automotive chips.
Tuesday 22 February 2022
Himax now world's top automotive DDI vendor
Taiwan-based display driver IC specialist Himax Technologies is firmly the world's top vendor of automotive DDIs with a global market share of 40% after seeing shipments of such chips...
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 4Q 2021
Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments arrived at 72.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2021, down 1.7% sequentially and 3% on year.
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 4Q 2021
Taiwan's small-to-medium-size panel shipment went down over 20% sequentially and 4.3% on year to come to 184.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2021 as demand for feature phone...
Monday 14 February 2022
Novatek expects flat revenue growth in 1Q22
IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$35.8 billion (US$1.28 billion) and NT$36.8 billion for the first quarter of 2022, compared with the...
Monday 31 January 2022
Uneven chip supplies not necessarily all bad: Q&A with ChipMOS Technologies chair SJ Cheng
Taiwan's semiconductor packaging and testing sector has scored its best-ever business results over the past two years, with the display driver IC (DDI) backend segment also logging...
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Sufficient OLED DDI supply for notebooks unlikely within 2 years
With Samsung Electronics and other Korea-based panel vendors looking to promote OLED displays for notebooks, OLED display driver ICs (DDI) will see promising demand for notebook applications,...
Thursday 20 January 2022
Chipbond, ChipMOS to raise backend quotes by 10-20% in 1Q22
Display driver IC (DDI) backend houses Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies both plan to raise their quotes by 10-20% later in the first quarter of 2022, according to industry...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research