Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) expects to enjoy another quarter of record-high revenues in the third quarter of 2018, thanks to continued strong demand for 8-inch foundry...
IC foundries have seen their 8-inch fabs run at full utilization, but order visibility for their 12-inch fab capacity is becoming unclear, according to industry sources.
With the advent of the 5G era, artificial intelligence (AI) applications will be in full swing, prompting chipmakers to develop multiple xPU chips beyond Intel's CPU and Nvidia's...
Demand for TDDI (touch and display driver integration) chips is set to ramp up starting the third quarter, with Taiwan-based backend firms including Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS...
The most important evolution in the LCD driver IC packaging sector in 2018 is that the COF (chip on film) package process has become a crucial alternative to COG (chip on glass) for...
Taiwan-based IC design houses have expressed caution about their gross margin performance in the second half of 2018, as they will encounter rising costs including higher quotes asked...
Second-tier IC foundries based in China and Taiwan are planning to hike quotes for 8-inch capacity by 20-30% in the third quarter of 2018, according to sources in the Taiwan IC design...
Thanks to strong rush orders from China smartphone makers, Taiwan-based suppliers of LCD driver ICs are all optimistic about revenue growths in the second quarter of 2018, but their...
LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenue growth of 19-23% sequentially in the second quarter of 2018, citing growing demand for smartphones.
Taiwan's LCD driver IC designers have turned conservative about scoring significant revenue increases for the second quarter of 2018, as makers of larger-size panels for TV, LCD monitors...
Chip demand from China-based handset companies is picking up and will buoy sales performance at related chip suppliers, such as application processor designer MediaTek and LCD driver...
Samsung Electronics has announced more value added 8-inch (200mm) technology solutions for its foundry customers. On top of its existing embedded flash memory (eFlash), power, display...
ChipMOS Technologies expects to see tight production capacity for COF (chip-on-film) packaging in 2018, and is optimistic about demand for NOR flash and niche-market DRAM memory.
LCD driver IC backend specialist Chipbond Technology saw its net profits increase 13.1% to a three-year high of NT$2.25 billion (US$76.9 million) in 2017. EPS for the year reached...
