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Friday 28 January 2011
Driver IC production at 8-inch, 0.13-micron process sees tight capacity
LCD driver IC production which is mostly undertaken by 8-inch, 0.13-micron high-voltage process at foundries at present is experiencing tight capacity, but the situation is unlikely...
Tuesday 11 January 2011
Ilitek controls over 50% share of China's handset TFT LCD driver IC market
LCD driver IC design house ILI Technology (Ilitek) currently controls more than half of China's market for handset TFT LCD driver ICs, and expects shipments to continue to increase...
Friday 7 January 2011
Novatek December revenues up on year
LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics has announced revenues of NT$3.02 billion (US$103.35 million) for December 2010, down 2% sequentially but up 25.1% on year.
Tuesday 28 December 2010
IC design houses Sitronix and ITE win major touch panel IC orders
More Taiwan-based IC design houses have entered the supply chain for the booming touch module market, with Sitronix Technology landing touch panel IC orders for smartphones from J...
Thursday 23 December 2010
LCD driver IC firm Ilitek scheduled for TSE listing
LCD driver IC design house ILI Technology (Ilitek) is scheduled to debut on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) before the Lunar New Year holidays, at the earliest, with a planned listing...
Thursday 16 December 2010
VIS says driver IC order visibility remains limited
As liquidation of panel-use driver ICs has been slower than expected, order visibility for the chips is still limited, according to Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) chairman...
Thursday 16 December 2010
Chipbond expects sales to start recovering in December
Chipbond Technology, a major Taiwan-based LCD driver IC packaging and testing house, expects December 2010 revenues to grow sequentially after having seen on-month drops over the...
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Epson develops new microcontroller to maximize e-paper performance and energy-efficient driver series
TOKYO, Japan, December 13, 2010 – Seiko Epson Corporation today announced that it has recently developed and begun shipping samples of the S1C17F57, a new 16-bit microcontroller...
Thursday 2 December 2010
Driver IC market to peak in 2010 but declines ahead, says iSuppli
Global display driver-IC (DDIC) revenues will rise by a double-digit percentage in 2010, rebounding from steep losses during the last two years, according to iSuppli. However, the...
Wednesday 1 December 2010
LCD driver IC makers venture into production of touch panel controllers
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC makers, including Himax Technologies, Sitronix Technology and ILI Technology, have begun small-volume shipments of touch panel controller ICs targeting...
Wednesday 24 November 2010
LCD driver IC market to hit bottom in November, rebound in December
LCD driver IC demand is not as bearish as expected, with shipments likely to bottom out in November and will begin to gradually rebound in December. IC design houses project fourth-quarter...
Friday 12 November 2010
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC designers to adopt 12-inch processes soon
LCD driver IC design houses will transition into 12-inch processes at the end of 2010 to the first quarter of 2011. Chipbond Technology is currently the only backend chip packager...
Wednesday 10 November 2010
Driver IC maker Himax posts 26.3% sequential revenue decline for 3Q10
TFT LCD driver IC maker Himax Technologies posted third-quarter 2010 revenues of US$138 million, down 26.3% sequentially but still meeting its adjusted forecast. Although the company...
Thursday 23 September 2010
Ilitek, Fitipower and Raydium focusing on different niche LCD driver IC segments
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC design houses ILI Technology (Ilitek), Fitipower Integrated Technology and Raydium Semiconductor have all performed well so far in 2010 although the three...
Thursday 23 September 2010
Explosive growth of LED driver ICs truly unparalleled, says Petrov Group
A bottom-up analysis of product portfolio, business performance, and technology and manufacturing trends of 25 IC vendors confirms the explosive growth of LED driver ICs, according...