Taiwan-based International Semiconductor Technology (IST) aims to swing back to profitability in the second half of 2009, as the driver IC backend supplier has enjoyed increased demand...
LCD TV makers have halted component orders, including driver ICs, power management (PWM) ICs and passive components, because of insufficient panel supply, which has added inventory...
Taiwan-based LED driver IC design houses stand a good chance of obtaining more orders because of growing global demand for LED applications as well as strong demand for LED advertising...
IC packaging and testing companies have indicated that some driver IC customers have suggested raising backend manufacturing prices to speed up production. Chipbond Technology and...
Driver IC designer Himax Technologies has announced its plans for a dual listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), with a goal to start trading at the end of this year or in early...
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC backend service providers Chipbond Technology and International Semiconductor Technology (IST) both enjoyed double-digit sequential growths in revenues...
Novatek Microelectronics and Orise Technology both saw sequential increases in their May revenues. Novatek's second-quarter revenues are expected to meet its forecast of 60% growth,...
Taiwan's LCD driver IC backend service suppliers have seen order visibility extend to October, driven by increased orders from China's LCD TV market due to the government's expanded...
Taiwan-based driver IC designer Orise Technology is working with panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) on resistive touch controllers for handset applications. Orise expects to start volume...
Tight supply of driver ICs has now significantly eased, but available capacity is still not enough to meet total demand, according to sources with IC design houses.
IC design house Ene Technology is expected to see its revenues grow over 30% sequentially to NT$350 million (US$10.64 million) in the second quarter thanks to shipments of capacitive...
Macroblock has launched a new 16-bit PWM LED driver, MBI5040, with 8-bit digital dot correction. The new digital dot correction designed in MBI5040 not only unifies the LED brightness...
IC testing house King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) stands a good chance of enjoying double-digit sales growth sequentially in the third quarter of 2009, thanks to improved order...
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Opto Tech's board of directors has decided to issue NT$1 billion (US$30.35 million) in common stock through private investment, according to a filing with...
LCD driver IC makers are being hit by tight packaging capacity at back-end service suppliers due to a shortage of chip on film (COF) tapes, according to industry sources.
