Taiwan's ChipMOS Technologies is looking to diversify its memory customer base, while having lowered its dependence on Spansion significantly, according to company sources. The IC...
Driver IC design houses Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology have both said they believe the current uptick in orders will continue into the second quarter driven by demand for...
Taiwan analog IC designers Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Macroblock and Advanced Analog Technology (AAT) all saw sharp growth in February, thanks to rush orders for PC, notebook...
Most packaging and testing houses, including Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industry (SPIL), saw significant increases in sales in February, thanks...
Utilization at Taiwan's driver IC designers may slide to 30-40% in the first quarter of 2009, due to collapsing demand for LCD TVs and consumer electronics products, market watchers...
Taiwan-based IC design house Macroblock reportedly has received lighting product-use LED driver IC orders from Chinese and European companies and will begin shipments in March. Macroblock...
Driver IC packaging and testing companies Chipbond Technology, ChipMOS Technologies and King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) recently have been able to receive mostly rush or short-term...
Himax Technologies has reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2008. Fourth-quarter sales were US$124.3 million, representing a 53.5% decrease from 2007...
Honeywell has announced that the company has granted Acer rights under US patent titled "Flicker-Free Liquid Crystal Display Driver System" in the design and manufacture...
Driver IC maker Sitronix Technology is expected to see its revenues tumble 30-40% sequentially in the first quarter of 2009 after the company recently reported that revenues dropped...
Orise Technology has reported January sales of NT$141 million (US$4.19 million), up 2% on month. January sales of Novatek Microelectronics were NT$904 million, representing an slight...
With first-tier LCD panel makers suffering losses in the fourth quarter of 2008, components suppliers will be engaged in an exceptionally intense price war in the first quarter of...
LED driver IC supplier Macroblock forecasts its first-quarter sales are to drop 10-20% from the fourth quarter of 2008 because customers are entering the slow period, although the...
MagnaChip Semiconductor, an analog and mixed-signal chip designer, has announced the unveiling of its high-end WVGA resolution supported AMOLED driver chip, the EA8850, for the high...
The global power management (PW) and driver IC market will experience a revenue decline of around 3% in 2009, mainly due to the current slowdown in consumer spending, IMS Research...
