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Thursday 12 February 2009
Driver IC maker Sitronix to see revenues drop 30-40% sequentially in 1Q09
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...
Monday 9 February 2009
Driver IC makers Orise and Novatek report better-than-expected January sales
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...
Monday 2 February 2009
Huge losses prompt panel makers to press for more component price cuts, says WitsView
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...
Thursday 22 January 2009
Macroblock optimistic about LED billboard panel market in 2009
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...
Friday 9 January 2009
Korea-based MagnaChip unveils WVGA resolution supported AMOLED driver chips for handsets
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...
Monday 22 December 2008
Power management and driver IC market to fall 3% in 2009, says IMS Research
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...
Friday 12 December 2008
Ene to have 10-15% sales from LED driver ICs next year, says paper
Ene Technology is optimistic about its LED drive ICs for decoration and lighting applications, whose sales proportion will increase to 10-15% in 2009, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 12 December 2008
Chipbond to see losses for four straight quarters
Driver IC packaging and testing house Chipbond Technology's November sales were only NT$277 million (US$8.32 million), down 36% from October and lower than the company's breakeven...
Monday 8 December 2008
Driver IC suppliers see sharp sales declines in November
Driver IC designers Novatek Microelectronics, Orise Technology and Raydium Semiconductor all have reported sharp sequential declines in November sales.
Wednesday 3 December 2008
Driver IC maker Macroblock to ship LED lighting applications next year, says paper
Despite that Taiwan IC designers are facing difficulties in the fourth quarter, sales of LED driver IC supplier Macroblock are still expected to stay flat from the third quarter....
Wednesday 26 November 2008
Large-size driver IC designers eyeing small- to medium-size solutions
With demand for large-size LCD panels remaining in the doldrums, driver IC designers are placing more emphasis on the small- to medium-size segment, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Semiconductor distributor Niching to see sales up while profits drop in 2008
Although Semiconductor distributor Niching Industrial has seen sales growth in 2008 thanks to strong shipments of memory module and memory card substrates, profits have declined due...
Monday 10 November 2008
Driver IC designer Sitronix outperforms Orise in October
Driver IC supplier Orise Technology has reported October sales at NT$407 million (US$12.41 million), down 18.6% on month to mark the company's first sales decline since July. Another...
Wednesday 5 November 2008
Driver IC packaging and testing houses to see utilization drop to 55-66% in 4Q08
Driver IC packaging and testing houses Chipbond Technology, International Semiconductor Technology (IST), and ChipMOS Technologies will see their utilization rates drop to 55-60%...
Wednesday 29 October 2008
Novatek sales drop, but margins rise in 3Q08
Driver IC designer Novatek Microelectronics saw its revenues drop to NT$6.91 billion (US$260.49 million) in the third quarter from NT$7.24 billion in the second quarter, but margins...