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Tuesday 23 April 2019
Taiwan IC design houses see orders for Android phones pick up
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders for Android smartphones pick up in the second quarter, thanks mainly to the upcoming rollouts of new models, according to industry so...
Wednesday 17 April 2019
KYEC, Qualcomm said to set up 5G chips engineering test center
Backend house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) reportedly will team up with Qualcomm to set up an engineering test center to be installed with 20-30 sets of equipment for testing 5G radio-frequency...
Thursday 21 March 2019
GIS to ramp up in-display fingerprint sensor shipments to Samsung starting 2Q19
General Interface Solution (GIS) is likely to be able to ramp up shipments of its in-display fingerprint sensors to Samsung Electronics starting the second quarter of 2019 after related...
Friday 15 March 2019
GIS, Egis ramping up fingerprint sensor shipments to Samsung
Taiwan-based General Interface Solution (GIS) and Egis Technology are set to maintain strong sales momentum in the first half of 2019 for ramping up their respective fingerprint sensors...
Wednesday 6 March 2019
GIS sees EPS drop sharply in 2018
Touch panel maker General Interface Solution (GIS) has reported net profits of NT$3.98 billion (US$129 million) for 2018, decreasing 42.7% from a year earlier. EPS for the year came...
Tuesday 5 March 2019
Innolux tapping into glass-based fingerprint sensor market
Flat panel maker Innolux has signed a collaboration agreement with fingerprint solution provider SuperC-Touch and fingerprint scanner supplier Startek Engineering to develop glass...
Monday 4 March 2019
Elan expects rising profits for 2019
Touch and fingerprint sensor supplier Elan Microelectronics is expected to suffer a 10% sequential decline in revenues in the first quarter due to fewer working days during the Lunar...
Friday 25 January 2019
Egistec swings to loss in 4Q18
Fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) swung to net losses of NT$40 million (US$1.3 million) in the fourth quarter of 2018, while consolidated revenues fell 24.4% sequentially...
Thursday 17 January 2019
Fingerprint sensor suppliers look to non-handset applications for profitability
With prices for handset-use fingerprint sensors continuing their downward trend due to intensifying competition among China- and Taiwan-based suppliers, Taiwan-based fingerprint sensor...
Thursday 20 December 2018
Foundries see orders for TDDI chips, fingerprint sensors ramp up
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both seen their fabless customers particularly those engaged in the TDDI (touch and display...
Tuesday 18 December 2018
Fierce competition to drag down prices for TDDI chips, fingerprint sensors
Prices for TDDI (touch and display driver integration) solutions and optical fingerprint sensors will be dragged down by increasingly intense competition in both chip segments during...
Tuesday 18 December 2018
Egistec low-price strategy to disrupt optical fingerprint sensor market, says report
Fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) has reportedly offered "extremely low" quotes to vie for orders from Samsung Electronics for the smartphone vendor's new smartphones...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
GIS, O-film to share in-display fingerprint sensor orders for Galaxy S10, say sources
Taiwan-based General Interface Solution (GIS) and China's O-film Tech are likely to share the orders for ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensors from Samsung Electronics for its...
Tuesday 27 November 2018
Egistec gearing up for optical fingerprint ID market boom
Fingerprint sensor supplier Egis Technology (Egistec) has delivered samples of its optical fingerprint identification solutions to China and Korea smartphone vendors for validation,...
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Qualcomm, Goodix to dominate smartphone fingerprint sensor market in 2019
Qualcomm and MediaTek's China-based subsidiary Goodix Technology are expected to dominate the supply of fingerprint sensors for Android-based smartphones in 2019. This may prompt...