Competition in the touchscreen IC solution market is set to become fiercer in 2010 as more vendors, including Holtek Semiconductor, Sonix Technology, Weltrend Semiconductor, Sitronix...
Supply of 8-bit microcontroller units (MCUs) is falling short of demand due to tight capacity in backend houses, according to industry sources. Worldwide first-tier MCU makers have...
Most Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses are expected to see their revenues decline sequentially in December 2009 due to seasonality, according to industry sources.
Microcontroller (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has estimated revenues for the first quarter of 2010 may remain flat sequentially, according to the company, adding that orders for...
Taiwan-based toy IC designers are seeing better-than-expected market demand from the US for the 2009 holiday season and expect the toy market to recover, according to the companies...
Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses, including MediaTek, Sonix Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Sunplus Technology and Realtek Semiconductor, have recently increase their wafer...
IC design houses Sunplus Technology and ALi have both reported high revenues for October 2009 thanks to strong set-top box (STB) IC demand in Europe and emerging markets.
Taiwan IC design house Holtek Semiconductor's fourth-quarter 2009 revenues are expected to be between the levels recorded in the second and third quarters, and revenues in 2010 will...
Taiwan-based IC design house Holtek Semiconductor plans to launch 32-bit microcontroller units (MCUs) in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to the company. Nuvoton Technology,...
ALi and Sunplus Technology saw revenues in the third quarter increase 20-30% sequentially driven by strong set-top box (STB) IC demand, while microcontroller unit (MCU) makers Weltrend...
Sunplus Technology has posted revenues of NT$747 million (US$22.7 million) for August 2009, up 15% on month and 74% on year to reach the highest level since September 2007. But Holtek...
Synaptics has secured touchscreen solution orders for Nokia's recently announced X-series handsets, according to market sources. Synaptics is expected to see record shipments of touchscreen...
Holtek Semiconductor may enjoy revenue growth of more than 15% sequentially in the third quarter, outperforming company estimates of 10%, according to market watchers. Order visibility...
IC design houses Sonix Technology and ALi have released first-half 2009 financial reports, recording earnings per share (EPS) of NT$1.78 (US$0.05) and NT$1.24, respectively, to become...
Taiwan-based photomask supplier Photronics Semiconductor Mask Corporation (PSMC) has seen increased mask orders for mature processes from United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC),...
