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Wednesday 8 April 2009
Driver IC firm Orise reports better-than-expected 1Q09 revenues
LCD driver IC designer Orise Technology has announced unaudited revenues of NT$644 million (US$19 million) for the first quarter of 2009, down 16% from the previous quarter. But the...
Tuesday 7 April 2009
Taiwan IC designer Realtek sees 6-month high in March revenues
Realtek Semiconductor has reported revenues of NT$1.57 billion (US$46.5 million) for March 2009, its highest monthly level since October 2008.
Monday 6 April 2009
IC designer Sonix sees 42% revenue growth in March
Sonix Technology has reported better-than-expected revenues of NT$282 million (US$8.5 million) for March, up 42% on month amid strong notebook webcam shipments. Revenues for the first...
Friday 3 April 2009
LCD driver, consumer and analog IC design houses all expected to see revenue growth in 2Q09
Taiwan LCD driver IC designers are expected to see 40-50% revenue growth in the second quarter thanks to increased panel demand, while consumer IC designers will see a 30% growth...
Wednesday 1 April 2009
MediaTek 1Q09 sales to beat guidance on increase in high-margin orders
IC design house MediaTek is expected to report stronger-than-expected revenue growth for the first quarter of 2009, beating its guidance, according to market watchers. The improvement...
Tuesday 31 March 2009
Taiwan driver IC designer Orise Technology developing in-cell touch panel technology
LCD driver IC designer Orise Technology is cooperating with Taiwan TFT-LCD panel makers to develop in-cell touch panel technology through integrating driver ICs and controller ICs...
Tuesday 31 March 2009
MediaTek expected to see 2Q revenues up 20-30% on quarter
MediaTek is expected to see its second-quarter revenues increase by 20-30% on quarter and continue maintaining revenue and profit growth in 2009 thanks to strong handset chip orders...
Monday 30 March 2009
Weltrend and Holtek step up touch panel IC development
Taiwan IC designers Weltrend Semiconductor and Holtek Semiconductor are stepping up their development of touch panel applications, expecting to see significant revenue contribution...
Monday 30 March 2009
IC designer Macroblock sees strong sales for March
IC design house Macroblock is expected to see over NT$100 million (US$2.95 million) in revenues and a gross margin of up to 50% for March amid increased short-term orders, according...
Friday 27 March 2009
Weltrend expects consumer ICs to recover in 2Q09
Weltrend Semiconductor expects to see growth for its gaming peripheral chips in the second quarter because many gaming software companies have been launching new products. In addition...
Friday 27 March 2009
ALi to see up to 30% revenue growth in 2Q09 thanks to recovering STB demand
Market watchers expect IC designer ALi to see 17% revenue growth in March and 20-30% growth in the second quarter because demand for set-top boxes (STBs) in China has recovered, and...
Friday 27 March 2009
MediaTek handset chips in short supply
White-box handset makers are seeing a shortage of MediaTek chips due to a significant rebound in China's handset market, with the Taiwan-based IC designer's order visibility having...
Thursday 26 March 2009
Analog IC maker GMT may post record high revenues in March due to short lead time orders
Taiwan analog IC designer Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) has received substantial volumes of short lead time orders from the notebook, netbook and DSC sectors since March, prompting...
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Globalfoundries already finding potential customers in Japan and Taiwan: Q&A with CEO Doug Grose
Globalfoundries, the spin-off of AMD's former manufacturing operations, is working to build its customer base in Taiwan and Japan, according to company CEO Doug Grose. Grose, who...
Wednesday 25 March 2009
Faraday subsidiary Innostor targeting external SSD market
Controller IC designer Innostor, a 18%-held affiliate of IC design service provider Faraday Technology, is targeting the external SSD market via partnerships with memory-module mak...