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Tuesday 21 October 2008
IC design house Zentel lists on OTC market
IC design house Zentel Electronics listed on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) stock market today (October 21). The company's main products are niche DRAM designs targeting consumer...
Wednesday 15 October 2008
MediaTek sourcing geomagnetic sensors from Yamaha
MediaTek is sourcing geomagnetic sensors from Yamaha to be bundled with its own handset chips, amid rampant speculation that the IC designer has plans to develop its own MEMS solutions,...
Thursday 9 October 2008
Afatech ships record amount of NAND flash controllers in 3Q08
NAND flash controller maker Afa Technologies (Afatech) has said that its shipments of flash controller chips hit a record high of over 30 million units in the third quarter of this...
Monday 6 October 2008
Taiwan IC design companies to see on-year sales growth in 4Q08
Taiwan IC design houses are expected to see on-year sales growth in the fourth quarter this year because of the low baseline set as a result of the collapse of market demand in 2007,...
Friday 26 September 2008
Taiwan IC design houses continue price cuts due to weak order volumes
Taiwan's IC design industry is heading toward a down cycle. Although MediaTek has almost tripled its third-quarter sales guidance, Pixart Imaging (PXI), Ralink Technology, Elan Microelectronics,...
Thursday 25 September 2008
Taiwan IC makers urged to explore semiconductor market in China
Taiwan semiconductor makers should team up with EMS/ODM companies to jointly explore the IC market in China due to the lower self-sufficiency rate for ICs there, according to Clement...
Wednesday 24 September 2008
IC design houses to see strong sales in 3Q08 thanks to China employment laws
Thanks to new employment laws in China that empower employees to choose not to work overtime or else receive compensation at a higher rate, OEM/ODM IC orders are being brought forward...
Monday 15 September 2008
Broadcast RF power semiconductor market may be twice as big as originally thought
The global market for RF power semiconductors used in broadcasting is much larger than years of "conventional wisdom" have suggested, according to a new study from ABI Research...
Thursday 4 September 2008
Taiwan IC design houses excited about clone notebook demand from China
Taiwan IC design houses are excited about the substantial business from clone notebooks in China. With an influx of "white-box" consumer electronics drawing stronger sales...
Monday 11 August 2008
Weak LCD demand to constrain growth at related Taiwan IC design houses
Due to weak demand for TFT LCD panels and consumers electronics (CE) products, Taiwan IC design house Advanced Analog Technology (AAT) may see its sales decline this quarter, while...
Tuesday 5 August 2008
Growth will vary in Taiwan's IC design sector in 3Q
While the third quarter is the peak season for the Taiwan IC design market, this year expectations are not high, with players in the PC related field being more optimistic than those...
Friday 1 August 2008
Realtek expected to see sales growth of 12-15% in 3Q
Taiwan IC design house Realtek Semiconductor expects to see double-digit sales growth in the third quarter, with executive vice president of Realtek Chin-hsing Chen saying that quarterly...
Thursday 31 July 2008
Demand for locally-designed ICs heats up in China, says iSuppli
Although China's semiconductor purchasing boom is cooling down, the nation's demand for locally designed chips is heating up, with domestic consumption expected to rise by more than...
Monday 28 July 2008
3Q sales will be down from last year for some Taiwan IC design houses
Taiwan IC design companies Advanced Analog Technology (AAT), Sunplus Technology, Novatek Microelectronics, MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor all hold a conservative view about sales...
Thursday 24 July 2008
Analog IC design house Anpec expects 3Q sales growth of 30%
Although the outlook of a number of high-tech industries is unclear for the second half of 2008, global PC demand is generally expected to show a healthy increase in the third quarter,...
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