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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Taiwan IC design companies Advanced Analog Technology (AAT), Sunplus Technology, Novatek Microelectronics, MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor all hold a conservative view about sales...

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,...