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Thursday 20 April 2017
Powerchip chairman expects long-term DRAM shortage
The supply of DRAM memory is likely to stay tight for a substantial period of time, according to Frank Huang, chairman for Taiwan-based pure-play foundry Powerchip Technology.
Tuesday 11 April 2017
ChipMOS 1Q17 revenues slip 2%
ChipMOS Technologies, a backend house targeting the LCD driver IC and memory chip sectors, saw its first-quarter revenues slip about 2% sequentially and outperform its estimate of...
Friday 7 April 2017
Powerchip JV fab in China ready for trial production in June
Powerchip Technology's joint venture fab in Hefei, China will be ready for trial production in June 2017, according to Frank Huang, CEO for the Taiwan-based pure-play foundry.
Thursday 8 December 2016
Analog, LCD driver IC firms seeing orders slow down
Taiwan-based analog and LCD driver IC design specialists have seen their customers, mainly China-based ones, slow down their pace of orders which could result in lower revenues for...
Thursday 8 September 2016
Samsung lowering foundry quotes to vie for orders
Samsung has cut its foundry quotes to vie for new orders particularly for LCD driver ICs, power management ICs and CMOS image sensors, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Taiwan LCD driver IC firms positive about 3Q16
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC firms are optimistic about their performance during the third quarter of 2016 judging from a pull-in of short lead-time orders for large-size panel applications...
Thursday 7 July 2016
LCD driver IC vendor Novatek sales down in June, upbeats for 3Q16
LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics saw its revenues decline 3.5% on month and 10.8% on year to NT$3.737 billion (US$115.35 million) in June.
Thursday 26 May 2016
UltraChip revenues to rise in 2Q, 3Q16
LCD driver IC firm UltraChip is expected to report on-year revenue growth of 20-30% for the second and third quarters of 2016, according to market sources.
Tuesday 24 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Korea LCD driver IC vendor Silicon Works sees revenues hit record high in 2015
Combined revenues of Korea's major LCD driver IC vendors reached a record high of KRW419.4 billion (US$353.97 million) in 2015, with Silicon Works, a subsidiary of LG Electronics,...
Friday 13 May 2016
Panel demand picking up, say IC firms
Short lead-time orders for small-size panels are flowing in while orders for large-size panels have been picking up. Taiwan-based analog IC and LCD driver IC firms are expected to...
Wednesday 4 May 2016
FocalTech looks to double-digit shipment growth in 2Q16
FocalTech Systems, which designs and develops touchscreen and LCD driver IC solutions for smartphones and other mobile devices, expects to post a double-digit sequential increase...
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Driver-IC backend houses lower quotes to woo orders
LCD driver IC packaging and testing houses Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies have both decided to lower their quotes following in the footsteps of their China- and South...
Wednesday 3 February 2016
Novatek looks to 5-9% revenue decrease in 1Q16
IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects to post a revenue decrease of 5-9% sequentially in the first quarter of 2016. Novatek estimated that revenues for the first quarter...
Thursday 24 December 2015
ChipMOS to expand production capacity for LCD driver ICs
Packaging and testing company ChipMOS Technologies is expected to expand production capacity for LCD driver ICs during 2016 as the company is positive about Ultra HD TV demand, according...
Thursday 10 December 2015
New TSMC fab in China likely to target orders for driver ICs, touchscreen solutions
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) planned 12-inch wafer fab in China could be vying for 16nm chip orders from China's local IC design houses specializing in the...