Utilization at Taiwan's driver IC designers may slide to 30-40% in the first quarter of 2009, due to collapsing demand for LCD TVs and consumer electronics products, market watchers...
Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) has forecast sales and profit growth this year with increasing shipments of panel, digital still camera (DSC), LED backlight and notebook related...
Customers in China have begun to rebuild inventory levels, helping sales of Taiwan IC design companies to grow this month, according to industry sources.
Himax Technologies has announced that its handset display drivers with content adaptive brightness control (CABC) technology have been adopted by first-tier handset brands.
LCD driver IC makers may see a slight monthly sales growth in the first quarter thanks to rush orders, while order visibility is still unclear since market demand remains sluggish...
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) announced on December 22 that the company has completed development of its 0.13-micron production process with availability...
LCD driver IC companies saw sales in November drop over 30%, and December sales are expected to continue to fall. Novatek Microelectronics, Sitronix Technology and Orise Technology...
Packaging and testing house International Semiconductor Technology's (IST's) November sales were NT$193 million (US$5.78 million), representing a 34% sequential decline, the company's...
Himax Technologies has announced that its fourth-quarter results will be lower than the company's previous guidance, as customers have reduced orders amid the slowing worldwide eco...
Backend packaging and testing company Chipbond Technology is facing difficulties with a utilization rate of only 50% currently mainly due to the impact of weak panel demand on the...
Taiwan-based ILI Technology, which specializes in handset panel-use LCD driver ICs, is extending its presence to include large-size applications. The company is currently at the sample...
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC design house Orise Technology has reportedly landed new orders from US- and Japan-based handset vendors for 2009. As reported previously, the company has...
Novatek Microelectronics has reported October sales at NT$2.15 billion (US$65.62 million), down 7.94% on month, the lowest monthly total this year for the company due to weak demand...
Raydium Semiconductor, an AU Optronics (AUO) affiliate, has announced it will cancel its initial public offering (IPO) in Taiwan scheduled for the end of this year due to the unclear...
Himax Technologies has reported third-quarter net revenues at NT$230.1 million (US$7 million), representing a 5.5% decrease from NT$243.3 million for the third quarter of 2007 and...
