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Thursday 22 December 2011
ALi raises 4Q11 sales forecast
Consumer IC design house ALi has revised its guidance for the fourth quarter of 2011 expecting its consolidated revenues to increase 13-17% sequentially. This is a revision from previous...
Tuesday 13 December 2011
MediaTek, Spreadtrum, MStar sharing China market of handset chips
Taiwan-based IC design house MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor and China-based fellow company Spreadtrum Communications are sharing the market demand for handset chips, according to...
Friday 9 December 2011
MStar reports on-year revenue growth for November
MStar Semiconductor has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.25 billion (US$107.7 million) for November, down 4.4% on month but up 6.5% on year, according to a company filing the...
Monday 28 November 2011
Short lead-time orders from China buoying revenues for IC design firms
Taiwan-based fabless IC firms have received an influx of short lead-time orders from clients in China recently, according to industry sources. The pull-in of orders, mainly for smartphones...
Thursday 24 November 2011
China market: 2.5G handset chipset prices falling
Prices for 2.5G handset chipsets have slipped more than 10% in the fourth quarter of 2011, and will continue to fall at the same rate in first-quarter 2012 due to continued oversupply...
Tuesday 15 November 2011
Toshiba adopts MStar-developed HbbTV solution
MStar Semiconductor has announced its HbbTV (hybrid broadcast broadband TV) solution has been selected for Toshiba's new TL and RL smart TV series, which are being released across...
Wednesday 9 November 2011
MStar taping out 3.75G handset solutions in 4Q11
Taiwan-based IC design house MStar Semiconductor will begin to tape out 3.75G handset solutions supporting TD-SCDMA and CDMA technologies soon with end market devices to hit the market...
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Intel turns away from TV chips, says IHS
With little room left to maneuver in the tough TV system-on-chip (SoC) market central to the ambitious Google TV initiative, Google partner Intel is quietly reshuffling resources...
Friday 7 October 2011
MStar, ALi September revenues up; Novatek, Richtek revenues down
IC design houses MStar Semiconductor and ALi have reported strong sales for September as fellow companies Novatek Microelectronics and Richtek Technology have suffered a sequential...
Tuesday 4 October 2011
MStar, Ali, Novtek benefiting from growing demand for STB chips in emerging markets
Taiwan IC design house MStar Semiconductor, ALi and Novatek Microelectronics are expected to receive increasing orders for set-top box (STB) chips due to growing demand in emerging...
Wednesday 28 September 2011
MediaTek, MStar may benefit if Broadcom quits TV chip production
Broadcom reportedly plans to call it quits from the chip market for TVs and Blu-ray players due to low gross margins and return on equity (ROE) generated from the product lines –...
Monday 26 September 2011
Taiwan-based IC design houses upbeat for 4Q11 and 2012 outlook
Taiwan-based IC design houses are positive about the outlook for the fourth quarter of 2011 as well as for 2012 due to increasing popularity of low-priced consumer electronics products,...
Friday 23 September 2011
MStar STB chips selected by TBC
MStar Semiconductor has announced that its set-top box (STB) solutions have been selected by cable operator Taiwan Broadband Communication (TBC).
Thursday 22 September 2011
IC packaging house Sigurd lands large volume orders for 4Q11, says paper
IC packaging and testing house Sigurd Microelectronics is expected to see its revenues grow 10% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2011 due to increasing orders from four major...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
MediaTek, MStar, Global Unichip to hike 3Q11 revenues goals
Taiwan-based IC design houses MediaTek, MStar Semiconductor and Global Unichip are expected to upwardly adjust their respective projected revenues for the third quarter of 2011 due...