Chip demand from the handset sector is set to be weak in the second quarter of 2020, as sales of smartphones in the end market have not yet recovered, according to sources at Taiwan-based...
Taiwan-based IC design houses have expressed caution about their sales performance in the third quarter, as order visibility for the quarter remains unclear, according to industry...
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that have disrupted business as well as consumer activities, China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi is cutting back orders to its IC suppliers...
Taiwan-based handset display driver IC backend specialists have seen customer orders slow down, with poor order visibility for the next several months, but they expect demand to rebound...
LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics saw its fourth-quarter revenues slip 0.4% sequentially, outperforming the company's estimate given previously of a 2-5% on-quarter...
TSMC and UMC are set to allocate more of their available 12-inch fab capacities for the fabrication of display driver ICs in 2020 to satisfy growing demand for applications such as...
LCD driver IC design specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$15.8 billion (US$519.3 million) and NT$16.3 billion for the fourth quarter of 2019,...
Novatek Microelectronics has seen orders increase for OLED driver ICs from China-based handset vendors, with the orders set to result in a particularly strong fourth quarter for the...
Backend demand for OLED driver ICs is set to take off in 2020, with COP (chip on plastic) and COF (chip on film) likely to co-exist as main packaging processes, according to industry...
LCD driver IC design specialist Novatek Microelectronics is expected to enjoy a strong fourth-quarter 2019, thanks to continued ramp-up in TDDI chip shipments, coupled with revenues...
Taiwan's COF (chip on film) supply chain is poised to embrace a prosperous year in 2020, as new COF solutions are expected to be massively applied to integrate optical in-display...
Taiwan's IC designers are set to ramp up shipments of diverse optical in-display fingerprint sensors for smartphone application starting in the first quarter of 2020, and backend...
Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, RichWave Technology, ZillTek Technology and Rafael Micro have seen their order visibility strengthened,...
COF substrate makers and related packaging houses are expected to operate at full capacity through the end of 2019 on robust demand from smartphone vendors, and their revenues may...
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers are expected to see customers step up their pace of orders around the end of the third quarter, with their order visibility for the fourth quarter...