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Wednesday 8 May 2019
Novatek, Elan expect revenue growths in 2Q19
LCD driver IC design specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects shipments of its high-ASP and high-margin TDDI (touch and display driver integration) chips to top 20 million units...
Friday 26 April 2019
Novatek net profits more than double in 1Q19
LCD driver IC design specialist Novatek Microelectronics has reported net profits surged 114.7% from a year earlier to NT$1.97 billion (US$63.6 million) in the first quarter of 2019...
Tuesday 9 April 2019
Backend firms see significant pickup in orders for TDDI chips
Backend houses have seen orders for handset-use TDDI (touch and display driver integration) chips ramp up significantly, prompting them to allocate part of their COF (chip on film)...
Monday 25 February 2019
Development of foldable smartphones by non-Samsung players to benefit Taiwan supply chain
The planned launch of foldable smartphones by vendors other than Samsung Electronics such as Huawei and other Chinese brands, will benefit Taiwan's supply chain makers related to...
Friday 15 February 2019
Novatek expects 2-5% revenue drop in 1Q19
IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$14.6 billion (US$473 million) and NT$15 billion in the first quarter of 2019, down 2-5% sequentially...
Thursday 17 January 2019
Former Novatek employees probed over alleged trade secrets theft
Taiwan's prosecutors have launched an investigation into four former Novatek Microelectronics employees over allegations of trade secret theft.
Tuesday 8 January 2019
Novatek 4Q18 revenues beat guidance
LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics saw its fourth-quarter revenues drop 2.6% sequentially, beating the company's guidance given in early November.
Tuesday 8 January 2019
2018 review and 2019 outlook: Taiwan IC designers bracing for multiple headwinds
Most Taiwan-based IC design firms fared better than expected in 2018 despite tight wafer capacity, but they face multiple headwinds from trade war, subdued handset momentum, slower...
Thursday 20 December 2018
Foundries see orders for TDDI chips, fingerprint sensors ramp up
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both seen their fabless customers particularly those engaged in the TDDI (touch and display...
Tuesday 18 December 2018
Fierce competition to drag down prices for TDDI chips, fingerprint sensors
Prices for TDDI (touch and display driver integration) solutions and optical fingerprint sensors will be dragged down by increasingly intense competition in both chip segments during...
Monday 10 December 2018
Semiconductor Moonshot Project in full swing to sharpen AI edge, says science ministry official
The government in Taiwan, quite concerned about the future development of small- and medium-sized IC design houses in the country, is seeking to leverage academic forces to help them...
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Qualcomm, Goodix to dominate smartphone fingerprint sensor market in 2019
Qualcomm and MediaTek's China-based subsidiary Goodix Technology are expected to dominate the supply of fingerprint sensors for Android-based smartphones in 2019. This may prompt...
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Novatek expects 5-7% revenue drop in 4Q18
IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$14.6 billion (US$475.5 million) and NT$15 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018, down 5-7% sequentia...
Wednesday 24 October 2018
Chip shipments for all-screen smartphones start ramping up
Shipments of chip solutions for all-screen smartphones, such as TDDI solutions, optical fingerprint identification chips and touch controller chips, have started growing fast as chipmakers...
Thursday 11 October 2018
Shipments of TDDI chips to double in 2018, says Digitimes Research
Global shipments of TDDI (touch and display driver integration) chips are expected to more than double to 326 million units in 2018, propelled by surging demand, according to an estimate...
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