White-box handset makers are seeing a shortage of MediaTek chips due to a significant rebound in China's handset market, with the Taiwan-based IC designer's order visibility having...
Richtek Technology has forecast first-quarter sales at NT$1.14-1.22 billion (US$33.03-35.34 million), down 20-25% on year. March sales are expected to reach NT$515-595 million, representing...
Analog IC design house Richtek Technology has reported sales of NT$383 million (US$11 million) for February, up 57.6% from January and better than market expectations of NT$330 million,...
The monthly shipments of white-box notebooks to the China market have reached over 200,000 units, attracting more IC designers to join this market. But Taiwan IC designers have taken...
Customers in China have begun to rebuild inventory levels, helping sales of Taiwan IC design companies to grow this month, according to industry sources.
Taiwan-based analog IC designers Macroblock, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Richtek Technology and Advanced Analog Technology (AAT) all expect their performances in February...
Thanks to strong orders from motherboard applications as well as rush orders from the networking, handset, notebook and display segments, IC design house Richtek Technology estimates...
Many Taiwan PC-related IC design houses saw unsatisfactory sales in December and have expressed pessimism towards the first quarter because of poor order visibility.
Performances of Taiwan IC design houses were generally not satisfactory in December 2008, with some expected to report an over 30% sequential sales decline. The IC designers do not...
The December sales of Taiwan analog IC design houses Richtek Technology, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) and Advanced Analog Technology (AAT) are expected to decline over 20% sequentially...
In addition to reduced orders from customers, Taiwan IC design houses have seen a further hit to their fourth-quarter sales due to the appreciation of the NT dollar, and the first-quarter...
IC design house Richtek has reported November sales of NT$534 million (US$15.95 million), down 24.25% from October but up 2.37% on year. Accumulated sales from January to November...
After Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) lowered its fourth-quarter financial forecast, the market is speculating that Intel will also cut its fourth-quarter shipment...
Taiwan first-tier IC design companies have revised fourth-quarter sales forecasts warning that performance is unlikely to meet earlier expectations because orders have been frozen...
IC design houses Anpec Electronics and Ralink Technology have lowered their fourth-quarter guidances because of weakend orders from motherboard and notebook clients respectively,...