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Wednesday 19 February 2020
Driver IC backend houses expect demand to rebound in 2H20
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...
Wednesday 5 February 2020
Spirox announces strategic investment in Wintest
Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes packaging and testing equipment, has struck a strategic partnership with Japan-based Wintest under which the pair will jointly develop semiconductor...
Wednesday 25 December 2019
US may tighten ban on Huawei with mixed impacts on Taiwan IC designers
The US government is reportedly mulling adjusting regulations to tighten control on Huawei's access to US-originated technology, which may bring uncertainties to Taiwan-based IC design...
Monday 23 December 2019
Synaptics to sell mobile LCD TDDI biz to Hua Capital
Synaptics has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to divest its mobile LCD TDDI business to Hua Capital through a special purpose entity backed by Hua-Capital Cayman for...
Thursday 19 December 2019
Foundries see orders for driver ICs, sensors ramp up
Taiwan- and China-based foundries have seen increases in orders for display driver ICs and sensors for use in 5G smartphones and other devices recently, with 12- and 8-inch fab utilization...
Monday 16 December 2019
TDDI chip prices to fall further in 2020
Prices of TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips are expected to drop another 10-20% in 2020, according to sources at Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers, which expressed concerns...
Thursday 12 December 2019
FocalTech to see 4Q19 revenue meet guidance
FocalTech Systems is expected to see its fourth-quarter revenues meet its estimate of slight sequential growth, but it remains to be seen whether the IC design house will remain profitable...
Wednesday 27 November 2019
NOR flash supply likely to fall short of demand in 2020
The supply of NOR flash memory is likely to fall short of demand in 2020, with the gap estimated at up to 10%, according to industry sources.
Thursday 14 November 2019
TSMC, UMC to allocate more 12-inch fab capacity for display driver IC
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...
Friday 8 November 2019
Himax expects TDDI chip sales to rebound in 1Q20
Himax Technologies expects its TDDI chip sales to rebound in the first quarter of 2020.
Thursday 7 November 2019
IC designers expect Huawei to resume order momentum in 1H20
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders from Huawei slow down recently, but remain upbeat that orders from the Chinese vendor will start picking up in the first half of 2020,...
Thursday 7 November 2019
Novatek expects up to 5% sales drop in 4Q19
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,...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Novatek poised for strong 4Q19
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...
Thursday 24 October 2019
Backend demand for OLED driver ICs to surge in 2020
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...
Tuesday 8 October 2019
Novatek likely to enjoy strong 4Q19 results
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...