Case study of 2 AFE ICs confirms significant potential for small IC vendors, says Petrov Group

Apr 9, 14:10

Can a small fabless analog vendor compete with the top-five analog IC vendors in global markets? This question is being asked often, especially in the context of emerging China-based...

Socle 1Q12 revenues hit record

Apr 17, 15:03

Socle Technology, an IC design service company partnering with Globalfoundries, hit record high revenues in the first quarter, with sales from the ASIC segment reaching NT$185 million,...

Global Unichip, Alchip developing ASIC solutions for TD-LTE networks

Jun 20, 11:30

Taiwan-based fabless IC design service companies Global Unichip and Alchip Technologies have both reportedly received orders for TD-LTE ASIC solutions from system players in China,...

Consumer electronics IC suppliers face cost challenges, says iSuppli

Oct 15, 11:56

The consumer electronics market continues to hold tremendous growth potential as it rebounds from the recession, but semiconductor vendors operating in this fragmented space will...

System-critical semiconductor market set to grow 21% in 2010, says iSuppli

Sep 23, 10:26

Growth projected this year for core silicon eclipses the previous high of 17.9% in 2004, and it also more than erases the contraction in 2009, according to iSuppli. Moreover, revenues...

Faraday sees profits up nearly 9% sequentially in 2Q10

Aug 2, 14:49

Faraday Technology, an ASIC vendor, has posted net profits of NT$265 million (US$8.28 million) for the second quarter of 2010, increasing 8.9% from the previous quarter. Second-quarter...

Faraday landing more ASIC solution orders from PC and telecom sectors

Apr 26, 14:31

Faraday Technology has been experiencing strong demand for ASIC solutions from the PC and telecom sectors since the second quarter of 2010, company CSO Steve Wang said at the company's...

Fujitsu Microelectronics and TSMC cooperate on 28nm

Aug 27, 14:53

Fujitsu Microelectronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on August 27 announced that they have agreed to collaborate on 28nm process technology targeting foundry...

Global Unichip to volume produce 40nm PCIe Gen2 IP by end of 2009

Aug 11, 09:28

Global Unichip has announced that its recent success on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)'s 40nm G process PCIe Gen2 IP has been validated in the data rate that ranges...

MIPS and EE Solutions team for China and Taiwan markets

Jul 9, 16:27

MIPS Technologies and EE Solutions, an ASIC and SoC design solution provider in Taiwan, have announced they are teaming to provide semiconductor companies in China and Taiwan with...

Quanta, Pixart partner to develop CMOS optical-touch solutions

Jun 23, 12:32

Quanta Computer and Pixart Imaging have announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which will see Quanta delegate optical touch ASIC designs to Pixart to...

Market for key system semiconductors set for recovery, says iSuppli

May 6, 11:07

The market for core silicon semiconductors, which are key system ICs including application-specific ICs (ASICs), application-specific standard products and programmable logic devices,...

Faraday launches PCIe 2.0 at 90nm

Apr 30, 17:01

Taiwan-based fabless ASIC and IP provider Faraday Technology has announced that their PCIe GenII PHY, developed based on the PCI Express 2.0 specification, has passed PCI-SIG APAC...

Faraday expects 50% revenue growth in 2Q09

Apr 28, 17:09

Fabless ASIC and IP company Faraday Technology has estimated it will enjoy a revenue increase of 50% sequentially in the second quarter of 2009, with digital camera chips likely to...

MEMS firm SensorDynamics to place ASIC orders with TSMC

Apr 16, 15:27

SensorDynamics, a semi-fabless semiconductor company that specializes in automotive and industrial-use gyroscopes, plans to outsource its MEMS front-end production to Taiwan Semiconductor...

SiTime outsourcing MEMS oscillator production to TSMC

Feb 19, 16:25

MEMS-based silicon timing solutions provider SiTime is outsourcing the production of its MEMS oscillators to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) with Carsem handling...

Economic recession lowers expectations for crucial system-level chips, says iSuppli

Dec 18, 10:48

Revenues from global shipments of core silicon ICs-application specific standard products (ASSPs), application specific ICs (ASICs) and programmable logic devices (PLDs)-is set to...

Chartered said to be taking major stake in Socle

Jun 6, 11:25

Chartered Semiconductor has plans to take a major stake in Taiwan-based Socle, an IC design service company that provides system-on-chip (SoC) platform solutions and services, according...