ASE to buy Toshiba backend plant in China

May 16, 11:34

IC packager Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) announced on May 15 that the company has reached a deal with Toshiba Semiconductor (Wuxi) in China to acquire its chip assembly...

Generalplus switching to 32-bit MCUs

Jan 15, 12:30

Consumer IC specialist Generalplus has developed a new line of 32-bit microcontroller solutions targeting smart home appliances and motor control systems, in addition to its current...

Consumer IC supplier Weltrend 4Q12 sales to decrease 5-10%

Nov 27, 15:16

Fourth-quarter revenues at Weltrend Semiconductor are expected to register a 5-10% sequential decrease, as shipments of its core products, including display ICs, motor ICs and MCUs...

MediaTek to ship 20 million smartphone solutions in September, say sources

Sep 25, 01:15

MediaTek is expected to ship 20 million units of smartphone solutions in September, 33% higher than the 15 million units projected by industry watchers previously. Consequently, MediaTek's...

Taiwan consumer IC designers post mixed August results

Sep 18, 11:45

Consumer IC design houses Nuvoton Technology and Sonix Technology saw their August sales slip on month, while Generalplus Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Feeling Technology and...

Consumer IC designers post mixed July results

Aug 10, 16:02

Consumer IC design houses Generalplus Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Nuvoton Technology, Princeton Technology, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor have reported mixed results...

Consumer IC designers conservative about 3Q12 business

Jul 24, 13:52

Taiwan-based design houses of consumer ICs, including Holtek Semiconductor, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor, generally hold a conservative business outlook for the third...

Consumer IC supplier Sonix sees weak 3Q12 sales

Jul 17, 15:16

IC design house Sonix Technology has expressed caution about its sales performance during the third quarter of 2012, due to a slowing in IC orders for notebook webcams and consumer...

Most consumer IC design houses report healthy gains for 2Q12

Jul 11, 12:06

Second-quarter sales performance for most Taiwan-based consumer IC designers has been strong although some vendors have reported a decline in revenues for June, according to industry...

Consumer IC supplier Sonix positive about 2Q12

Jun 19, 01:10

IC design house Sonix Technology has revealed that combined revenues for April and May come close to the total reached in the first quarter of 2012, and expressed optimism about its...

Consumer IC vendors look to 30% sequential sales growth in 2Q12

Jun 12, 09:38

Consumer IC vendors including Nuvoton Technology, Sonix Technology, Generalplus Technology and Holtek Semiconductor all have reported strong sales for May, and industry sources indicated...

Consumer IC designers likely to see 2Q12 sales grow over 20%

Mar 27, 11:57

Taiwan-based consumer IC design specialists including Elan Microelectronics, Generalplus Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Nuvoton Technology, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor...

ALi raises 4Q11 sales forecast

Dec 22, 01:00

Consumer IC design house ALi has revised its guidance for the fourth quarter of 2011 expecting its consolidated revenues to increase 13-17% sequentially. This is a revision from previous...

Consumer IC vendors look to flat performance in 3Q11

Aug 1, 15:55

Although most Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses posted strong revenue gains in the second quarter of 2011 thanks to short lead-time MCU orders amid reports of possible short...

Taiwan IC design houses expect on-month growth in June revenues

May 27, 14:41

Most Taiwan-based IC design houses have reported an improvement of order visibility for the third quarter of 2011 and predicted their revenues will swing back to a growth track due...

Consumer IC designers to post over 20% sequential revenue growth in 2Q11

May 18, 14:59

Most Taiwan-based consumer IC makers, including Sonix Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Elan Microelectronics and Alpha Microelectronics, are expected to record a 20% sequential growth...

Consumer IC vendor Weltrend to deal out cash dividends NT$0.75 for 2010

Stockwatch - Mar 23, 17:07

Consumer IC design house Weltrend Semiconductor has announced net profits of NT$198.32 million (US$6.71 million) for 2010, increasing 45% from a year earlier. The earnings translated...

Elan, Sonix sales down in February

Mar 7, 11:52

Consumer product IC designers Elan Microelectronics and Sonix Technology both saw revenues decline by a double-digit rate sequentially in February 2011.

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...

Nuvoton begins trading on TSE mainboard

Stockwatch - Sep 27, 16:14

Nuvoton Technology, a logic IC subsidiary of Winbond Electronics, started trading on the main board of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) today (September 27). Its share price opened...

Consumer IC design house Sonix looks to declining sales for 3Q10

Newswatch - Sep 1, 14:08

Consumer IC design house Sonic Technology expects its third-quarter revenues to drop slightly from the level recorded in the second quarter due to declining shipments of notebook...

Lead time at 8-inch fabs drops to less than two weeks

Aug 24, 11:54

Lead times at foundries are shrinking, with 8-inch manufacturing falling to less than two weeks compared to over 10 weeks earlier in 2010, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC...

MediaTek handset solution shipments increasing

Aug 20, 12:02

MediaTek has seen shipments of its new generation handset solutions, including MT6253, 6216 and 6268, increasing significantly after the company slashed prices in early July, according...

Greatek expects revenues to peak in September-November period

Aug 5, 15:33

Chip packaging and testing house Greatek Electronics, which mainly focuses on the consumer electronics segment, expects monthly revenues to top NT$10 billion (US$314 million) between...

IC designers look to over 20% order growth from DSC and game console sectors in 3Q10

Jun 24, 13:51

Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see orders from the DSC and gaming console sectors increase over 20% sequentially in the third quarter and those from the notebook segment...

Elan reportedly lands touch controller orders from Microsoft IPTV business unit

May 14, 15:27

Consumer IC design houses Elan Microelectronics, Weltrend Semiconductor and Sonix Technology have seen orders for their consumer ICs continue to pour in for the second quarter of...

Elan sees revenues hit record high in April

May 6, 11:16

Consumer IC design house Elan Microelectronics saw its revenues hit a record high of NT$570 million (US$18.1 million) in April, buoyed by shipments of touchscreen controller chips...

ALi reports profit growth for 1Q10; partners with SMiT for HD STB

May 5, 13:59

IC design house ALi has announced a net income of NT$341 million (US$10.8 million), or NT$1.12 per share, on consolidated revenues of NT$1.3 billion for the first quarter of 2010...

Holtek and Elan to see 20-30% sequential revenue growth in 2Q10

May 4, 14:08

Microcontroller unit (MCU) vendors Holtek Semiconductor and Elan Microelectronics are expected to see their revenues grow over 20-30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2010 due...

Consumer IC makers to enjoy double-digit revenue growth in 2Q10

Apr 30, 15:47

Taiwan-based consumer IC makers Sonix Technology, Elan Microelectronics, Sunplus Technology and Holtek Semiconductor are expected to register double-digit sequential growth in second-quarter...

Second-tier IC design houses to see double-digit revenue growth in 2Q10

Apr 29, 14:22

With top-tier Taiwan-based IC design houses such as MediaTek and Novatek Microelectronics receiving the bulk of limited wafer supplies in the first quarter, results of smaller players...

Sunplus adopts SpringSoft Certitude for multimedia IC verification

Newswatch - Apr 13, 14:50

SpringSoft has announced that Sunplus Technology has adopted its Certitude Functional Qualification System, which enables the consumer IC design house to improve the effectiveness...

Sonix looks to over 10% sequential revenue growth in 2Q10

Mar 24, 11:55

Consumer IC vendor Sonix Technology expects its revenues to grow over 10% sequentially in the second quarter of 2010 with gross margins hovering at around 41%, according to the com...

Consumer IC designers post revenues decline in February 2010

Mar 8, 16:58

Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses Sunplus Technology, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor saw revenues decline by 30%, 12.7% and 23.8% to NT$410 million (US$12.86 million),...

Consumer IC design houses to see strong 1Q10

Mar 2, 16:06

Sonix Technology, Holtek Semiconductor and Weltrend Semiconductor may report sequential drops in February revenues, but are expected to see a pick-up in March, according to market...