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NEWS & VIEWS |
Taipei,
Sunday, November 22, 2009
15:17 (GMT+8)
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IC design houses see influx of short lead-time orders from China Nov 20, 14:44 Taiwan-based IC designers are seeing increased short lead-time orders for December 2009 from China, as OEMs and vendors place orders to avoid shipping delays due to uncertain weather, according to industry sources. North China is currently experiencing a blizzard which has caused traffic chaos. Read more |
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Autodesk to help China promote engineering design education Nov 18, 16:58 US-based Autodesk, a global provider of 2D and 3D design software, on November 17 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China's Ministry of Education for cooperation to boost innovation and advance education in engineering design in China, according to Autodesk China. Read more |
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Handset design house Indigo Mobile expected to close by year-end Nov 12, 12:13 Taiwan-based handset design house Indigo Mobile Technologies, which has investments from MediaTek and Foxconn Electronics, is likely to close its doors by the end of the year due to weak performance, according to industry sources. Read more |
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IC design house Richtek may see slight revenue drop in 4Q09 Nov 6, 12:07 Richtek Technology has estimated fourth-quarter 2009 revenues may stay flat or drop slightly to NT$2.2-2.5 billion (US$67.64 million-76.87 million). The company said it is optimistic about its 2010 outlook and expects to see strong growth momentum in the LED driver IC segment. Read more |
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IC design houses look to strong sales in 4Q09 Newswatch - Oct 15, 15:52 Most Taiwan-based IC design houses expect the decline of their fourth-quarter revenues to narrow thanks to strong sales of desktops and notebooks during China's national holidays in October, as well as a better-than-expected demand in the fourth quarter as recently forecast by Intel, according to industry sources. Read more |
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Quanta invests in US-based Tilera, Japan-based chassis maker in China Oct 14, 16:38 Quanta Computer on October 12 announced the investment of US$10 million in Tilera Corporation, a US-based multicore processors company for general purpose computing in cloud, wireless, networking and digital multimedia applications. The company also invested US$7.89 million in Kenseisha Shanghai PMP, a maker of PC chassis and components established in eastern China by Japan-based Kenseisha, taking a 43.83% stake. Read more |
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Taiwan-based driver IC design houses expect healthy revenues in 4Q09 Oct 13, 15:29 Taiwan-based LCD driver IC design houses expect to see a limited revenue decline in October and healthy revenue performance in the fourth quarter, as orders from China handset makers are staying strong due to both local demand and booming exports. Read more |
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Bosch looking for Taiwan-based MEMS design customers Oct 5, 11:43 MEMS IDM Bosch, showcasing its technology at SEMICON Taiwan 2009, has seen several local MEMS design houses express willingness to use Bosch's foundry service, said Thomas Koch, senior sales manger of MEMS Foundry at Bosch. Read more |
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GMT shipping LED backlight ICs for netbooks Sep 2, 12:09 Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) began shipping LED driver ICs for 8- and 9-inch netbook backlighting in the second quarter and fulfilling orders for 10-inch models in the third, according to industry sources. Its overall LED driver IC shipments for the third quarter are estimated to increase substantially on quarter. Read more |
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China-based handset design house TechFaith acquires handset vendor QiGi Aug 21, 16:38 China-based handset design house TechFaith Wireless has acquired China-based smartphone vendor QiGi for US$12.5 million, according to industry sources. Read more |
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China IC design revenues up on year in 1H09, CSIA says Aug 17, 16:14 In first-half 2009, the IC manufacturing and the IC packaging and testing segments in China both saw on-year revenue declines, while IC design sales increased 9.7% to 11.69 billion yuan (US$1.71 billion) driven by local market demand, according to the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA). Read more |
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Ene and ITE increase 3Q09 revenue goals Jul 31, 12:34 IC design houses Ene Technology and Integrated Technology Express (ITE) have increased their third-quarter 2009 revenue targets thanks to stable orders from notebook makers. Ene expects its third-quarter revenues to increase over 30% sequentially, while ITE expects a 20% sequential increase. Read more |
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Weltrend aims 50% revenue growth in 2H09, says chairman Jul 17, 16:17 Microcontroller unit (MCU) design house Weltrend Semiconductor aims sales to grow 50% sequentially in the second half of 2009, according to company chairman Lin Shyi-Ming. Its revenue ratio between the first and second half of 2009 will be 4:6. Read more |
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EMS providers and notebook ODMs are becoming DMS providers, says Acer founder Jul 16, 13:52 Electronics manufacturing services (EMS) will disappear and be replaced by design manufacturing services (DMS) as EMS providers such as Flextronics and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) are starting to strengthen their R&D abilities by recruiting talent in Taiwan, according to Acer founder Stan Shih. Read more |
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HDMI design house Explore to sell HDMI components Newswatch - Jul 14, 16:16 HDMI design house Explore Semiconductor – an affiliate of IC distributor Koryo Electronics – plans to expand its business scale by starting to sell HDMI related components. Koryo said HDMI products will become standard in digital TVs (DTVs) in the future, hence Explore is expected to see rapid revenue growth from the new business. Read more |
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Taiwan leading IC design houses should head MEMS development, says ASE R&D president Jul 14, 16:12 Taiwan needs first-tier IC design houses, such as MediaTek, to take the lead in developing the MEMS industry and create another semiconductor revolution, said Tang Ho-Ming, president of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's (ASE's) R&D center. Read more |
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Flextronics inaugurates notebook R&D facility in Banciao, Taiwan Jul 13, 12:11 Flextronics has announced that it has launched a strategic facility in Banciao, Taiwan hosting dedicated design, R&D and supporting services for notebook computers. The new facility expands Flextronics' existing presence in Taiwan, where the company currently has operations in Wugu and Chungli. Read more |
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Taiwan government launches program to strengthen MEMS supply chain Jun 29, 16:52 Taiwan's Science Park Administration has proposed a program, the SoC Innovative Product Partnership (SIPP), inviting players from the local CMOS and MEMS sectors to team up with the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and National Chip Implementation Center (CIC) to boost Taiwan's MEMS industry. Read more |
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SMIC and Synopsys deliver reference design flow 4.0 for 65nm Jun 25, 11:12 China-based foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and Synopsys, a specialist in semiconductor design software, have announced their joint development of reference design flow 4.0. The reference flow addresses critical low power challenges of 65nm designs with Synopsys' Eclypse low-power solution and IC Compiler Zroute technology. Read more |
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TSMC increases 2009 capex to US$1.9 billion, says CEO Jun 19, 12:18 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has raised its capex budget for 2009, despite an anticipated decline in revenues, according to company chairman and CEO Morris Chang. The foundry plans to raise its 2009 capex to around US$1.9 billion, which is close to the 2008 level of US$1.89 billion. Read more |
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Socle adopts Platform Core Compiler to accelerate customer SoC design Jun 17, 10:52 SoC design service provider Socle Technology has announced to adopt Socle SoC Platform Core Compiler, an automation platform core generation and verification environment, as a tool to accelerate customer's SoC platform design at front end to shorten the IP integration, verification, and iteration time period. Read more |
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Computex 2009: Shuttle seeks new opportunities from all-in-one PCs Jun 4, 16:24 Wandering the halls of Computex 2009 it does not take long to realize that there has been a recent explosion of vendors trying to tap the all-in-one PC market. All the well-known, and some not so familiar, PC and motherboard vendors can be found showcasing their attempts to crack a market that, until recently, has been largely the realm of vendors specializing in niche or boutique segments. Read more |
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Computex 2009: IC design house Yotta Labs debuts Yola 720 intelligent video-processing platform Jun 2, 11:56 Yotta Labs Technology, a fables IC design house founded by design experts in the field of video imaging algorithms and SoC (system-on-chip) design, will unveil the Yola 720 series, an HD-Image/Video SoC which is ideal for innovative multimedia applications targeted at consumer devices at Computex Taipei 2009. Read more |
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IC design house Ene to see over 30% revenue growth in 2Q09 May 22, 11:33 IC design house Ene Technology is expected to see its revenues grow over 30% sequentially to NT$350 million (US$10.64 million) in the second quarter thanks to shipments of capacitive touch controllers, LED driver ICs, notebook keyboard controllers and sensor buttons, according to the market watchers. Read more |
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More IC design houses and WLAN makers to stepping into Bluetooth May 21, 13:42 More Taiwan-based IC design houses and WLAN device makers are to venture into the Bluetooth application segment now that the Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) has formally ratified the Bluetooth 3.0+HS specifications, according to market sources. Read more |
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JEDEC publishes registered outline for 1.8-inch SSD May 19, 15:13 JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced the publication of registered outline MO-297 for 1.8-inch slim solid state drives (SSDs) for a range of applications in consumer products including netbooks and notebooks. Read more |
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China market: Consumer IC design house Generalplus to offer Wii-like solutions Apr 29, 15:04 Generalplus Technology, a subsidiary of Sunplus technology, has said it will kick off volume shipments of gaming solutions for Wii-like games consoles to the China market in May or mid-June. The company has been working closely with local brand vendors. Read more |
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SpringSoft, UMC support custom chip design with 65nm process design kit Apr 29, 13:54 United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and SpringSoft have announced availability of the foundry-certified Laker process design kit (PDK) for UMC's 65nm manufacturing technologies. Developed using SpringSoft's Laker Custom IC Design software, the Laker-UMC PDK supports UMC's 65nm CMOS standard logic process with mixed-mode technologies and low-k dielectrics. Read more |
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IC design house AAT expects 80% revenue growth in 2Q09 Apr 23, 16:24 IC designer Advanced Analog Technology (AAT) forecasts second-quarter revenues are to grow 80% sequentially and turn losses into profits as demand for monitor, notebook and netbook, and digital TV products is picking up. Read more |
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VIA to see limited benefit from OLPC refresh Apr 20, 15:06 One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) announced a hardware refresh for its XO-1 notebooks on April 17, but VIA Technologies, CPU and chipset supplier of the new XO-1 Gen 1.5, is unlikely to see much profitability from the extra orders due to limited shipment volumes, according to sources at component makers. VIA declined the opportunity to comment. Read more |
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IC design firms Ene and GMT monthly sales to hit records Apr 15, 16:50 IC design houses Ene Technology and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) will likely see monthly sales score historic highs between April and May amid notebook-related shipments, market watchers have estimated. Read more |
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IC design house Pixart 1Q09 revenues down 29% Newswatch - Apr 8, 14:14 CMOS sensor supplier Pixart Imaging generated unaudited revenues of NT$725 million (US$21.4 million) in the first quarter of 2009, down 29.6% from the previous quarter. However, the sequential decline narrowed from its original forecast of a 35-40% sales drop as shipments for PC applications increased. Read more |
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Weltrend and Holtek step up touch panel IC development Mar 30, 16:29 Taiwan IC designers Weltrend Semiconductor and Holtek Semiconductor are stepping up their development of touch panel applications, expecting to see significant revenue contribution from the segment in the second half of 2009, according to idustry sources. Read more |
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Memory designer Zentel posts 20% revenue drop in 2008, but remains profitable Mar 18, 15:46 DRAM design house Zentel Electronics, a subsidiary of DRAM chipmaker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), suffered a 20% decline in revenues for 2008. The company managed to maintain its profitability for the year, but profits slid 69% from 2007. Read more |
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SiS joins power forward initiative to assist in delivering power-efficient computing platforms Mar 13, 13:58 Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has announced its joining of the Power Forward Initiative (PFI) and plans to offer common power format (CPF) design solutions for its chipset, motherboard, reference design and systems customers. Read more |
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Major China handset design houses profitable in 2008 Mar 11, 11:48 Three major China-based handset solution providers, TechFaith Wireless, SIM Technology and Longcheer Group, have all posted profits for 2008, according to financial reports released by the companies. Read more |
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Analog IC design houses see significant increases in February sales Mar 11, 11:29 Taiwan analog IC designers Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Macroblock and Advanced Analog Technology (AAT) all saw sharp growth in February, thanks to rush orders for PC, notebook and handset solutions. The companies have said that sales in March will have another 20-30% sequential growth and first-quarter sales will hit bottom for the year. Read more |
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ARM stepping up cooperation with Taiwan IC design houses Mar 6, 16:29 IP vendor ARM is stepping up its cooperation with Taiwan IC design service providers, including Global Unichip, Socle Technology and Faraday Technology, in order to get better access to their foundry partners – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), respectively – as a means to counter Intel's push for Atom-core SoC designs with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), according to market sources. Read more |
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Raydium standardizes on SpringSoft Laker system for custom design LCD driver ICs Mar 6, 10:32 SpringSoft has announced that Raydium Semiconductor has standardized on the Laker Custom Layout System. Raydium is a global solution provider of TFT-LCD driver ICs that are used in both large and small display panel products. By adopting the Laker software product, Raydium engineers are better able to address the time-to-market pressures, cost and increased complexity of custom chip design for high performance, low-power LCD applications, SpringSoft said. Read more |
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SMIC embraces China CMOS image sensor design houses Mar 3, 12:32 China-based provider of IC foundry service Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) has obtained orders for CMOS image sensors from most related IC design houses in China through its relatively advanced 0.11-micron manufacturing process and price competitiveness, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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IC design house Pixart 1Q09 revenues expected to fall 35-40% Feb 18, 14:43 Pixart Imaging, the Taiwan-based IC design house that supplies solutions for Nintendo's Wiimote controllers, will likely suffer a sales decline of 35-40% sequentially in the first quarter of 2009, according to the company. Meanwhile, overall gross margin may dip slightly to 49-50% as the shipments of its low-margin notebook webcam applications is expected to increase only slightly. Read more |
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Sonix reportedly lands notebook webcam controller orders from Samsung Feb 18, 12:20 Sonix Technology has reportedly secured orders for notebook webcam controller chips for Samsung Electronics products. The IC design house is expected to enjoy 20% sales growth sequentially in February, thanks to the new orders, according to market watchers. Read more |
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MWC 2009: Cal-Comp unveils handset with Qualcomm mirasol display Feb 18, 10:08 Cal-Comp Electronics (a unit of Taiwan's Kinpo Electronics) and Qualcomm MEMS Technologies (a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm) have announced design specifications of the newly revealed Cal-Comp iT-810 handset featuring Qualcomm's mirasol display. The iT-810 handset will be showcased at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 in Booth B53, Hall 8. Read more |
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MediaTek sets up team of 500 people for WCDMA, says paper Newswatch - Feb 16, 17:12 MediaTek is stepping up the development of WCDMA chips this year, setting up a team of 500 people for the segment, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Read more |
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Consumer IC designers Sunplus, Holtek and Sonix see orders rebound in February Feb 10, 12:09 Taiwan-based consumer IC designers Sunplus Technology, Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology saw January 2009 revenues drop on year by 67.7%, 56.9% and 53.6% respectively, but they have indicated that orders have rebounded after the Lunar New Year holidays that ended in early February. Read more |
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WinHEC 2008: Acer Aspire Predator desktop PC scoops design award Jan 13, 16:50 During the recently concluded WinHEC 2008, the futuristic looking Acer Aspire Predator G7000 series desktop PC was chosen for a WinHEC 2008 award based on its distinctive industrial design, with one judge noting that the PC makes no bones about its target market. Read more |
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China IC design industry should strengthen R&D amid economic downturn, says Cadence executive Jan 12, 15:59 China's IC design houses should strengthen their R&D in order to gain competitiveness within their home market against foreign rivals, when developed markets such as Europe and the US have already been in recession, according to Lung Chu, the president of Asia Pacific field operations at EDA specialist Cadence. Read more |
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Taiwan analog IC design houses to see revenues down in December Dec 24, 01:15 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 to mark the lowest monthly sales in 2008, according to market watchers. Read more |
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TSMC selects Berkeley Design Automation for analog and mixed-signal IP verification Dec 17, 13:26 EDA software provider Berkeley Design Automation has announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has selected the company's Analog FastSPICE circuit simulator for complex-block characterization and full-circuit performance simulation of its analog and mixed-signal design environment. TSMC selected Analog FastSPICE based on the tool's SPICE accuracy and performance. Read more |
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Xceive's XC5000 tuner IC selected by Realtek for PVR reference design Dec 16, 10:51 Xceive, a RF-to-baseband silicon transceiver maker, has announced that networking and multimedia IC supplier Realtek Semiconductor has selected the XC5000 multi-standard tuner IC for its new high-end personal video recorder (PVR) reference design. This design is expected to accelerate the time to market of networked PVR solutions to DVB markets such as Europe, Taiwan, and others, Xceive said. Read more |
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