Holtek, Nuvoton report profits for 1Q11

Apr 28, 12:24

IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Nuvoton Technology have both reported profits for the first quarter of 2011, and both hold more positive outlooks for the second quarter.

Electric car solution developed by Delta, Wistron, Qisda revealed in China

Apr 21, 01:40

An electric car solution developed by Taiwan-based upstream supply chain players including Delta Electronics, Wistron and Qisda, has recently been revealed at an automobile exhibition...

IC design house ALi expects revenues to grow nearly 24% in 2Q11

Newswatch - Apr 20, 11:19

IC design house ALi expects its revenues to grow 23.9% sequentially to NT$924 million (US$31.75 million) in the second quarter of 2011, with a pre-tax profit of NT$104 million and...

IC design house GMT posts EPS of NT$9.50 for 2010

Newswatch - Apr 15, 15:27

IC-design house Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT) has reported net profits of NT$812 million (US$27.87 million) or NT$9.50 per share for 2010, with gross margin reaching at 34.7%,...

Ralink March revenues up 25% sequentially

Apr 8, 01:15

Network IC design house Ralink Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$836 million (US$29 million) for March 2011, up 25% on month. Consolidated sales for the first quarter...

Taiwan market: Acer announces new Timeline notebooks; aims to sell 6 million units

Apr 7, 01:10

Acer has announced its third-generation Timeline notebooks featuring Intel's Sandy Bridge processor and ultra-thin industrial design in Taiwan and the company is aiming to sell six...

Anpec seeing boost in orders for fan driver ICs

Apr 1, 01:40

IC design house Anpec Electronics has landed an influx of orders for fan driver ICs, which will buoy its sales in the second quarter of 2011, according to industry sources. The unexpected...

Taiwan market: Motorola announces pre-order for 10-inch Xoom

Mar 29, 01:10

US-based handset brand Motorola has announced pre-order for 200 of its 10-inch Xoom tablet PC in Taiwan with the price of the 32GB model at NT$19,980 (US$678) and will start shipping...

Faraday reshuffles top management

Mar 24, 14:00

IC design service provider Faraday Technology has announced a shuffle of its top management, with COO Wilson Tzang being promoted to serve as president, replacing incumbent HP Lin...

LCD driver IC firms to see sales rebound in March

Mar 24, 02:00

LCD driver IC design houses ILI Technology (Ilitek), Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology are expected to see monthly revenues return to a sequential growth track in March 2011,...

Richtek dismisses acquisition rumors

Stockwatch - Mar 24, 01:55

Analog IC design house Richtek Technology has dismissed a recent Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report indicating it is looking to acquire Capella Microsystems,...

Viking Tech shares up 34% on first-day OTC trading

Mar 17, 01:40

Taiwan-based Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, saw its share price soar 33.75% on its first day of trading on Taiwan's over-the-counter...

Asustek to launch US$200-250 netbook in June

Mar 17, 01:05

Asustek Computer is set to launch a new netbook priced at US$200-250 in June in cooperation with Intel, and hopes to achieve its goal of shipping six million netbooks in 2011, according...

MediaTek expects little impact from Japan earthquake

Mar 16, 01:00

IC design house MediaTek on March 15 said that the recent earthquake offshore of Japan will not affect the company's operations. Forecasts of first-quarter revenues remain at NT$19.5-21...

Viking projects over 40% growth in 2011 revenues

Mar 11, 01:10

Taiwan-based Viking Tech, which specializes in the design and manufacture of chip resistors, has forecast that its revenues for 2011 will climb 40-50%. Automotive thin-film resistors...

MediaTek to make come back with new handset chipset solutions

Mar 9, 01:50

IC design house MediaTek has stopped lowering prices after the Lunar New Year holidays and recently introduced the MT6252 ultra low cost chipset solution. The company plans to leverage...

Novatek and Orise see 20% decline in February revenues

Mar 8, 01:10

TFT LCD driver IC design houses Novatek Microelectronics and Orise Technology both saw February revenues decline by 20% and 23% respectively from a month ago due to less working days...

IC design house EETI and Ralink post February revenue growth

Mar 8, 01:05

Egalax_empia Technology (EETI) and Ralink posted revenue growth in February while most IC design houses reported declines due to fewer working days in the month.

Commentary: iPad 2 launch could mean less business for Taiwan-based IC design houses

Mar 4, 16:36

The launch of the highly expected iPad 2 indeed serves as a major boost to the share prices of Apple-concept issues but certainly not for those outside the Apple camp, especially...

MediaTek says 1Q11 guidance unchanged

Mar 3, 01:20

IC design house MediaTek has reiterated that its previous guidance for a sequential 7-14% drop in revenues for the first quarter of 2011 remains unchanged. In addition, the company...

Acer takes less than 2 weeks to restock Intel Sandy Bridge notebooks

Mar 3, 01:00

Acer took less than two weeks to re-produce notebooks with fixed Intel Sandy Bridge chipsets and ship them to retail channels worldwide; leading all other global brands, mainly due...

Taiwan IC design houses to count on seasonal demand to boost sales in 2Q11

Mar 1, 14:34

Most Taiwan-based IC design houses now count on seasonal demand in the second quarter to help drive their sales as demand for related IC products for the entry- to mid-level handsets...

Raydium reports NT$20 EPS for 2010

Feb 23, 01:05

LCD driver IC design house Raydium Semiconductor has announced revenues of NT$9.172 billion (US$311 million) for 2010, and net income came to NT$1.282 billion or NT$19.97 a share...

HP to start selling WebOS 3.0-based TouchPad in April

Feb 22, 01:35

First-tier notebook brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) is set to start selling its WebOS 3.0-based tablet PC, TouchPad in April with shipments to start delivery by the end of March,...

IC design houses ITE and Macroblock to see 2011 revenues driven by new products

Feb 18, 15:42

IC design houses ITE Tech and Macroblock have both claimed that they have made progress in the development of new products which will help drive revenue growth in 2011.

MediaTek reportedly to secure new orders from Nokia and Samsung for 2011

Feb 17, 01:35

IC design house MediaTek will likely attract new orders for entry-level and mid-range handsets from Nokia and Samsung Electronics in 2011, in addition to its existing ones from Motorola...

MediaTek sales down in January, MStar up

Feb 11, 02:15

IC design firms MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor have reported mixed results for January 2011.

Maxtek to distribute MStar products in 2Q11

Feb 10, 01:30

Maxtek Technology will begin to ship MStar Semiconductor's chipsets for set-top boxes (STBs) to networking customers in the second quarter of 2011, and shipments will expand substantially...

Rising exchange rates of Asia currencies benefits US PC vendors

Feb 10, 01:10

US-based PC vendors such as Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell and Apple are gaining advantages as exchange rates of Asia Pacific currencies to the US dollar are rising quickly, according...

IC design houses gross margin to contract as wafer foundries look to hike quotes

Feb 9, 11:12

With the rise of raw material costs, Taiwan-based wafer foundries are looking to raise prices, which will put more pressure on IC design houses amid drops in chip pricing in end-use...

STMicro and TriQuint capitalize on iPhone and iPad MEMS design wins in 2010, says iSuppli

Feb 8, 12:26

Capitalizing on their design wins in Apple's iPhone 4 and iPad, semiconductor suppliers STMicroelectronics and TriQuint in 2010 achieved industry-leading growth in the global market...

Taiwan IC design houses land windfall orders on Intel support chip design issue, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 8, 11:36

Taiwan-based motherboard and ODM/OEM PC makers are placing more short lead-time orders for related PC support chips with local IC design houses after Intel disclosed a design issue...

Intel provides update on support chip design issue

Feb 8, 10:51

Intel earlier disclosed a design issue with a support chip, the Intel 6 series that has the potential to impact certain PC system configurations. The company has said it subsequently...

Intel identifies chipset design error, implementing solution

Feb 1, 15:39

As part of ongoing quality assurance, Intel has discovered a design issue in a recently released support chip, the Intel 6 series, codenamed Cougar Point, and has implemented a silicon...