Last update: Friday 14 June 2013 [98 news items]
Synaptics supplies touchscreen solutions for Nokia X-series
Sep 4, 12:20
Synaptics has secured touchscreen solution orders for Nokia's recently announced X-series handsets, according to market sources. Synaptics is expected to see record shipments of touchscreen...
Elan expects strong 3Q09 driven by touch panel solutions
Newswatch - Jun 26, 11:45
Elan Microelectronics' third-quarter revenues are expected to see strong growth as its shipments of touch panel IC and module solutions for notebooks and handsets will increase thanks...
Jun 4, 11:38
Taiwan-based IC designers Elan Microelectronics and Prolific Technology will partner with Israel-based IDesia for development of touch panel solutions targeting the global health...
Synaptics, Cypress, Elan to see strong growth in touchscreen solutions for handsets in 2H09
May 25, 12:26
Synaptics, Cypress and Elan Microelectronics are expected to see strong growth in the second half of 2009 thanks to the popularity of touchscreen applications, according to market...
Pixart, Elan, ESMT may benefit from MediaTek smartphone chip solutions
May 8, 16:36
Pixart Imaging, Elan Microelectronics and Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) are expected to support MediaTek's smartphone handset chip solutions with specific product lines,...
Elan and Sonix developing optical touchscreen solutions
Newswatch - May 8, 15:56
Taiwan-based IC designers Elan Microelectronics and Sonix Technology are developing optical touchscreen solutions, according to the industry sources. Their fellow CMOS sensor supplier...
US court ruling rejects Avago suit against Elan
Stockwatch - May 6, 16:17
The United States District Court of Northern California has announced its final ruling on Elan Microelectronics' patent infringement case with Avago Technologies. The court ruled...
Elan reportedly secures touch panel module order from HTC
May 6, 14:16
IC design house Elan Microelectronics has recently landed an order for touch panel modules for High Tech Computer's (HTC's) Android-based G2 handsets, with volume shipments slated...
Taiwan IC designers April revenues expected to soar
Apr 24, 17:01
Revenues at IC design houses MediaTek, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Realtek Semiconductor and Elan Microelectronics are expected to reach record highs in April due to increasing...
Elan files patent infringement lawsuit against Apple
Stockwatch - Apr 8, 16:30
Taiwan-based IC design house Elan Microelectronics has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California,...
Elan March revenues expected to grow 50% sequentially
Mar 12, 14:37
Taiwan-based IC design house Elan Microelectronics is expected to see its revenues expand over 50% sequentially to NT$300 million (US$8.65 million) in March due to increasing orders...
Elan Microelectronics reportedly lands orders for touch panel modules from Japan
Feb 18, 15:33
Taiwan-based IC design house Elan Microelectronics has made a breakthrough in its manufacturing process of touch panel modules to increase yield rates and has obtained orders from...
IC distributor Chip Hope to provide turnkey touchscreen handset solutions
Jan 16, 10:45
IC distributor Chip Hope has developed capacitive touchscreen handset turnkey solutions, combining Spreadtrum Communications' chips and Elan Microelectronics' touch panel modules,...
CES 2009: Elan develops touchpad solutions eFinger and eStylus
Jan 9, 16:45
Elan Microelectronics is presenting its newest touchpad technologies at CES 2009, including the ghost free multi-finger solution, which can eliminate recognition of accidental multi-finger...
PC-related IC design houses report weak December sales
Jan 9, 15:44
Many Taiwan PC-related IC design houses saw unsatisfactory sales in December and have expressed pessimism towards the first quarter because of poor order visibility.
Elan expects 15-20% sales decline in December; to begin handset touch panel production in 1Q09
Dec 26, 01:00
Although Elan Microelectronics has recognized royalty fees from Synaptics as revenues beginning in November, pushing its gross margin up by over five percentage points last month,...
IC designers' sales may recover in 1Q09
Dec 19, 16:45
Taiwan's IC designers may have reasons to be more upbeat about the first quarter of 2009, as there are signs that OEMs and channels in China are still stocking up for next month's...
Windows 7 spurring development of capacitive touch panels for PC market
Dec 12, 16:19
With the prospects of Windows 7 sending major PC vendors looking for capacitive touch panel solutions, IC design houses such as Elan Microelectronics, Synaptics, Cypress, Egalax_empia...
Touch panel module shortage benefits Elan
Dec 8, 11:10
Touch panel sulution supplier Elan Microelectronics is expected to have an optimistic future outlook thanks to strong shipments of touch panel handsets, according to market watcher...
Taiwan IC design companies expected to see record sales in October
Oct 28, 16:35
Taiwan IC design companies Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Elan Microelectronics, Ralink Technology, Sitronix Technology and Global Unichip all expect outstanding performance...
Taiwan IC design houses continue price cuts due to weak order volumes
Sep 26, 01:10
Taiwan's IC design industry is heading toward a down cycle. Although MediaTek has almost tripled its third-quarter sales guidance, Pixart Imaging (PXI), Ralink Technology, Elan Microelectronics,...
Synaptics and Elan see Android-related demand potential for touch-screen chip solutions
Sep 25, 16:57
According to market watchers, Synaptics has won orders for touch-panel chip solutions for the Android-based T-Mobile G1 handset. Elan Microelectronics is also negotiating with the...
CE related IC design houses vary on 3Q sales expectations
Aug 21, 16:10
Sales for consumers electronics (CE) products are expected to see an on-year sales decline in the third quarter this year due to global inflation and high oil prices, affecting the...
Elan not expecting significant touch panel IC sales until 4Q
Aug 12, 16:55
Due to weak demand for consumers electronics (CE) products and delayed shipments of touch panel ICs and modules, Taiwan IC design house Elan Microelectronics expects its sales to...
Weak 3Q market forecast for Ene, Elan, Pixart and GUC
Aug 7, 16:45
Because of a conservative outlook among their customers, Taiwan IC design houses Ene Technology and Elan Microelectronics both announced seasonal and on-year sales declines in July...
Taiwan IC design company Elan holds conservative view on 3Q; expects improvement in 4Q
Jul 24, 11:23
Due to an unclear demand outlook for the third quarter, Elan Microelectronics will follow an unsatisfactory second quarter with a lackluster third quarter, according to market sources...
Elan touch screen product line grows despite overall weak sales in May
Jun 6, 12:01
IC designer Elan Microelectronics saw its May revenues stay flat as a result of weak demand for consumer ICs, but shipments of its touch screen solutions continued to grow during...
Elan considers seeking compensation from Synaptics
Jun 4, 16:11
Elan Microelectronics said it will take the next step in a preliminary injunction order against Synaptics concerning a patent for multi-finger touchpad technology by informing its...
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
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Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 1h 8min ago
Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 21:08
DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:56
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:04
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:50
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:44
Foxconn to start production of 70-inch Ultra HD TVs in 1Q14
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:43
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:42
JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:37
Computex 2009: Elan exhibits its touchscreen specialty
IC designer Elan Microelectronics presented its specialty in touchscreen solutions at Computex 2009. Elan offered touch controls for wireless touch panels, and for tabletop and home...
Photo: Meiling Chen, Jul 7.
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
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- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- FIC partners with Cluster Wireless to deliver Intelligent M2M Solutions
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.