Faraday earnings stay flat in 1Q13

May 13, 12:30

IC design service provider Faraday Technology has reported net profits of NT$205 million (US$6.91 million) for the first quarter of 2013, down 1% from the previous quarter and 16%...

Faraday 1Q13 revenues fall but meet guidance

Apr 10, 13:55

Taiwan-based IC design service provider Faraday Technology has announced revenues for the first quarter of 2013 slipped 12.1% sequentially to NT$1.83 billion (US$61 million).

Faraday reports strong earnings for 2012

Newswatch - Feb 18, 14:17

Faraday Technology has announced net profits of NT$1.07 billion (US$35.97 million) for 2012 compared to NT$119 million of a year earlier.

Taiwan IC design houses to benefit from Samsung aggressive product roadmaps in 2013

Dec 7, 14:30

Taiwan-based IC design houses, which have been cooperating with Samsung Electronics on product development, are expected to fare well in 2013, as the Korea-based vendor is reportedly...

Demand for eMCP memory products in China benefits Taiwan eMMC controller IC makers

Sep 10, 15:48

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have been pushing sales of their eMCP (eMMC + multi chip package) memory products to China, benefiting Taiwan suppliers of eMMC controller chips,...

Increasing eMMC, USB 3.0 controller IC shipments push Faraday July revenues to new high

Newswatch - Aug 8, 14:03

IC design service provider Faraday Technology has announced record high revenues of NT$672.07 million (US$22.44 million) for July, up 2.8% sequentially and 48.8% on year.

Faraday to supply controllers for Samsung 1Xnm NAND chips, says report

Newswatch - Jun 27, 14:51

IC design service provider Faraday Technology will likely land orders from Samsung Electronics for non-recurring engineering (NRE) designs for the development of next-generation NAND...

Faraday tapes out 40nm ASICs for 4G LTE base stations, says paper

Newswatch - May 21, 15:33

IC design service provider Faraday Technology has completed the tape-out of ASICs for 4G LTE base stations, utilizing a 40nm process at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC),...

Faraday 1Q12 sales up, Global Unichip down

Apr 9, 15:24

IC design service providers Faraday Technology and Global Unichip have posted mixed results for the first quarter of 2012, with the former registering 39% growth on quarter and the...

Taiwan IC designers to see March, April sales rise

Mar 8, 14:32

Taiwan-based IC design houses, with most seeing their February sales register impressive sequential growth, are expected to report another on-month revenue increases for March and...

Faraday expects robust sales in 1Q11

Feb 20, 10:21

IC design service provider Faraday Technology expects its revenues to increase more than 35% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012, thanks to new orders for embedded MMC (eMMC)...

Faraday sees lower 4Q11 revenues

Oct 31, 15:44

IC design service provider Faraday Technology expects revenues to drop by a single-digit rate sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2011, affected by slowing demand from its clients...

Samsung reportedly places eMMC controller orders with Faraday

Sep 26, 11:33

Samsung Electronics reportedly has placed orders for embedded MMC (eMMC) controllers with Taiwan-based IC design service provider Faraday Technology, according to industry sources.

Global Unichip seeing demand for 65nm and below processes rise

Jul 12, 15:07

Global Unichip has esimated that products requiring 65nm and below processing rose to account for more than 50% of its revenues in the second quarter, up from 45% in the first. The...

SpringSoft, Global Unichip and Faraday post mixed April results

May 11, 10:49

Taiwan-based IC design software vendor SpringSoft's consolidated revenues hit a record high of NT$196 million (US$6.86 million) in April as fellow companies Global Unichip and Faraday...

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...

Faraday to see sequential drop in 1Q11 revenues

Feb 21, 13:52

IC design service provider Faraday Technology expects revenues to drop by a double-digit rate sequentially in the first quarter of 2011, mainly due to slower-than-expected orders...

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...

Evolution Technology to begin volume production of audio/video over USB 3.0 chips

Jan 14, 12:08

ASIC design house Evolution Technology, a subsidiary of Faraday Technology, will soon begin volume production of its audio/video over USB 3.0 SoC chips, the ET12U32X, according to...

IC design service providers Faraday and Global Unichip post mixed November results

Dec 8, 12:09

IC design service providers Faraday Technology and Global Unichip have posted mixed results for November, with the former seeing its revenues drop 3% sequentially and the latter posting...

Faraday to see sales from USB 3.0 IP products expand in 2011

Nov 26, 01:10

IC design service provider Faraday Technology is expected to see sales generated from USB 3.0 IP products grow substantially to account for more than 10% of its overall revenues in...

Faraday USB 3.0 device controllers receive USB-IF certificate logo

Oct 27, 14:11

Faraday Technology has announced that its USB 3.0 device controller has passed USB-IF certification via its storage products and obtained the USB 3.0 logo. Since the corresponding...

Global Unichip, Faraday 3Q10 sales up 7% on quarter

Oct 8, 02:20

IC design service providers Global Unichip and Faraday Technology both saw their third-quarter 2010 revenues increase by about 7% sequentially, in line with their guidance, according...

Global Unichip and Faraday positive about 3Q10 outlook

Sep 8, 11:47

IC design service providers Global Unichip and Faraday Technology both expect to set sales records in third-quarter 2010 despite posting sequential decline in August revenues, according...

Global Unichip and Faraday look to 7-9% sequential revenue gains in 3Q10

Aug 9, 15:58

IC design houses Global Unichip and Faraday Technology both expect their revenues to grow 7-9% sequentially in the third quarter.

Shipments of USB 3.0 chips by Taiwan makers not to be significant in 2010, say sources

Aug 2, 16:43

Although more than 10 Taiwan-based IC design houses, including Genesys Logic, JMicron Technology, ASMedia Technology, VIA Labs, Prolific Technology, Alcor Micro, Etron Technology...

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 and Innostor jointly launch USB 3.0 flash disk single-chip controller

May 28, 12:00

IC design houses Faraday Technology and Innostor Technology have jointly unveiled a USB 3.0 flash disk single-chip solution for storage applications, according to the companies.

Fresco USB 3.0 host controller secures USB-IF certification, says Faraday

May 21, 12:10

Faraday Technology has announced that the USB 3.0 host controller of its customer, Fresco Logic, has passed USB-IF certification and obtained the xHCI controller logo. This controller,...

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...

Pixart, Ralink both see revenues grow in February

Mar 10, 11:48

IC design houses Pixart Imaging and Ralink Technology both saw a slight revenue growth in February, defying seasonal patterns. Pixart posted revenues of NT$336 million (US$10.52 million)...

Faraday expects 20-30% growth in 2010

Feb 1, 14:57

Faraday Technology expects too see a double-digit revenue growth in the first quarter and 20-30% growth in 2010, according to the company.

Faraday to transfer IP business to Innopower

Dec 31, 11:03

Innopower Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Faraday Technology, has announced, effective immediately, that it has been selected as the sole IP distributor of Faraday. Innopower...