Analog IC designers seeing May sales boom

May 18, 01:05

Taiwan-based analog IC design firms are expected to see their second-quarter revenues close to their high-end targets or even beat company guidance, as sales generated thus far in...

Global Mixed-mode expects 5-15% growth in 2Q12 revenues

May 10, 01:00

Analog IC design house Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) expects its revenues for the second quarter of 2012 to increase 5-15% on quarter to NT$1.155-1.265 billion (US$39.4-43.1...

Analog IC designers see strong revenue gains in April

May 9, 14:28

Most Taiwan-based analog IC design houses, including Copella Microsystems (Taiwan), Macroblock and On-Bright Electronics, saw their revenues hit record highs for the second consecutive...

Analog IC order visibility extends as far as 3Q12

Apr 18, 16:13

Analog IC suppliers have seen orders pick up with clearer order visibility since the second quarter of 2012, according to industry sources. In particular, the order visibility for...

Richtek, GMT March revenues to rise

Mar 16, 01:05

Analog IC suppliers Richtek Technology and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) are expected to see their March revenues rise substantially on month, thanks to brisk orders and sufficient...

Richtek, GMT expect sales growth in 1Q12

Feb 13, 16:33

Major Taiwan-based analog IC suppliers Richtek Technology and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) both expect to post sequential sales growth in the first quarter of 2012, bucking...

Notebook-related IC designers to see revenues decline 10-20% in 4Q11, 1Q12

Dec 15, 11:44

Notebook-related IC designers including Ene Technology, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) and ITE Tech are expected to see their revenues decline in a range of 10-20% sequentially...

Richtek, GMT to see drops in 4Q11 revenues

Nov 11, 15:40

Analog IC design firms Richtek Technology and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) both expect to post sequential sales decreases in the fourth quarter of 2011, due to sluggish PC and...

PC chip vendors look to flat sales in August

Aug 25, 14:14

Taiwan-based IC design houses for PC products expect their revenues to stay flat in August before clients in the motherboard and notebook ODM sectors begin to step up their purchases...

Taiwan IC designers shipping nearly all ICs used in Amazon tablets

Jul 27, 12:02

A number of Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see their sales move up vigorously in the third quarter of 2011 due to their shipments of IC parts to the supply chain for...

Most IC design houses post sequential drops in June revenues

Jul 8, 14:13

While MediaTek, Global Unichip and Faraday Technology have managed to reach their low-end revenue targets for June, fellow IC design houses including Global Mixed-mode Technology...

First-tier analog IC designers look to decreased gross margins for 2Q11

May 9, 11:57

Most first-tier analog IC designers, including Richtek Technology and Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT), expect their gross margins to slip lower in the second quarter of 2011 due...

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%,...

TI certifies 8-inch wafers from SAS, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 15, 11:36

Eight-inch epitaxy wafers by Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has been certified by Texas Instruments (TI), according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times...

Switch to 8-inch wafers to provide sufficient capacity and inventory flexibility for analog IC design houses

Jan 26, 01:45

With the imminent entry of Texas Instrument's (TI) 12-inch analog IC process, Taiwan-based analog IC design houses have looked to transition to 8-inch wafers since the second half...

TFT LCD analog IC design houses slashing prices by 10-30%

Jan 25, 01:30

Taiwan-based analog IC design houses are aggressively cutting quotes, especially in the TFT LCD panel analog IC segment. With Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT), Raydium Semiconductor,...

ODM notebook makers require IC vendors to prepare shipments for three months

Dec 1, 01:20

Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have recently demanded IC suppliers prepare all necessary parts and components to assure that their supplies of related notebook ICs will be sufficient...

IC design houses see strong orders from LCD and notebook sectors

Nov 29, 12:34

Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen an upsurge in orders from the TFT LCD panel and notebook sectors, expecting the rebound in demand to last into January 2011, according to industry...

IC design houses project revenues slide in 4Q10

Nov 12, 01:00

Although Taiwan-based notebook manufacturers are expecting a 5-10% sequential rise in fourth-quarter 2010 shipments, related IC design houses, which have already entered their off...

IC design houses brace for weak 4Q10

Oct 11, 12:08

Despite strong demand from clients in China prior to the National Day holidays, most Taiwan-based IC design houses posted lower revenues in September than those they recorded in August...

IC design houses expected to see sales bounce back in September

Aug 24, 14:00

Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen their orders remain in low levels in recently although most notebook ODMs have stated that their shipment volumes will pick up later in the...

IC design houses to see flat sequential growth in 2H10 revenues

Aug 18, 14:12

IC design houses Integrated Technology Express (ITE), Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) and Ene Technology are expecting order levels in August 2010 to be similar to these of July,...

Foundry quotes for mature processes rise 10-15%, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 13, 16:50

Taiwan-based analog IC designers including Richtek Technology, Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT), Anpec Technology and Leadtrend Technology are willing to accept higher quotes in...

Analog IC designer GMT looks to sequential revenue growth in 2Q10

May 11, 11:09

IC design house Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT) expects revenues for the ongoing second quarter to grow sequentially from the NT$1.22 billion (US$38.73 million) recorded in the...

Analog IC vendors positive about 2Q10 business outlook

Apr 15, 12:14

Taiwan-based analog IC design houses, including Richtek Technology, Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT), Anpec Technology, Advanced Analog Technology and Leadtrend Technology, are...

Notebook IC vendors look to 20-30% sequential revenue growth in March

Apr 1, 13:46

Notebook IC vendors, including Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT), Integrated Technology express (ITE) and Ene Technology, are expected to see their revenues grow 20-30% sequentially...

Not all notebook vendors and makers building IC inventories, say sources

Mar 30, 12:16

ODM notebook makers and branded notebook vendors seem to have adopted different strategies for building related IC inventories for the second quarter of 2010, according to sources...

Analog IC design firms positive about TSMC investment in LED industry

Mar 29, 14:35

Taiwan-based analog IC design houses are positive about the entrance into the LED industry by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), indicating that the cooperation between...

GMT 1Q10 revenues expected to grow over 10% on quarter

Mar 29, 14:04

Analog IC designer Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT)'s March revenues are likely to grow 15% sequentially to NT$400 million (US$12.57 million), thanks to increased supply from Taiwan...

Analog IC vendors receiving influx of short lead-time orders from OEM/ODM makers, say sources

Mar 25, 15:04

Taiwan-based analog IC design houses have seen an influx of short lead-time orders recently from the local OEM and ODM makers as the production capacities of international analog...

LED driver IC vendors look to strong revenue growth in 2Q10

Mar 23, 14:30

Most Taiwan-based LED driver IC design houses look to strong revenue growth in the second quarter of 2010 thanks to increasing shipments to LED module makers as well as notebook and...

Chimei Innolux to shake up LCD panel IC sector

Mar 15, 16:52

The birth of Chimei Innolux Corporation (CIC) is expected to shake up the LCD panel-related IC design sector, according to industry sources.

Analog IC design houses look to strong revenue gains in March

Mar 12, 14:23

Most Taiwan-based analog IC design houses expect their revenues to post a sequential gain of more than 20% in March due to strong demand from notebook and OEM/ODM handset makers,...

Analog IC vendor GMT posts net profits of NT$674 million in 2009

Feb 12, 15:28

Analog IC vendor Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT) has posted net profits of NT$674 million (US$21.02 million) for 2009, translating into an EPS of NT$7.86.

Notebook related IC designers Ralink and GMT post sequential revenue growth in January 2010

Feb 9, 16:40

Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) saw January 2010 revenues hit a record high of NT$428 million (US$13 million) thanks to strong demand from the notebook segment, especially from...