Last update: Wednesday 29 May 2013 [69 news items]
Consumer IC vendors receiving more orders in 2Q13
May 29, 11:13
Taiwan-based consumer IC vendors have received an influx of orders since the second quarter of 2013 and expect sales momentum to continue to August-September, according to industry...
Holtek eyes over 10% sequential revenue growth in 2Q13
May 27, 16:06
MCU vendor Holtek Semiconductor is expected to see its revenues for the second quarter of 2013 grow over 10% sequentially from NT$893 million (US$29.89 million) recorded in the previous...
Holtek developing 8-bit MCUs for financial, sensor, smart meter applications
Feb 26, 10:02
Holtek Semiconductor expects sales of it 8-bit MCUs for debit card reader, smoke sensor and smart meter applications to increase substantially in 2013, expanding its share in the...
Holtek, Sonix look to strong sales in 1Q13
Jan 25, 16:09
IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology both expect their MCU shipments to remain strong in the first quarter of 2013 thanks to inventory replenishment by clients...
Holtek sees profits down in 3Q12 but up in January-September period
Oct 24, 13:53
Holtek Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$163 million (US$5.56 million) for the third quarter of 2012, down 10% from the previous quarter. The earnings translated into an...
Holtek, Sonix making progress in Cortex M3/M0 32-bit MCUs, say sources
Oct 8, 10:43
IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology have been making progress in promoting sales of their ARM Cortex M3/M0-based 32-bit MCUs to end-market devices makers and...
Taiwan consumer IC designers post mixed August results
Sep 18, 11:45
Consumer IC design houses Nuvoton Technology and Sonix Technology saw their August sales slip on month, while Generalplus Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Feeling Technology and...
Consumer IC designers post mixed July results
Aug 10, 16:02
Consumer IC design houses Generalplus Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Nuvoton Technology, Princeton Technology, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor have reported mixed results...
Holtek lands new orders for 32-bit MCUs
Aug 3, 12:05
IC design house Holtek Semiconductor has landed new orders for ARM-based Cortex M3 32-bit MCUs from a home appliance brand in Central and South America with shipments scheduled to...
Holtek nets NT$1.25 per share in 1H12
Jul 27, 11:42
Holtek Semiconductor, which designs and develops standard MCU and consumer electronics IC solutions, saw its net profits grow 1.2% on year to NT$278 million (US$ 9.22 million) in...
Consumer IC designers conservative about 3Q12 business
Jul 24, 13:52
Taiwan-based design houses of consumer ICs, including Holtek Semiconductor, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor, generally hold a conservative business outlook for the third...
Most consumer IC design houses report healthy gains for 2Q12
Jul 11, 12:06
Second-quarter sales performance for most Taiwan-based consumer IC designers has been strong although some vendors have reported a decline in revenues for June, according to industry...
Consumer IC vendors look to 30% sequential sales growth in 2Q12
Jun 12, 09:38
Consumer IC vendors including Nuvoton Technology, Sonix Technology, Generalplus Technology and Holtek Semiconductor all have reported strong sales for May, and industry sources indicated...
Holtek expects 2Q12 revenues to show 20% sequential increase
May 17, 14:10
IC design house Holtek Semiconductor saw its revenues advance 9.6% to NT$335 million (US$11.3 million) in April, buoyed by increased orders from China. The April monthly figures were...
Elan, Holtek expect revenue boost in 2Q12
Feb 17, 14:28
IC design houses Elan Microelectronics and Holtek Semiconductor expect to post higher revenue growth in the second quarter of 2012, buoyed by a pickup in demand coming from the consumer...
Holtek reports EPS of NT$2.36 for 2011
Newswatch - Jan 30, 15:38
IC design house Holtek Semiconductor saw net profits decrease 33% on year to NT$527 million (US$17.57 million) in 2011, translating into an EPS of NT$2.36 for the year, according...
Holtek January-September net profit down nearly 30% on year
Oct 26, 01:00
Taiwan-based micro-controller unit (MCU) IC design house Holtek Semiconductor released its financial report for January-September 2011 at an investors conference on October 25, with...
Consumer IC vendors look to flat performance in 3Q11
Aug 1, 15:55
Although most Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses posted strong revenue gains in the second quarter of 2011 thanks to short lead-time MCU orders amid reports of possible short...
Consumer IC designers to post over 20% sequential revenue growth in 2Q11
May 18, 14:59
Most Taiwan-based consumer IC makers, including Sonix Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Elan Microelectronics and Alpha Microelectronics, are expected to record a 20% sequential growth...
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.
Holtek and Macroblock to see revenues drop by double-digit rate sequentially in 4Q10
Oct 28, 14:44
IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Macroblock have both revealed that their revenues are likely to slide by a double-digit rate sequentially in the fourth quarter due to off-season...
Holtek, Sonix, Weltrend expect sequential revenue growth in August
Aug 19, 13:57
IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor expect their August revenues to increase significantly mainly because of increasing demand for consumer...
Holtek and Elan to see 20-30% sequential revenue growth in 2Q10
May 4, 14:08
Microcontroller unit (MCU) vendors Holtek Semiconductor and Elan Microelectronics are expected to see their revenues grow over 20-30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2010 due...
Consumer IC makers to enjoy double-digit revenue growth in 2Q10
Apr 30, 15:47
Taiwan-based consumer IC makers Sonix Technology, Elan Microelectronics, Sunplus Technology and Holtek Semiconductor are expected to register double-digit sequential growth in second-quarter...
Second-tier IC design houses to see double-digit revenue growth in 2Q10
Apr 29, 14:22
With top-tier Taiwan-based IC design houses such as MediaTek and Novatek Microelectronics receiving the bulk of limited wafer supplies in the first quarter, results of smaller players...
IC design houses raise MCU prices on strong seasonal demand
Apr 22, 11:39
IC design houses, including Elan Microelectronics and Holtek Semiconductor, have raised their quotes for embedded microcontroller units (MCUs) by a range of 10-20% amid strong seasonal...
MCU maker Holtek expects 10-20% revenues growth in 2010
Mar 4, 16:03
Holtek Semiconductor's revenues are expected to grow 10-20% in 2010 driven by strong sales of microcontroller units (MCUs) in the China market, according to company president, Gordon...
Mar 4, 14:36
Competition for 8-bit MCU products is expected to intensify as Texas Instruments (TI) has launched a series of low-priced 16-bit MCUs into the segment, according to industry sources...
Consumer IC design houses to see strong 1Q10
Mar 2, 16:06
Sonix Technology, Holtek Semiconductor and Weltrend Semiconductor may report sequential drops in February revenues, but are expected to see a pick-up in March, according to market...
Holtek posts almost 17% growth for January
Feb 9, 16:31
Microcontroller unit (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has announced its revenues grew 16.7% on month and 138.3% on year to NT$316 million (US$10 million) in January. Market watchers...
Holtek expects strong January 2010
Feb 2, 16:18
Microcontroller unit (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has said the backlog in its orders now exceeds NT$300 million (US$9.4 million). Market watchers estimate Holtek's revenues will...
Competition in touchscreen solution market to heat up in 2010
Jan 14, 11:54
Competition in the touchscreen IC solution market is set to become fiercer in 2010 as more vendors, including Holtek Semiconductor, Sonix Technology, Weltrend Semiconductor, Sitronix...
MCU supply falling short of demand on tight backend capacity
Jan 12, 16:23
Supply of 8-bit microcontroller units (MCUs) is falling short of demand due to tight capacity in backend houses, according to industry sources. Worldwide first-tier MCU makers have...
Consumer IC design houses expect revenues to decline in December
Dec 16, 16:46
Most Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses are expected to see their revenues decline sequentially in December 2009 due to seasonality, according to industry sources.
Holtek expects 1Q10 revenues to stay flat on quarter
Dec 9, 11:57
Microcontroller (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has estimated revenues for the first quarter of 2010 may remain flat sequentially, according to the company, adding that orders for...
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Displays | 24min ago
Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
Bits + chips | 39min ago
Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
Bits + chips | 1h 2min ago
Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
Green energy | 1h 15min ago
DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
Bits + chips | 1h 19min ago
Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
Displays | 2h 19min ago
Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
Bits + chips | 2h 59min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Bits + chips | 3h 1min ago
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
Mobile + telecom | 4h 1min ago
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 4h 16min ago
- 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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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- 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
- 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...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.