Compal Communications adopts Broadcom smartphone reference design

Apr 3, 12:14

Compal Communications has for the first time adopted a reference design platform offered by Broadcom to develop entry-level Android smartphones with the first wave of such models...

Lenovo ramping IC design capability, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 1, 12:03

Lenovo reportedly plans to build up its IC design capability by increasing the number of staff of its IC development department from the current 10 to 100 by the end of the second...

MediaTek appoints new head of US corporate marketing

Newswatch - Mar 29, 13:58

MediaTek has announced that it has appointed Mohit Bhushan as vice president and general manager of corporate marketing, in the US. In his new role, Bhushan will lead corporate marketing...

Taiwan IC design houses to report stronger than expected earnings for 1Q13

Mar 27, 22:04

A number of IC design houses in Taiwan are expected to report better-than-expected earnings for the first quarter of 2013, powered by the launch of new products and cost-reduction...

Taiwan IC design houses pull in more orders from supply chain in China

Mar 26, 14:05

Taiwan-based IC design houses have received more orders from clients in China's smartphone, tablet and flat panel segments recently as the supply chain in China has begun building...

MediaTek to slash handset solution prices in April, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 22, 16:09

MediaTek is expected to implement a comprehensive price cut of its handset solutions on April 1, with quotes for its quad-core MT6589 solutions to be reduced by the highest rate of...

Digital TV semiconductor market dips in 2012, says IHS

Mar 15, 10:28

Amid a drop in television demand, the global market for digital television semiconductors (DTV) declined by nearly 6% in 2012, according to IHS iSuppli.

Intel leads unexpectedly large decline in 4Q12 semiconductor market inventory, says IHS

Mar 14, 10:37

After reaching a worrisome high in the third quarter of 2012, global semiconductor inventories held by chip suppliers fell at a surprisingly fast rate in the fourth quarter, led by...

MediaTek names new general manager for Europe corporate marketing

Mar 13, 10:51

MediaTek has announced the appointment of Siegmund Redl as general manager for corporate marketing in Europe.

eMemory OTP non-volatile memory IP adopted by MediaTek

Mar 12, 11:23

Taiwan-based embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) IP provider eMemory Technology has had its OTP (one time programmable) non-volatile memory IP adopted by Taiwan-based IC design house...

MediaTek reports slow sales for February

Newswatch - Mar 8, 14:18

MediaTek has reported revenues of NT$6.09 billion (US$205.1 million) for February, down 27.9% sequentially and 2.2% on year. For the first two months of 2013, revenues amounted to...

Globalfoundries succeeds in landing 28nm orders from MediaTek, say Taiwan makers

Mar 8, 10:22

Globalfoundries has beaten out Taiwan-based United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) to land orders for 28nm foundry services from Taiwan-based IC design house MediaTek, according...

TSMC short-term growth momentum affected by low order visibility for 2Q13

Mar 6, 11:21

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its short-term growth momentum affected by a low order visibility from international smartphone and tablet chipset...

MediaTek making last-ditch effort to seek approval for its merger with MStar

Mar 5, 14:13

MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor reportedly have mapped out measures to counter any possible decisions by the governments of China and Korea over the two companies' merger plan as...

Taiwan IC design houses to perform well in 2013 on booming tablet sales

Mar 4, 14:45

IC design houses, including MediaTek, Elan Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor, are expected to perform strongly in the first quarter of 2013 and also see their sales momentum...

MWC 2013: Qualcomm, MediaTek not ready to develop 8-core smartphone CPUs

Feb 27, 11:19

Qualcomm and MediaTek appear to have temporarily suspended their respective plans to develop 8-core CPUs for smartphones based on product roadmaps revealed by the companies.

MWC 2013: MediaTek to launch new chips for TD-SCDMA phones and tablets in 1H13

Feb 26, 19:03

MediaTek plans to release its new smartphone solution, the MT6572, supporting TD-SCDMA standards in the first quarter of 2013, as well as the MT8135 for tablets in the second quarter,...

Qualcomm, Samsung claim top-2 spots in mobile handset IC market in 2012, says IHS

Feb 22, 12:24

Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics capitalized on rapidly shifting market conditions to claim the top-two spots of the mobile handset core integrated circuit (IC) business in 2012,...

MediaTek March revenues to top NT$10 billion

Feb 21, 21:44

MediaTek is expected to see its revenues return to NT$10 billion (US$337.84 million) in March and its second-quarter revenues grow 20-30% sequentially thanks to better than expected...

Commentary: Google partnerships lifting Taiwan IC design industry

Feb 21, 13:59

While the overall prospects of the global technology industry for 2013 still look uncertain, promising first-quarter outlooks for a number of Taiwan-based first-tier IC design houses...

MediaTek smartphone solution shipments to return to track in March

Feb 19, 21:18

Sales of smartphone solutions from MediaTek are expected to be back to the right track starting March as smartphone vendors in China have begun to renew their orders for dual- and...

MediaTek revenues up over 10% in January

Newswatch - Feb 8, 15:19

MediaTek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$8.45 billion (US$285.18 million) for January 2013, increasing 11.5% sequentially and 63.9% on year.

Opera to integrate its Open TV Store into MediaTek smart TV chipsets

Feb 6, 16:28

Opera Software's Opera TV Store will be integrated into MediaTek's chipsets for smart TVs, according to a recent statement made by Opera.

MediaTek expects revenues to drop 10-18% in 1Q13

Feb 4, 21:57

IC design house MediaTek expects to report a 10-18% sequential decrease in consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2013, due to a slowdown in orders for smartphones, as well...

Strong demand from non-iPad tablet sector to boost short-term performance of IC vendors

Jan 28, 13:52

Demand for IC parts from the tablet industry in China has been stronger than expected in the first quarter of 2013, which could help boost the short-term performance of IC design...

MediaTek expected to see 10-15% sequential drop in 1Q13 revenues

Jan 25, 14:46

MediaTek is expected to see its consolidated revenues slide 10-15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013 mainly because of inventory adjustments by China-based branded and white-box...

China market: Brands to introduce quad-core smartphones before Lunar New Year

Jan 23, 22:06

Many brands in China such as Huawei and ZTE plan to introduce quad-core smartphones that adopt MediaTek's MT6589 or Qualcomm's MSM8x25Q solutions before the Lunar New Year holidays...

IC design houses to report slow sales in January, February

Jan 21, 22:25

Most Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to report slow sales in January and February affected by factors including weaker than expected year-end sales at downstream clients,...

MediaTek cancels capital expansion project as planned merger with MStar was delayed

Jan 16, 16:18

MediaTek has announced that it has withdrawn a plan to issue new shares for the planned merger with MStar Semiconductor.

MediaTek/MStar merger likely to be delayed again

Jan 15, 22:06

The planned merger between MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor may be forced to be postponed again due to slow scrutiny procedures by the governments of China and Korea on concerns of...