KYEC profits surge in 2Q12

Aug 22, 16:05

King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), a Taiwan-based company specializing in IC testing, has announced net profits of NT$539 million (US$18 million) for the first half of 2012. The firm saw...

MediaTek expects flat August revenues due to wafer shortages

Aug 22, 14:59

MediaTek has seen higher than expected orders for smartphone chips from China-based branded and white-box vendors, but expects its consolidated revenues for August to stay flat at...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset solution revenues grow 30% on quarter in 2Q12

Aug 17, 15:19

Combined revenues of handset related solutions generated by Taiwan-based IC design houses grew 30% sequentially to NT$13.7 billion (US$456.36 million) in the second quarter of 2012,...

KYEC holds positive view for 2H12

Aug 15, 13:56

King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) expects its sales will be driven by brisk demand coming from the handset sector in the third quarter of 2012. The IC testing house has seen orders for...

China market: HTC-like device sold for less than CNY1,000

Aug 14, 01:30

A number of smartphones resembling HTC handsets have been developed by China's white-box handset makers and are being priced at as low as less than CNY1,000 (US$157), according to...

MediaTek acquires 53% of outstanding MStar shares; to proceed with merger deal

Aug 10, 16:34

MediaTek has acquired a total of 282.37 million shares, or 53%, of MStar Semiconductor's outstanding shares through a tender offer, meeting the requirements to proceed with the merger...

Smartphone apps processor revenues soar 55% in 1Q12, says Strategy Analytics

Aug 8, 11:46

The global smartphone applications processor market showed a solid 55% on-year growth in the first quarter of 2012, reaching US$2.47 billion, according to Strategy Analytics. The...

MediaTek reports strong sales for July

Newswatch - Aug 7, 12:11

MediaTek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$9.246 billion (US$308.61 million) for July, increasing 17.9% from the previous month and 29.5% from a year earlier.

MediaTek to launch quad-core smartphone solutions in 1Q13, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 6, 12:20

MediaTek is expected to launch its first quad-core smartphone solution, the MT6588, in the first quarter of 2013, according to a Chinese-language Liberty Times report. The...

China smartphone vendors increasing orders to Taiwan IC design houses, say sources

Aug 1, 14:55

China-based branded and white-box handset vendors seem to have begun ramping up their orders for IC parts to meet replacement demand despite concerns that China's economy is likely...

MediaTek hikes 2012 target smartphone chip shipments

Aug 1, 01:05

IC design house MediaTek, in view of strong demand in the China market, expects to ship 30 million smartphone chips in the third quarter, and accordingly has upward adjusted its target...

MediaTek posts strong sequential profit growth for 2Q12

Newswatch - Jul 31, 15:21

MediaTek has announced net profits of NT$3.357 billion for the second quarter of 2012, up 34.3% sequentially and 0.9% on year. Second-quarter ESP stood at NT$2.95, compared to NT$2.19...

Huawei to enhance cooperation with subsidiary HiSilicon for smartphone solutions

Jul 31, 12:38

Huawei Technologies will revamp its policy on the adoption of chipset solutions for smartphones and will enhance cooperation with its chipset subsidiary HiSilicon Technologies for...

MediaTek assures steady RF chip shipments in 3Q12

Jul 23, 15:38

MediaTek has stated that it has secured enough production capacity for RF chips and that shipments of the chips will not be jeopardized in the third quarter of 2012.

Spreadtrum strengthening cooperation with Samsung, threatening MediaTek market position

Jul 23, 14:52

China-based handset solution vendor Spreatrum Communications has stepped up its cooperation with Samsung Electronics and may double its shipments by the fourth quarter of 2012, threatening...

Spreadtrum 1GHz solution validated for Lenovo TD-SCDMA smartphone

Jul 20, 01:25

Spreadtrum Communications has announced that the Lenovo A288t, a TD-SCDMA smartphone based on its 1GHz Android smartphone platform, the SC8810, has completed China Mobile's certification...

MediaTek, Spreadtrum reportedly to land large orders for feature phones

Jul 16, 12:24

Despite a slowdown in demand for feature phones, MediaTek and Spreadtrum Communications are expected to land large-volume solution orders for feature phones from international brands...

MediaTek 3Q12 sales to grow on rising shipments

Jul 10, 01:45

IC design house MediaTek, which specializes in low-cost handset solutions, is likely to set revenue growth guidance at 8-18% for the third quarter of 2012, according to market sources...

MediaTek announces revenue gains for June

Newswatch - Jul 6, 16:25

MediaTek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$7.845 billion (US$262.46 million) for June, up 2.5% on month and 16.4% on year, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock...

Rising handset-IC shipments to buoy sales at backend service providers

Jul 5, 15:02

Shipments of handset solutions will drive revenue growth at MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor in the second half of 2012, and simultaneously buoy sales at their backend partners including...

IC design houses reducing production of TV chips for 3Q12, say sources

Jul 4, 13:57

Taiwan-based IC design houses, including MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor, have become more conservative about shipments of TV chips in third-quarter 2012, and therefore have decreased...

MediaTek-MStar merger may send TV makers rethinking chip procurement strategy

Jun 27, 16:24

The planned merger between MediaTek (MTK) and MStar Semiconductor has shocked the flat-panel TV supply chain due to the combined market share of TV chips of the two firms being roughly...

MediaTek launches dual-core MT6577 smartphone platform

Jun 27, 15:42

MediaTek has announced the availability of its MT6577, a dual-core platform developed specifically for sub-US$200 smartphones – which the firm recognizes as the fastest-growing...

MediaTek may target networking chip vendors for further acquisitions, say sources

Jun 27, 15:32

MediaTek may target networking chip vendors for its next acquisition moves after making a merger deal with rival MStar Semiconductor recently, according to industry sources.

Huawei adopts MediaTek dual-core chip for smartphones, says report

Newswatch - Jun 27, 15:05

MediaTek's new MT6577, which uses a dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex A9 CPU, has been adopted by China-based Huawei for as many as four of its upcoming smartphone devices, according to a Chinese-language...

Digitimes Research: Merger with MStar to boost MediaTek presence in digital TV segment

Jun 26, 12:40

MediaTek's planned merger with MStar Semiconductor will help MediaTek expand its presence in the digital TV-chip market, as well as enhancing its capability in the ever increasing...

MediaTek-MStar merger to have impact on existing suppliers

Jun 26, 12:37

The planned merger between MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor is expected to vertically integrate their supply chain. However, some market watchers speculate MediaTek will take over...

Commentary: MediaTek, MStar reach merger deal in fast manner; highlighting difficulties of Taiwan IC design industry

Jun 26, 01:00

Although the proposal by MediaTek to merge with rival MStar Semiconductor comes as a big surprise to Taiwan's IC design industry, MediaTek chairman MK Tsai and his counterpart Wayne...

MediaTek to merge with MStar

Jun 22, 16:14

MediaTek has announced plans to merge with fellow IC design company MStar Semiconductor following the completion of its tender offer to buy a portion of MStar shares.

Taiwan IC designers looking to orders from China-based white-box smartphone vendors

Jun 20, 14:02

Taiwan-based IC design houses have rekindled their hope that they can cooperate one again with China-based white-box handset makers to make a strong presence in China's smartphone...

MediaTek chair says worst is over

Jun 14, 16:10

MediaTek has been facing a challenging competitive environment over the past two years, but the worst should already be over, chairman Ming-kai Tsai told the company's shareholders...

China market: White-box handset makers to shine in smartphone segment

Jun 14, 15:44

White-box handset makers are expected to take the main scene of China's handset market again by rolling out sub-CNY500 (US$79) smartphones in the second half of 2012, optimizing chipset...

AMD, ARM, Imagination, MediaTek and Texas Instruments unleash the next era of computing innovation

Jun 14, 01:35

At the AMD Fusion Developer Summit (AFDS), global technology leaders came together to announce the formation of the Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation. The HSA Foundation...

China market: Qualcomm pushing sales of 3G solutions to small- to medium-sized handset makers

Jun 12, 11:24

Qualcomm has geared up efforts to push sales of its smartphone solutions to small- to medium-sized handset makers in China, attracting a number of vendors shifting away from the comparable...