Novatek sees touch IC as main growth driver in 2011

Jan 28, 01:00

IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects touch panel ICs to be the main revenue growth driver in 2011. Touch IC demand will be buoyed by booming smartphone and tablet PC sales,...

Taiwan IC design houses January sales affected by China snowstorms

Jan 25, 12:08

A number of Taiwan-based IC design houses have confirmed that sales increase in January will be limited due to heavy snowstorms in China, which could affect the shopping season prior...

Orise and Novatek to enjoy booming sales in January

Jan 10, 14:42

LCD driver IC vendors Orise Technology and Novatek Microelectronics are expected to see their January 2011 revenues improve from December's levels as clients refurnished inventories...

Novatek December revenues up on year

Newswatch - Jan 7, 16:24

LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics has announced revenues of NT$3.02 billion (US$103.35 million) for December 2010, down 2% sequentially but up 25.1% on year.

TV, STB and networking chip vendors benefiting from China triple network convergence policy

Dec 27, 14:06

Taiwan-based chipmakers for TVs, set-top boxes (STBs) and networking devices are expected to benefit from the China government's launch of its 12th five-year economic plan which has...

More IC designers leveraging MediaTek handset solutions

Dec 24, 14:32

Eyeing the business opportunities to be derived from shipments of over 500 million handset solutions a year from MediaTek, more chipset vendors are developing related IC parts to...

Taiwan touch controller vendors eyeing growing global touch IC market

Dec 23, 14:13

Taiwan-based touch controller IC makers are gearing up efforts to dent market share from international rivals as the global controller IC segment is expected to grow by over 50% in...

Novatek November sales up 18% on-month

Dec 7, 12:37

IC design house Novatek Microelectronics has reported revenues of NT$3.08 billion (US$102.09 million) for November, up 18% sequentially and 30.8% on year. Sales were buoyed by a pick-up...

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...

Sitronix launches capacitive touch-panel ICs

Nov 25, 14:07

Taiwan's IC design house Sitronix Technology recently introduced a lineup of projected capacitive touchscreen panel ICs for smartphones with screen sizes of 3.5- and 3.8-inch. The...

Novatek looks to declining sales for 4Q10

Oct 28, 01:25

Driver-IC designer Novatek Microelectronics expects its fourth-quarter 2010 revenues to drop by 10-15% on quarter, as the market for large-size panel applications enters the slow...

Brisk sales of small LCD driver ICs to continue in 4Q10

Oct 11, 14:15

Sales of large-size LCD driver ICs at Taiwan-based IC design houses in the third quarter were weak, while shipments of small-size driver ICs, especially for smartphones, remained...

Novatek August revenues up over 10% on year

Newswatch - Sep 7, 12:27

LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics has posted revenues of NT$3.21 billion (US$100.63 million) for August, increasing 2.73% sequentially and 10.45% on year, according to...

LCD driver IC vendor Novatek sees revenues up in July

Newswatch - Aug 6, 15:30

LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics has posted revenues of NT$3.13 billion for July, increasing 7% sequentially and 13.4% on year, according to a company press release.

Novatek expects 5-9% sequential revenue growth for 3Q10

Jul 29, 15:23

LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics expects its revenues to grow 5-9% sequentially in the third quarter with a healthy gross margin, company president Steve Wang said at...

IC design houses look to modest revenue growth in 3Q10

Jul 22, 14:01

Most Taiwan-based IC design houses are conservative about the business outlook for the third quarter predicting that their revenues are likely to grow in a range of 5-10% despite...

Novatek June revenues to fall 10% sequentially

Jul 7, 16:07

TFT LCD driver IC design house Novatek Microelectronics saw its revenues drop 10.1% sequentially to NT$2.92 billion (US$90.68 million) due to the impact of the prolonged debt crisis...

LCD driver IC vendors see strong on-year revenue gains in May

Jun 8, 14:04

LCD driver IC designers Novatek Microelectronics, Raydium Semiconductor and Orise Technology have all seen their May 2010 revenues grow substantially on an on-year basis, thanks to...

Novatek and Himax raise LCD driver IC quotes, says paper

Newswatch - May 7, 16:49

LCD driver IC design houses Novatek Microelectronics and Himax Technologies both have raised their quotes to reflect strong demand for LCD driver ICs from the China market and increasing...

Novatek looks to 10-15% sequential revenue growth in 2Q10

Apr 29, 14:32

LCD driver IC maker Novatek Microelectronics expects its revenues to increase 10-15% sequentially in the second quarter of 2010 from the first quarter's NT$8.688 billion (US$277.22...

Large and small LCD driver ICs to see tight supply through 1H10

Newswatch - Apr 29, 10:56

Supply of large and small LCD driver ICs will remain tight through the first half of 2010 due in part to strong demand and in part to short supply of wafer starts at foundry houses,...

Specialty IC foundry VIS seeing utilization grow on driver IC demand

Apr 27, 13:58

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has boosted its capacity utilization rate to 85% in the second quarter of 2010 from 75% in the first, mainly thanks to increased demand...

LCD driver IC maker Novatek sees revenues hit 5-month high in March

Apr 7, 15:10

LCD driver IC maker Novatek Microelectronics has posted revenues of NT$3.124 billion (US$98.49 million) for March 2010, the company's highest level in the past five months.

LCD driver IC maker Novatek to hand out 2009 dividends of NT$5

Newswatch - Mar 25, 11:45

LCD driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics has decided to deal out dividends of NT$5 (US$0.157) in cash for 2009 in which the company posted an EPS of NT$6.75.

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.

Driver IC supply to remain tight until mid-2Q10

Mar 15, 11:53

Supply of driver ICs will remain short until the middle of second-quarter 2010 due to tight foundry capacity, according to Taiwan-based driver IC design houses.

LCD driver IC makers see stronger demand for large-size products

Mar 8, 16:10

Sales of large-size LCD driver ICs were stronger compared with small-size products in February 2010 thanks to demand from the LCD TV segment, according to market sources. Large-size...

Taiwan-based LCD driver IC makers to see revenues grow in 1Q10

Newswatch - Feb 24, 14:21

Taiwan-based LCD driver IC designers Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies, Orise Technology, Sitronix Technology and ILI Technology are all expected to see sequential revenue...

Taiwan IC design houses to venture into Blu-ray chip market

Feb 12, 16:05

A number of Taiwan-based IC design houses, including MediaTek, Sunplus Technology and Novatek Microelectronics, will venture into the Blu-ray chip market in 2010, with MediaTek aiming...

Driver IC maker Novatek looks to 15-20% sequential revenue growth in 1Q10

Feb 4, 15:27

LCD driver IC maker Novatek Microelectronics expects its revenues to increase 15-20% in the first quarter of 2010, while gross margin is likely to drop slightly on quarter due to...

Genesys denies it's sampling USB 3.0 controllers at Apple

Feb 3, 14:18

Genesys Logic has begun sampling USB 3.0 device controllers for a client and sources within the industry believe the client is Apple. However, Genesys has denied the sources' claim...

Six Taiwan companies ranked as top-25 fabless IC suppliers worldwide in 2009, says IC Insights

Jan 20, 16:46

Taiwan-based MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies, Realtek Semiconductor, MStar Semiconductor and Richtek Technology are ranked as top-25 fabless IC suppliers worldwide...

Taiwan notebook, panel related IC designers to see double-digit growth in January, 1Q10

Newswatch - Jan 19, 12:29

Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see their January and first-quarter 2010 revenues both grow by at least 10% sequentially with increasing orders from notebook and panel...

Novatek reportedly to sign new customer

Newswatch - Dec 30, 15:08

Novatek Microelectronics will secure LCD TV driver IC orders from a new customer, and the new orders are expected to drive the company's sales growth in 2010, according to market...

Driver IC houses see drop in November 2009 sales

Dec 8, 15:28

Taiwan-based LCD driver IC design houses Novatek Microelectronics, Raydium Semiconductor and Orise Technology all saw a sequential decrease in November 2009 sales, with their respective...