Last update: Tuesday 23 April 2013 [51 news items]
Ilitek, Sitronix 2Q13 sales to rise over 20%
Apr 23, 13:57
LCD driver IC suppliers ILi Technology (Ilitek) and Sitronix Technology both expect to enjoy revenue growth of more than 20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2013, thanks to...
Orise, Ilitek, Sitronix land orders for WVGA driver ICs
Apr 19, 10:44
LCD driver IC vendors including Orise Technology, ILi Technology (Ilitek) and Sitronix Technology are all expected to significantly increase shipments of their WVGA driver ICs used...
Small-size panel driver IC suppliers see sales rebound in March
Apr 2, 15:28
ILI Technology (Ilitek), Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology, which specialize in small-size LCD driver ICs, will have their March revenues exceed the levels reached in the previous...
LCD driver IC vendors to perform strongly in 1Q13
Jan 30, 15:58
LCD driver IC vendors including Orise Technology, Sitronix Technology and ILi Technology (Ilitek) all expected to perform strongly in the first quarter of 2013, scaling down the impact...
Sitronix shipments of ambient light and proximity sensors to climb in 2013
Jan 10, 21:55
Sitronix Technology is expected to ramp up shipments of its ambient light and proximity sensors in 2013, buoyed by new orders placed by first-tier handset brands, according to market...
Four LCD driver IC designers see mixed sequential growth in November revenue
Dec 10, 22:34
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC design houses Novatek Microelectronics and ILI Technology had November revenues slipping on month by 3.70% and 8.69% respectively, while fellow design houses...
LCD driver IC firms looks to strong sales in 3Q12
Sep 11, 14:46
LCD driver IC suppliers Novatek Microelectronics, ILI Technology (Ilitek), Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology all saw their August sales hit the highest monthly levels in recent...
Taiwan LCD driver IC firms growing presence in China
Aug 24, 15:31
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers including Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies, ILi Technology (Ilitek), Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology have all strengthened...
Windows 8 launch to ramp up sales of controller ICs, ambient light sensors and proximity sensors
May 31, 11:30
The launch of Windows 8 in the second half of 2012 is to bring increasing revenues for Taiwan-based IC design houses, and vendors such as Elan Microelectronics, Capella Microsystems,...
Power outage at MagnaChip causes shipment delays
May 11, 01:05
Recent power outages at specialty IC foundry MagnaChip Semiconductor have caused delivery delays. Companies affected by the event include Sonix Technology, Elan Microelectronics,...
Taiwan firms to gain foothold in ambient light sensor market
Feb 24, 01:10
Taiwan-based suppliers of ambient light sensors, including Capella Microsystems and Sitronix Technology, are expected to see their global market presence expand in 2012 thanks to...
Short lead-time orders from China buoying revenues for IC design firms
Nov 28, 13:40
Taiwan-based fabless IC firms have received an influx of short lead-time orders from clients in China recently, according to industry sources. The pull-in of orders, mainly for smartphones...
LCD driver IC design firms diversifying products
Nov 23, 16:58
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC design houses have moved to diversify their product portfolios to mitigate the impact of stagnant panel demand, according to industry sources. Driver IC...

ILI Technology, Sitronix ramping up shipments of touch-controller ICs
Jul 26, 15:48
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD driver IC design houses ILI Technology (Ilitek) and Sitronix Technology are expected to see increasing shipments of touch-controller ICs in the third quarter...
Sitronix 2Q11 sales meet guidance
Jul 11, 11:06
Sitronix Technology has announced consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2011 increased 19.1% sequentially to NT$1.22 billion (US$42.5 million). The results were at the high...
LCD driver IC vendors to see double-digit growth in 3Q11 revenues
Jun 30, 11:22
Major TFT-LCD driver IC companies including Novatek Microelectronics, Sitronix Technology and Orise Technology are expected to report double-digit sequential growth in revenues for...
Sitronix expects 15-20% growth in 2Q11 sales with higher gross margin
May 19, 01:25
LCD driver IC design house Sitronix Technology has projected consolidated revenues will increase 15-20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2011, buoyed by higher shipments. Gross...
LCD driver IC firms to see sales rebound in March
Mar 24, 02:00
LCD driver IC design houses ILI Technology (Ilitek), Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology are expected to see monthly revenues return to a sequential growth track in March 2011,...
Sitronix responds to report on 1Q11 sales
Stockwatch - Feb 16, 17:01
LCD driver IC design house Sitronix Technology has issued a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) saying it has not given revenue guidance for the first quarter of 2011.
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,...
Jan 6, 10:54
Sitronix Technology has developed its first 3-axis accelerometer with a launch expected to come soon, according to industry sources. The company is also looking to tap the markets...
Sitronix and BOE to cooperate for medium- to large-size panel plant, says report
Newswatch - Jan 5, 15:53
Taiwan-based IC design house Sitronix Technology will reportedly cooperate with China-based BOE Technology to set up production plant for medium-to large-size TFT-LCD panels, according...
Demand for entry-level and mid-range handsets weak, say IC designers
Dec 31, 01:30
Demand for smartphones remains upbeat, but that for entry-level and mid-range mobile phones has turned weak since December 2010, according to industry sources. Several Taiwan-based...
Compal, Sitronix to set up joint venture to design touch ICs for tablets
Dec 13, 10:29
Compal Electronics and Sitronix Technology will establish a joint venture to design touch controller ICs specifically for use in tablet PCs.
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...
Sitronix breaks into supply chain of handset brand vendor with touch-panel ICs
Oct 26, 01:55
Sitronix Technology has entered the supply chain of a major brand-name handset vendor for projected capacitive touch-screen panel ICs, with small-volume shipments slated for November,...
LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix set to see revenues decline in 3Q10
Sep 3, 10:59
LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix Technology has indicated that shipments of its large-size LCD panel driver ICs have been lower than expected so far in the third quarter of 2010 which...
LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix posts profit 1H10
Aug 5, 13:53
LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix Technology has posted net profits of NT$285 million (US$8.95 million) or an EPS of NT$2.47 for the first half of 2010.
Touchscreen IC suppliers cutting prices to win orders
Apr 13, 11:29
Major touchscreen solution suppliers including Synaptics, Elan Microelectronics, Cypress and Atmel have recently cut prices for particular customers or models by 10-20%, as a move...
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.
Small-size LCD driver IC makers to see slight growth in 1Q10
Mar 3, 11:56
Sales of LCD driver ICs used in handsets may stay flat or see a slight growth in the first quarter of 2010 despite strong demand from China's handset market, according to market sources,...
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...
LCD driver IC makers Orise and Sitronix to report strong sales in January
Jan 28, 14:54
LCD driver IC vendors Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology are expected to see January revenues remain as strong as the previous month thanks to increasing orders for small-size...
Fortrend signs cooperation agreement with Sitronix
Jan 15, 14:20
Projected capacitive touch panel maker Fortrend Touch Panel Division has announced the signing of an agreement with Sitronix Technology to share technologies and touch IC purchases...
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...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
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- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
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- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- 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
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

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MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
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Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- 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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.

















