Skyworks unveils power-optimized backlight drivers for smartphones and tablets

Mar 4, 21:36

Skyworks Solutions has recently introduced several new backlight LED drivers supporting next-generation smartphones and tablets that are multi-channel products tailored to support...

Petrov Group provides breakdown of Texas Instruments business model (part 1)

Sep 24, 14:24

The Petrov Group has announced a new 333-page/211-figure report titled "Texas Instrument's Power Business - Edition 2012". Texas Instruments (TI), the largest analog IC...

Skyworks raises July-September financial forecast

Sep 24, 12:31

Skyworks, a semiconductor firm with customers such as Apple and Samsung Electronics, has raised its financial forecast for the period of July-September 2012 (fourth-quarter of its...

AWSC 2Q12 shipments to climb over 30%

Apr 13, 10:33

GaAs IC foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) is expected to post a shipment increase of more than 30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2012, driven by a ramp-up...

Skyworks remains largest GaAs device maker, says Strategy Analytics

Apr 11, 17:04

GaAs device market growth slowed considerably in the second half of 2011, dropping overall revenue increases to only 6%. Despite this slowdown, Skyworks Solutions - with revenue growth...

Win Semi, VPEC to benefit from new iPad

Apr 2, 12:00

A teardown analysis performed by Chipworks has revealed that Avago supplies three power amplifiers – one WCDMA PA and two 4G LTE ones – for Apple's new iPad. Avago's main...

AWSC sales to rebound starting March

Mar 29, 15:26

Gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) is expected to see its monthly sales start growing in March, climbing out of the previous trough, according...

Win Semi sets sales record for sixth straight month

Newswatch - Nov 4, 15:15

Win Semiconductors, a major GaAs IC foundry, enjoyed another month of record sales in October thanks to continued-strong shipments of products used in smartphones.

iPhone 4S shows key design and component changes, says IHS

Oct 17, 10:19

While much of the coverage of Apple's iPhone 4S announcement focused on the new device's similarity to the iPhone 4, an IHS analysis of the product illustrates key changes in the...

AWSC posts flat growth in May revenues

Jun 7, 14:35

GaAs foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) has reported revenues of NT$179 million (US$6 million) for May 2011, up 0.5% sequentially and hitting the highest since...

Win Semi May sales hit record high

Newswatch - Jun 3, 11:31

Gallium-arsenide (GaAs) foundry Win Semiconductors has reported consolidated revenues of NT$704 million (US$24.5 million) for May 2011, a record high for the second straight month.

GaAs foundry Win Semi preps for listing on TSE, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 28, 15:07

Win Semiconductors, a major GaAs IC foundry, will soon submit an application to list its stock on the main board of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), according to a Chinese-language...

AWSC to see revenues recover in March

Mar 16, 01:30

GaAs IC foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) expects revenues to recover in March 2011 thanks to power amplifier (PA) maker Skyworks resuming normal orders.

iPad 2 to benefit PA makers and Taiwan GaAs foundry houses

Mar 2, 01:10

Component suppliers are expected to benefit from the iPad 2 's imminent launch. Both TriQuint Semiconductor and Skyworks Solutions will be the new Apple device's GaAs power amplifier...

VPEC reportedly lands orders from Skyworks; to see July revenues hit record

Jul 1, 16:07

Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) will likely see July 2010 revenues score the company's monthly high, and revenues for the third quarter of 2010 grow over 15% sequentially,...

GaAs foundry AWSC to gain more outsourcing from Skyworks, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 30, 16:20

Skyworks Solutions, a component supplier for the iPhone 4, is expected to significantly increase its outsourcing to contract partner Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC)...

GaAs foundry AWSC to benefit from Nokia shifting orders to Skyworks

Jan 14, 14:09

Nokia will reportedly switch 30% of its power amplifier (PA) orders from RFMD to Skyworks in 2010 - a move which will benefit Taiwan-based GaAs foundry Advanced Wireless Semiconductor...

GaAs foundry AWSC expected to receive more orders from Skyworks

Dec 10, 16:21

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics (LGE) will reportedly increase their purchases of GaAs-based products for handsets from Skyworks while reducing order proportion from TriQuint...

GaAs foundry AWSC to see 50% revenue growth in 2010

Nov 13, 16:11

Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) has seen order visibility extend to the first half of 2010, and the company estimates revenues next year will grow 50% from 2009, according...

GaAs foundry AWSC to enjoy growth through December with strong demand from Skyworks

Newswatch - Sep 11, 10:09

Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) is likely to see monthly growth through the end of 2009, as its major customer, Skyworks, has raised its fiscal fourth-quarter (July-September)...

TriQuint to supply PAs bundled with MediaTek TD-SCDMA chips in 2010

Aug 10, 10:59

TriQuint Semiconductor will begin small-volume shipments of power amplifier (PA) products bundled with MediaTek's TD-SCDMA chips in 2010, according to market sources.

GaAs wafer supplier VPEC expected to see record revenues and profit in 3Q09

Aug 7, 13:10

Visual Photonics Epitaxy's (VPEC's) third-quarter 2009 revenues and profits are expected to surpass those recorded in the second quarter due to strong market demand for smartphones,...

MediaTek to source power amplifiers from SST

Jul 29, 12:10

Handset chipmaker MediaTek is likely to source power amplifiers (PAs) from Silicon Storage Technology (SST), in addition to Skyworks, according to sources at IC distributors.

GaAs wafer supplier VPEC reports record revenues in June

Jul 10, 16:30

Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) has reported record revenues of NT$177 million (US$5.35 million) for June 2009, up 25% on month mainly due to strong orders from TriQuint Semiconductor,...

TSMC and subsidiaries to benefit from launch of next-generation iPhone

Apr 14, 17:15

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and two of its subsidiaries – packaging and testing house Xintec and color filer (CF) maker VisEra Technologies – are...