Consumer, PWM IC designers to post 20-40% sales growth in 2Q13

Mar 22, 15:27

Taiwan-based IC design houses supplying solutions for consumer electronics products, tablets, LED lighting applications are expected to post revenue growth of 20-40% sequentially...

Taiwan IC designers under price pressure from international vendors for 32-bit MCUs

Mar 12, 14:26

Taiwan-based IC design houses are facing increasing competition in the 32-bit MCU segment as international vendors have reduced quotes to close to prices for 8-bit models and have...

Holtek, Sonix look to strong sales in 1Q13

Jan 25, 16:09

IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology both expect their MCU shipments to remain strong in the first quarter of 2013 thanks to inventory replenishment by clients...

Holtek, Sonix making progress in Cortex M3/M0 32-bit MCUs, say sources

Oct 8, 10:43

IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology have been making progress in promoting sales of their ARM Cortex M3/M0-based 32-bit MCUs to end-market devices makers and...

Taiwan consumer IC designers post mixed August results

Sep 18, 11:45

Consumer IC design houses Nuvoton Technology and Sonix Technology saw their August sales slip on month, while Generalplus Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Feeling Technology and...

Consumer IC designers post mixed July results

Aug 10, 16:02

Consumer IC design houses Generalplus Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Nuvoton Technology, Princeton Technology, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor have reported mixed results...

Consumer IC designers conservative about 3Q12 business

Jul 24, 13:52

Taiwan-based design houses of consumer ICs, including Holtek Semiconductor, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor, generally hold a conservative business outlook for the third...

Consumer IC supplier Sonix sees weak 3Q12 sales

Jul 17, 15:16

IC design house Sonix Technology has expressed caution about its sales performance during the third quarter of 2012, due to a slowing in IC orders for notebook webcams and consumer...

Most consumer IC design houses report healthy gains for 2Q12

Jul 11, 12:06

Second-quarter sales performance for most Taiwan-based consumer IC designers has been strong although some vendors have reported a decline in revenues for June, according to industry...

Consumer IC supplier Sonix positive about 2Q12

Jun 19, 01:10

IC design house Sonix Technology has revealed that combined revenues for April and May come close to the total reached in the first quarter of 2012, and expressed optimism about its...

Consumer IC vendors look to 30% sequential sales growth in 2Q12

Jun 12, 09:38

Consumer IC vendors including Nuvoton Technology, Sonix Technology, Generalplus Technology and Holtek Semiconductor all have reported strong sales for May, and industry sources indicated...

IC designer Sonix expects sales to grow on easing tight capacity

May 18, 14:27

IC design house Sonix Technology has seen a rebound in orders for its MCUs, multimedia chips and consumer ICs recently and expects an easing of tight capacity at foundries will enable...

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,...

IC designer Sonix sees profits up 59% in 2Q11

Newswatch - Aug 29, 16:07

Consumer IC design house Sonix Technology saw its net profits soar 59% sequentially to NT$214 million (US$7.36 million) in the second quarter of 2011. Second-quarter EPS reached NT...

Most IC design houses post sequential drops in June revenues

Jul 8, 14:13

While MediaTek, Global Unichip and Faraday Technology have managed to reach their low-end revenue targets for June, fellow IC design houses including Global Mixed-mode Technology...

Taiwan IC design houses expect on-month growth in June revenues

May 27, 14:41

Most Taiwan-based IC design houses have reported an improvement of order visibility for the third quarter of 2011 and predicted their revenues will swing back to a growth track due...

Consumer IC designers to post over 20% sequential revenue growth in 2Q11

May 18, 14:59

Most Taiwan-based consumer IC makers, including Sonix Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Elan Microelectronics and Alpha Microelectronics, are expected to record a 20% sequential growth...

Fabless IC firm Sonix expects 50% growth in 2Q11 revenues

May 13, 01:30

Sonic Technology, which designs and develops consumer-oriented ICs such as microcontrollers (MCUs), webcam chips and voice ICs, has projected that revenues will climb almost 50% sequentially...

IC designer Sonix reports strong sales for April

Newswatch - May 5, 15:46

Consumer product IC designer Sonix Technology has announced revenues of NT$415.66 million (US$14.55 million) for April 2011, up 31% sequentially and 1.9% on year. January-April revenues...

Elan, Sonix sales down in February

Mar 7, 11:52

Consumer product IC designers Elan Microelectronics and Sonix Technology both saw revenues decline by a double-digit rate sequentially in February 2011.

ODM notebook makers require IC vendors to prepare shipments for three months

Dec 1, 01:20

Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have recently demanded IC suppliers prepare all necessary parts and components to assure that their supplies of related notebook ICs will be sufficient...

IC design houses project revenues slide in 4Q10

Nov 12, 01:00

Although Taiwan-based notebook manufacturers are expecting a 5-10% sequential rise in fourth-quarter 2010 shipments, related IC design houses, which have already entered their off...

IC design houses brace for weak 4Q10

Oct 11, 12:08

Despite strong demand from clients in China prior to the National Day holidays, most Taiwan-based IC design houses posted lower revenues in September than those they recorded in August...

Consumer IC design house Sonix looks to declining sales for 3Q10

Newswatch - Sep 1, 14:08

Consumer IC design house Sonic Technology expects its third-quarter revenues to drop slightly from the level recorded in the second quarter due to declining shipments of notebook...

IC design houses expected to see sales bounce back in September

Aug 24, 14:00

Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen their orders remain in low levels in recently although most notebook ODMs have stated that their shipment volumes will pick up later in the...

Holtek, Sonix, Weltrend expect sequential revenue growth in August

Aug 19, 13:57

IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor expect their August revenues to increase significantly mainly because of increasing demand for consumer...

Demand for consumer ICs picking up

May 28, 11:34

Taiwan-based consumer IC vendors have seen a pickup in demand for toy related ICs recently as toy vendors have begun to build up inventories for the year-end buying season, according...

Consumer IC makers to enjoy double-digit revenue growth in 2Q10

Apr 30, 15:47

Taiwan-based consumer IC makers Sonix Technology, Elan Microelectronics, Sunplus Technology and Holtek Semiconductor are expected to register double-digit sequential growth in second-quarter...

Sonix looks to over 10% sequential revenue growth in 2Q10

Mar 24, 11:55

Consumer IC vendor Sonix Technology expects its revenues to grow over 10% sequentially in the second quarter of 2010 with gross margins hovering at around 41%, according to the com...

Consumer IC designers post revenues decline in February 2010

Mar 8, 16:58

Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses Sunplus Technology, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor saw revenues decline by 30%, 12.7% and 23.8% to NT$410 million (US$12.86 million),...

Sonix files patent infringement complaint against VTech in US

Mar 2, 16:26

Taiwan-based IC designer Sonix Technology filed a lawsuit with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against VTech Electronics North America and VTech...

IC designer Sonix to see strong 1Q10

Jan 26, 15:10

Sonix Technology estimates its January 2010 revenues will come in above NT$300 million (US$9.4 million) compared to NT$344 million in December 2009 and NT$125 million a year ago....

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...

MCU supply falling short of demand on tight backend capacity

Jan 12, 16:23

Supply of 8-bit microcontroller units (MCUs) is falling short of demand due to tight capacity in backend houses, according to industry sources. Worldwide first-tier MCU makers have...