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...

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 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...

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...

Taiwan IC designers competing for 32-bit MCU market in China

Jun 13, 14:22

IC design houses Nuvoton Technology, Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology, have recently strengthened their deployment in 32-bit MCUs in a bid to compete with international players...

IC design houses to report strong revenue growth for May

May 30, 14:33

A number of Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see their revenues hit records in May because the companies have a book-to-bill (B/B) ratio greater than 1.00 on average...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Elan reportedly lands touch controller orders from Microsoft IPTV business unit

May 14, 15:27

Consumer IC design houses Elan Microelectronics, Weltrend Semiconductor and Sonix Technology have seen orders for their consumer ICs continue to pour in for the second quarter of...

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...

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...

Consumer IC design houses to see strong 1Q10

Mar 2, 16:06

Sonix Technology, Holtek Semiconductor and Weltrend Semiconductor may report sequential drops in February revenues, but are expected to see a pick-up in March, according to market...

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...

Consumer IC design houses expect revenues to decline in December

Dec 16, 16:46

Most Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses are expected to see their revenues decline sequentially in December 2009 due to seasonality, according to industry sources.

Sunplus, Sonix see November 2009 revenues down on month, up on year

Dec 8, 15:30

Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses Sunplus Technology and Sonix Technology saw November 2009 revenues of NT$825 million (US$25.5 million) and NT$303.5 million, representing drops...

Sonix to ship webcam ICs to Japan-based notebook vendor

Dec 7, 12:08

IC designer Sonix Technology's notebook webcam IC has entered the supply chain of a Japan-based notebook vendor, who used to mainly adopt chips provided from companies in Japan, with...

Taiwan IC designers see toy IC demand recovery

Newswatch - Dec 1, 14:03

Taiwan-based toy IC designers are seeing better-than-expected market demand from the US for the 2009 holiday season and expect the toy market to recover, according to the companies...

Consumer IC design houses increase wafer starts at foundries

Nov 26, 15:08

Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses, including MediaTek, Sonix Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Sunplus Technology and Realtek Semiconductor, have recently increase their wafer...

Sunplus, ALi post high revenues in October among consumer IC designers

Nov 9, 17:05

IC design houses Sunplus Technology and ALi have both reported high revenues for October 2009 thanks to strong set-top box (STB) IC demand in Europe and emerging markets.

Sonix developing 32-bit multimedia MCU

Oct 26, 16:44

Consumer IC design house Sonix Technology has recently licensed ARM's IP for 32-bit microcontroller units (MCU), and expects to roll out new ARM-based products in the second half...

Consumer IC designers expect 4Q09 revenues to slip slightly or remain unchanged

Oct 20, 14:44

Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses, including Sonix Technology, Sunplus Technology, ALi and Weltrend Semiconductor, expect revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 to drop slightly...

Sonix to sample optical touch solutions in 4Q09

Sep 4, 16:14

IC design house Sonix Technology plans to sample a new optical touch solution, which integrates in-house DSP and CMOS sensors, in the fourth quarter, according to the company. Sonix...

Sonix, ALi report outstanding 1H09 profit performance

Sep 1, 12:28

IC design houses Sonix Technology and ALi have released first-half 2009 financial reports, recording earnings per share (EPS) of NT$1.78 (US$0.05) and NT$1.24, respectively, to become...

Notebook related IC designers see bright 2H09 outlook

Aug 26, 16:53

Taiwan notebook related IC design houses all have seen orders from notebook makers increase and are expected to enjoy growth through the fourth quarter, according to market sources...