45 news items tagged microphone
IC packager Greatek to see 2H20 revenues gain on shipments for PS5
Wednesday 22 July 2020Taiwan-based logic IC packaging firm Greatek Electronics, an affiliate of Powertech Technology (PTI), has indirectly cut into the supply chain of Sony's next-generation PS5 gaming...
CMOS image sensors to resume record run in 2021, says IC Insights
Friday 12 June 2020The fallout from the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 is expected to lower CMOS image sensor sales for the first time in 10 years, but new record-high revenues are seen next year, according...
Rising stay-at-home economy results in USB chip shortages
Wednesday 3 June 2020Owing to the uprising stay-at-home economy, Taiwan-based chip suppliers have seen increased orders from clients for USB chips used in peripherals such as earphones, microphones and...
Taiwan IC design houses see orders slow down from China
Friday 6 December 2019Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen their China-based customers start slowing down their pace of orders due to year-end inventory checks at the clients, which may drag down revenues...
Realtek, Rafael Micro and ZillTek poised for strong sales in 3Q19
Friday 6 September 2019Networking IC design house Realtek Semiconductor, MEMS microphone supplier ZillTek Technology and RF component specialist Rafael Micro are expected to enjoy impressive sales in the...
Elan, RichWave post record August revenues
Thursday 5 September 2019Taiwan-based fabless chipmaker Elan Microelectronics and RichWave Technology, which have reportedly cut into the supply chain of Huawei, both saw their August revenues climb to record-high...
Realtek, Novatek post record May revenues
Tuesday 11 June 2019IC design houses Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor both saw their May revenues climb to respective record-high levels, thanks to shipments of their new products.
ZillTek enjoys robust shipments of MEMS microphone chips
Wednesday 29 May 2019Robust shipments of MEMS microphone chips to China have boosted revenues at ZillTek Technology in May, inspiring the Taiwan-based IC designer to expect its monthly and quarterly revenue...
PSI rules out China for new wafer processing fab site
Monday 27 May 2019Taiwan-based Phoenix Silicon International (PSI), dedicated to wafer reclaim, wafer thinning and MEMS mid-end process services, plans to set up a new plant to fulfill robust orders...
AirPods 3 said to be launched by year-end 2019
Wednesday 24 April 2019Apple is reportedly set to release its third-generation AirPods for sales by the end of 2019, with the new wireless earphones to incorporate a noise cancellation function. And Taiwan's...
Backend firm Lingsen sales to peak in 3Q
Friday 1 June 2018Taiwan-based backend service company Lingsen Precision Industries is expected to see its sales climb to their peak for 2018 in the third quarter driven by robust demand for MEMS sensors,...
Chip demand for voice assistant devices rising
Monday 26 February 2018Chip demand for smart speakers and other voice-assistant devices has been rising, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Asustek to create gaming company in China
Wednesday 3 January 2018Asustek Computer's board of directors has approved a plan to invest a maximum of US$16 million to establish a subsidiary in China to focus on the e-sport business.
Digitimes Research: Global MEMS microphone shipments rising
Wednesday 8 November 2017Global MEMS microphone shipments will increase to 4.8 billion units in 2017 from 4.4 billion units in 2016, and the volume will reach over 5.0 billion units in 2018, according to...
Opto, sensor and discrete ICs to reach record US$75 billion in 2017, says IC Insights
Friday 3 November 2017More than a dozen product categories in optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, and discretes semiconductors (O-S-D) are on track to set record-high annual sales this year, according...
IC vendors ramping up solutions for voice assistants
Wednesday 19 July 2017A number of China- and Taiwan-based IC design houses are ramping up their production of speaker solutions, MEMS microphones and other chips to meet increasing demand for voice assistant...
MediaTek launches chipset supporting Google Assistant and Android Things
Thursday 18 May 2017MediaTek has introduced its newest full-featured chipset - MT8516 - designed to enable Voice Assistant Devices (VADs) and smart speakers, including the Google Assistant. MediaTek...
Sensor and actuator sales take off as price erosion eases
Wednesday 17 May 2017After several years of low and inconsistent growth rates primarily because of intense pricing pressure, the market for semiconductor sensors and actuators finally caught fire in 2016...
Apple products driving MEMS microphone market growth, IHS says
Tuesday 2 February 2016The popularity of Apple's iPhone 6S and other products is boosting the MEMS microphone market to a CAGR of 13% from 2015 to 2019, according to IHS. The market is forecast to reach...
Knowles and Infineon are top suppliers of packaged MEMS microphones and bare microphone dies, says IHS
Thursday 19 June 2014The global market for MEMS microphone chips is split into dual segments that are dominated by two suppliers: Knowles and Infineon Technologies AG, according to IHS.
Consolidation to continue in the MEMS microphone industry: Q&A with Akustica CEO Horst Muenzel
Thursday 10 April 2014More and more players have made inroads into the MEMS microphone industry to cash in on the rising demand brought up by the popularity of smartphones.
3S ramping MEMS microphone chip shipments
Wednesday 26 February 2014IC design house Solid State System (3S) is ramping up shipments of its MEMS microphone chips, buoyed by new orders for low- to mid-end smartphones and tablets, according to the com...
3S to start shipping MEMS microphone chips to Taiwan handset ODMs in 1Q14
Monday 30 September 2013IC design house Solid State System (3S) with its MEMS microphone chips has entered the supply chain of Taiwan's major handset ODMs, with shipments to kick off in the first quarter...
Ban on STMicroelectronics microphone shipments unlikely to affect shipments of New HTC One, say IC distributors
Wednesday 24 April 2013A court in the Netherlands has judged that STMicroelectronics should discontinue supply of MEMS dual-membrane microphone devices to HTC for use in the New HTC One smartphone because...
New HTC One shipments likely to be affected by microphone supplies, say sources
Tuesday 23 April 2013Shipments of HTC's new flagship model, the new HTC One, might be jeopardized again after the District Court of Amsterdam issued recently a preliminary injunction, prohibiting STMicroelectronics...