Taiwan-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...

Networking IC design house Realtek Semiconductor, MEMS microphone supplier ZillTek Technology and RF component specialist Rafael Micro are expected to enjoy impressive sales in the...

Taiwan-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...

IC 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.

Robust 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...

Taiwan-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...

Apple 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...

Taiwan-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 smart speakers and other voice-assistant devices has been rising, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.

Asustek 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.

Global 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...

More 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...

A 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 has introduced its newest full-featured chipset - MT8516 - designed to enable Voice Assistant Devices (VADs) and smart speakers, including the Google Assistant. MediaTek...

After 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...

The 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...

The 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.

More 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.

IC 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...

IC 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...

A 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...

Shipments 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...

Shipments of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphones in 2012 amounted to 2.05 billion units, up 57% from 1.30 billion in 2011, according to IHS iSuppli. Shipments will climb...

China-based acoustic device makers, including AAC Technologies and Goertek, have seen their market share surpass that of Taiwan's counterparts, buoyed by their cooperation with a...

Capacity support from the Bosch Group allows Akustica to expand its presence in the MEMS microphone market, according to Stefan Finkbeiner, newly-appointed CEO and GM of Bosch Sens...