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Thursday 10 November 2022
DDI suppliers see replenishment demand for TVs
Display driver IC suppliers have seen a pick-up in DDI demand for TV applications, even though most orders are mainly short lead-time ones, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Fitipower sees pull-in of short lead-time orders for TVs
Display driver IC specialist Fitipower Integrated Technology, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, has enjoyed a pull-in of short lead-time orders for TVs to support its sales performance...
Friday 4 November 2022
OSAT, suppliers cutting prices for DDIs to raise utilization
Taiwan's OSAT services providers and packaging materials suppliers are offering "more flexible" quotes for display driver ICs (DDIs) in a bid to raise their utilization rates, according...
Thursday 3 November 2022
DDI backend firms see warehouses filled with 'wafer bank'
Display driver IC (DDI) backend specialists are finding their warehouses filled with "wafer bank" inventories from fabless chipmaker customers that are keeping their inventory at...
Thursday 3 November 2022
DDI suppliers continue to see inventory swell
Display driver IC suppliers have substantially scaled back wafer starts at foundries, but the efforts are still insufficient to reduce their inventory levels, according to industry...
Friday 21 October 2022
Large-size DDI oversupply unlikely to ease in 2023
The market for large-size display driver ICs (DDI) will remain oversupplied in 2023, showing no signs of improvement, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 19 October 2022
China OSATs cut prices to lure orders for DDIs
China-based OSATs have slashed their prices by over 10% to attract more orders for commodity display driver ICs for use in TVs and notebooks, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 18 October 2022
DDIs see looming price war
With major suppliers such as Novatek Microelectronics poised to initiate aggressive price cuts, a price war may be looming for display driver ICs (DDI), according to industry sources...
Monday 17 October 2022
Large-size DDIs see slower decline in demand
The decline in demand for large-size display driver IC (DDI) is slowing down along with the fact that demand and prices of LCD panels for TVs, notebooks and desktops are running close...
Friday 14 October 2022
Foundry PSMC slashes 2022 capex
Pure-play foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC), which specializes in specialty DRAM, display driver ICs, CMOS image sensors and power management ICs, as well as customized...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Taiwan IC design houses upbeat about automotive ICs in 2023
With cars getting more and larger on-board displays, Taiwan-based IC design houses are generally optimistic about demand for display driver ICs (DDI), touch and display driver integration...
Tuesday 4 October 2022
OSATs see DDI demand unlikely to pick up until 2H23
Display driver IC (DDI) demand is unlikely to pick up until the second half of next year, according to sources at DDI backend specialists.
Monday 3 October 2022
Taiwanese IC designers strive to seize future trends
The supply chain has changed as competition between the US and China intensifies, but the Taiwan-based IC design industry has not been directly affected. At the start of the US-China...
Wednesday 21 September 2022
Samsung reportedly eyeing closer tie with UMC for additional OLED DDI output
Samsung Electronics is reportedly eyeing a closer tie with Taiwan-based United Microelectronics (UMC), already a foundry partner of the Korean tech giant, for additional OLED display...
Monday 19 September 2022
Taiwan IC design houses keen to develop new chips, defying headwinds
Taiwan's IC design houses including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor have sharply increased their new development projects for the next 1-2 years despite...