Fabless chipmakers in Taiwan and China specializing in display driver ICs and fingerprint sensor chips are keenly developing OLED DDI chip solutions for smartphones seeking to build...

Display driver IC backend specialist Chipbond Technology is constructing a new plant designed mainly for processing RF and PA components for use in 5G devices, which will significantly...

LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects orders to pick up starting the latter part of the third quarter, thanks to the launch of diverse ranges of new smartphones...

Backend house ChipMOS Technologies expects demand for display driver ICs to ramp up in the second half of 2020, thanks to the upcoming launch of new 5G phones and a surge in demand...

Chip demand for 5G smartphones is expected to pick up starting the third quarter of 2020, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.

Most Taiwan-based LCD driver IC makers, including Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies, Sitronix Technology and FocalTech Systems, are confident that they will stay on the...

LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenue of between NT$17.7 billion (US$590.9 million) and NT$18.5 billion for the second quarter of 2020, representing...

Backend house ChipMOS Technologies expects stable growth in sales generated from the memory sector in the second quarter, while sales of its display driver IC segment will register...

Taiwan's IC backend service suppliers are benefitting from Apple's recent release of its second-generation 4.7-inch iPhone SE, ramping up their capacity utilization rates and revenues...

Demand for high-end IC manufacturing materials remains robust with clear order visibility stretching into the third quarter of 2020, bolstered by growing adoption of advanced fabrication...

Taiwan-based driver IC backend specialists have landed short lead-time orders for business notebooks and tablets that will be used mostly to support remote working and studying needs,...

Taiwan-based handset display driver IC backend specialists have seen customer orders slow down, with poor order visibility for the next several months, but they expect demand to rebound...

Taiwan-based backend houses including Powertech Technology (PTI) and ChipMOS Technologies are expected to enjoy stable demand coming from the memory sector in 2020, thanks to brisk...

Taiwan-based compound semiconductor components makers are gearing up to fulfill shipments of PA (power amplifier), RF (radio frequency) and VCSEl devices for a new iPhone model, tentatively...

Taiwan-based display driver IC backend specialists have become cautious about their business outlook for the first half of 2020 amid uncertainty caused by the coronavirus outbreak,...

Taiwan-based display driver IC designers and backend specialists are looking to ready additional capacities by mid-2020 to meet growing demand for OLED driver ICs, according to industry...

Taiwan- and China-based foundries have seen increases in orders for display driver ICs and sensors for use in 5G smartphones and other devices recently, with 12- and 8-inch fab utilization...

Chip-on-film (COF) substrate supplier JMC Electronics has seen orders for large-size display driver IC packaging slow down in the fourth quarter of 2019, for which the company is...

TSMC continues to see its 7nm manufacturing processes run at full utilization, according to sources at fabless chipmakers who said new orders placed recently cannot be fulfilled at...

While top chip vendors have been keen on securing support from TSMC's cutting edge 7nm and 5nm manufacturing nodes, demand for the foundry house's other processes have also been strong...

TSMC and UMC are set to allocate more of their available 12-inch fab capacities for the fabrication of display driver ICs in 2020 to satisfy growing demand for applications such as...

LCD driver IC design specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$15.8 billion (US$519.3 million) and NT$16.3 billion for the fourth quarter of 2019,...

Novatek Microelectronics has seen orders increase for OLED driver ICs from China-based handset vendors, with the orders set to result in a particularly strong fourth quarter for the...

Backend demand for OLED driver ICs is set to take off in 2020, with COP (chip on plastic) and COF (chip on film) likely to co-exist as main packaging processes, according to industry...

LCD driver IC design specialist Novatek Microelectronics is expected to enjoy a strong fourth-quarter 2019, thanks to continued ramp-up in TDDI chip shipments, coupled with revenues...