Delivery lead times for wirebonding packaging equipment have extended to over six months, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers continue to enjoy a ramp-up in orders including short lead-time ones, and will see their supply remains tight through the second quarter of 2021,...

With demand for diverse chips solutions continuing to grow robustly, Taiwan's foundry houses, IC designers and even EMS providers are all strengthening tie-up with backend houses...

Taiwan's leading display driver IC (DDI) vendor Novatek Microelectronics is expected to take the lead to raise its quotes soon to reflect increased foundry costs, which may send its...

Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) suppliers who have raised quotes by 10-15% to reflect tight supply and rising costs remain upbeat about 2021, as market conditions will still...

A number of Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers, including Novatek Microelectronics, have completed talks with downstream clients over raising quotes for their TDDI and DDI chips...

Tight foundry capacity resulting in insufficient chip supplies and rising chip ASPs already buoyed Taiwan's first-tier fabless chipmakers' profits in the third quarter. Such scenario...

Taiwan-based backend houses have seen strong demand for display driver ICs and NAND flash controller chips, with clear order visibility through the second quarter of 2021, according...

Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) suppliers are poised to see their gross margins improve in fourth-quarter 2020 and even in first-quarter 2021 due to rising chip prices.

Demand for IC substrates for processing niche-type memory chips has turned strong since November, with shipment pull-in momentum from clients to last into the first quarter of 2021,...

Taiwan's PC monitor shipments in the third quarter of 2020 grew 6.9% sequentially and 4.1% on year.

Taiwan's backend house Chipbond Technology has disclosed plans to build additional testing capacity to satisfy robust demand for display driver ICs, RF and PA components.

HannStar Display has revealed that its panel shipments for wearable applications will be affected in the fourth quarter of 2020 by the fact that it has been only able to secure about...

Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) suppliers have begun to enhance their deployments in the automotive electronics sector, expecting car-use DDI and IVI (in-vehicle infotainment)...

Prices for display driver ICs and TDDI chips are expected to rise by another 10% in the first half of 2021 after hiking in fourth-quarter 2020, due to tight foundry supply and rising...

ASIC design service and IP provider Faraday Technology has announced its memory compilers based on UMC's 28nm embedded High Voltage (eHV) process technology have been subsequently...

Fan motor driver IC supplier Sentelic has reported strong earnings for the first three quarters of 2020, as the ongoing work-from-home activities have helped drive up demand for related...

TSMC is in talks with a Korean client for manufacturing OLED driver ICs using the foundry's 28nm high-voltage process, according to industry sources.

IC design house Himax Technologies expects its gross margin to hit a record high in fourth-quarter 2020, propelled by increasing shipments of time-controllers (TCON ICs), low-power...

FocalTech Systems has raised quotes for its TDDI chips and LCD driver ICs by 10%, and is mulling another double-digit price increase in the first half of 2021, according to industry...

Display driver IC backend specialists including Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies have enjoyed a ramp-up in orders for handset-use TDDI chips, with clear order visibility...

Taiwan-based Chipbond Technology, a backend house specializing in display driver ICs, saw its October revenue hit a record high for the third consecutive month.

Display driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$21.8 billion (US$763.4 million) and NT$22.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, which...

Taiwan's driver IC backend firms have seen small-volume rush orders as a result of Samsung Electronics' gradual exit from the LCD panel market, according to industry sources said.

The supply of display driver ICs has fallen short of demand, while capacities at 8-inch foundries stay tight. Backend houses are mulling raising their quotes to reflect the tight...