Xiaomi, through its investment arm, has poured nearly CNY2.5 billion (US$371.4 million) into HyAsic Semiconductor to obtain a 4.35% stake in the China-based LED driver IC startup.

Display driver IC prices have come under further downward pressure, making it more difficult for chip suppliers to maintain profit growth in the second half of this year, according...

Taiwan-based backend firms have seen capacity utilization rates for OLED display driver IC (DDI) testing slip recently, according to industry sources, noting that inventory adjustments...

Display driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics has reported June revenue fell 25.7% sequentially, with total revenue for the second quarter coming below its guidance given...

IC design houses are bracing for a particularly weak third-quarter 2022 while also having difficulty negotiating lower foundry quotes, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Display driver IC prices are poised to continue their slide in the second half of 2022 amid reducing demand, particularly from the panel sector, according to industry sources.

With declining chip demand for consumer devices and new capacities gradually coming online, foundry houses could hardly sustain full utilization of their fab capacities, but it is...

LED driver IC design house Macroblock has expressed caution about its sales prospects for the second half of 2022 due to excess inventories for general offerings held by its customers,...

Unlike ASE Technology and other first-tier OSATs who still see robust order momentum from their IDM customers, smaller-size players including Greatek Electronics, Lingsen Precision...

Large-size display driver ICs (DDI) demand is unlikely to pick up until the end of 2022, as continuous inventory adjustments at clients and production reductions by panel makers are...

TSMC and other major Taiwan-based foundries have been running their fabs at full capacity utilization, but may see their fab utilization rates drop in the third quarter due to cutbacks...

Many IC design houses, particularly those engaged in the consumer electronics sector, have moved to adjust their wafer starts at foundries amid concerns about a potentially weak third...

More Taiwan-based display driver IC suppliers are expected to obtain OLED DDI orders from Samsung Electronics in 2023, as the Korea-based vendor's supply shortfall will worsen, according...

Realtek Semiconductor and other Taiwan-based PC-related chip suppliers are pinning their hopes on commercial notebooks despite growing uncertainty in the overall notebook sales this...

Despite concerns that the OLED display driver IC (DDI) market may be hit by disappointing smartphone sales, Novatek Microelectronics vice chairman Steve Wang said the company remains...