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Tuesday 7 September 2021
LCD driver IC designers to be under thorny process of hiking prices
LCD driver IC design houses will hike quotes to reflect continually increased costs for wafer foundry services but have been faced with reluctance from clients, LCD panel makers,...
Monday 6 September 2021
UMC, Chipbond to form partnership through share swap
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has announced plans to form a strategic partnership with Chipbond Technology, a display driver IC (DDI) backend specialist, through...
Wednesday 1 September 2021
DDI prices likely to stop rising in 4Q21
Display driver IC (DDI) prices have been rising, buoying suppliers' sales and profitability thus far this year. But prices are likely to stop increasing in the fourth quarter of 2021,...
Thursday 19 August 2021
LCD driver IC prices likely to hold steady
LCD driver IC prices, particularly those for small- and medium-size panel applications, will likely hold steady as downstream device assemblers and vendors are unwilling to accept...
Thursday 12 August 2021
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 2Q 2021
Taiwan's small- to medium-size panel shipments increased 11.7% sequentially, but went down 9% on year to arrive at 209.76 million units in the second quarter of 2021.
Wednesday 11 August 2021
ChipMOS sees lucrative memory backend prospect for 2H21
Display driver IC and memory backend specialist ChipMOS Technologies is guardedly optimistic about its business prospects for the third quarter of 2021, with backend services for...
Friday 6 August 2021
TSMC raises 12-inch foundry quotes for LCD driver ICs
TSMC has notified customers about 15-20% price hikes for its 12-inch wafer fabrication services for vendors of LCD driver ICs starting August, which in turn will prompt the vendors...
Tuesday 3 August 2021
COF substrate, probe card demand stays robust for processing DDI chips
Tape COF substrates and probe cards continue to see robust demand for processing display driver ICs (DDI), which will buoy revenue performance at related suppliers in the third quarter,...
Monday 2 August 2021
Taiwan DDI chip suppliers poised to enjoy strong 3Q21
Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) suppliers including Fitipower Integrated Technology, FocalTech Systems, Himax Technologies, Novatek Microelectronics, Raydium Semiconductor and...
Monday 2 August 2021
DDI backend quotes trending upward
Display driver IC (DDI) backend quotes will be rising again in the third quarter of 2021 to reflect supply-side constraints, according to industry sources.
Monday 26 July 2021
China top-3 OSATs to see combined revenue climb over 20% in 2021, says Digitimes Research
China's top-3 OSAT providers - Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology (JCET), Tongfu Microelectronics and Huatian Technology - are expected to see their combined revenue surge...
Wednesday 7 July 2021
LCD driver IC prices set to rise in 3Q21
Display driver IC (DDI) prices will continue to rise, albeit at a slower pace, in the third quarter of 2021, as downstream LCD panel makers are reluctant to accept the new quotes...
Thursday 24 June 2021
Foxconn plowing deeper into semiconductor and EV
Foxconn (Hon Hai) Technology Group has recently acquired a 5.03% stake or 120 million shares in Malaysia-based Dagang NeXchange (DNeX) for around NT$720 million (US$25.78 million)...
Friday 18 June 2021
Foundries to initiate another price increases
Taiwan-based IC design houses, including first-tier players and those specializing in LCD driver ICs and MOSFET chips, have been notified by their foundry partners about another price...
Wednesday 16 June 2021
Macroblock to kick off volume shipments for miniLED-backlight solutions in 2H21
LED driver IC design-house Macroblock will start ramping up its shipments of miniLED-backlight solutions in the second half of 2021, targeting notebook and large-size TV applicatio...