Dedicated optical fingerprint sensor chips suppliers Goodix Technology and Egis Technology (EgisTec) may see their monthly and quarterly revenues hit new highs in the second half...

Chip-on-film (COF) substrate supplier JMC Electronics has enjoyed robust demand for semi-additive tape COF packaging services, boasting clear order visibility through the first half...

FocalTech Systems, which remained unprofitable in the first quarter of 2019, expects its sales and gross margin to recover starting the second quarter.

Taiwan-based IC designer FocalTech Systems is likely to return to profitability in 2019 thanks to robust shipments of its new-generation TDDI and fingerprint ID chip solutions expected...

COG (chip-on-glass) packaging demand has picked up recently as some Taiwan-based suppliers of TDDI (touch and display driver integrated) chips adopt the method to replace COF (chip-on-film)...

Taiwan-based FocalTech Systems, a supplier of touchcreen and LCD driver ICs, is expected to see its financial performance hit the bottom of 2019 in the first quarter and recover starting...

Taiwan-based FocalTech Systems saw its gross margin fall into negative territory to minus 8.35% in the fourth quarter of 2018, when the supplier of touchcreen and LCD driver ICs suffered...

Shipments of chip solutions for all-screen smartphones, such as TDDI solutions, optical fingerprint identification chips and touch controller chips, have started growing fast as chipmakers...

FocalTech Systems has stepped up its legal attack against Novatek Microelectronics, alleging another Novatek TDDI chip for infringing its patents.

FocalTech Systems has demanded at least NT$794 million (US$25.8 million) from fellow IC design company Novatek Microelectronics for allegedly infringing its patents related to TDDI...

IC design houses in Taiwan and China including Egis Technology (Egistec), Goodix Technology, FocalTech Systems and Silead Microelectronics are gearing up to upgrade and expand their...

FocalTech Systems has filed a lawsuit with the Taiwan Intellectual Property Court against fellow LCD driver IC company Novatek Microelectronics, alleging Novatek's integrated driver...

Several Taiwan-based panel driver IC specialists' efforts to diversify and enhance further their product portfolios are set to bear fruit in the second half of 2018, when these companies...

Demand for TDDI (touch and display driver integration) chips is set to ramp up starting the third quarter, with Taiwan-based backend firms including Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS...

Thanks to strong rush orders from China smartphone makers, Taiwan-based suppliers of LCD driver ICs are all optimistic about revenue growths in the second quarter of 2018, but their...

China-based handset brands have ramped up their chip orders since March with the demand momentum likely to continue into early May, according to sources from Taiwan's IC suppliers.

Chip demand from China-based handset companies is picking up and will buoy sales performance at related chip suppliers, such as application processor designer MediaTek and LCD driver...

With more device vendors developing their chip solutions in-house, as well as China pushing for self-sufficiency in semiconductors, demand for custom ASIC chips has been growing substantially,...

Taiwan LCD driver IC designers are aggressively diversifying their product lines to counter the declining presence of domestic TFT LCD panel makers in the global market, and will...

Touchscreen and LCD driver solution provider FocalTech Systems swung to net losses of NT$103 million (US$3.51 million) in 2017. EPS came to negative NT$0.28.

Full in-cell display module makers have been improving yield rates to lower their production costs for all-screen panels, which will see wider adoption by smartphones and tablets...

Chipbond Technology's consolidated revenues climbed to a record high of about NT$5 billion (US$165.3 million) in the third quarter of 2017. Market watchers expect the company to post...

A ramp-up of orders for communications chips, as well as TV panel-use driver ICs and TDDI (touch with display driver) chips, will enable Taiwan-based IC backend firms to enjoy a particularly...

Backend houses Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies have seen orders for TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips for use in 18:9 smartphone panels ramp up, which...

Backend houses Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies have both cut into the supply chains of US and Korea smartphone brands with their gold bumping services, and are set to...