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Tuesday 1 June 2010
MediaTek declines to comment on reported 3G-chip orders
MediaTek has cited customer confidentiality and declined to comment on a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report that claims Motorola and LG Electronics (LGE) have...
Tuesday 1 June 2010
Etron sampling USB 3.0 host controllers
Specialty DRAM chip vendor Etron Technology has said it is sampling an in-house developed USB 3.0 host controller for design-in at major motherboard makers with mass shipments slated...
Tuesday 1 June 2010
Touch panel IC designer EETI expects revenue growth amid strong orders
IC design house Egalax_empia Technology (EETI), which specializes in touch panel controllers and solutions, expects to generate sequential revenue growth through the last quarter...
Tuesday 1 June 2010
NOR flash designer Eon secures foundry capacity for 3Q10
Memory IC design house Eon Silicon Solution, which mainly focuses on NOR flash memory solutions, has secured new foundry capacity that will contribute to its shipments from the third...
Thursday 27 May 2010
Motherboard makers cut orders for PC ICs, say IC design houses
Orders for PC related ICs from motherboard makers in June will be definitely lower than those received in May, as the order visibility from the notebook segment is also sliding, according...
Monday 17 May 2010
Sitronix declines to comment on reported handset driver IC orders
Small-size LCD driver IC supplier Sitronix Technology has declined to comment on a recent Chinese-language Commercial Times report indicating it has landed orders from Samsung...
Friday 14 May 2010
Memory designer Etron to issue new shares and convertible bonds
Etron Technology, which supplies niche memory chips used in LCD TVs, mobile phones and other consumer products, has obtained approval to expand its capital through issuing new shares...
Tuesday 11 May 2010
Analog IC designer GMT looks to sequential revenue growth in 2Q10
IC design house Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT) expects revenues for the ongoing second quarter to grow sequentially from the NT$1.22 billion (US$38.73 million) recorded in the...
Friday 7 May 2010
Richtek looks to 7-18% sequential revenue growth in 2Q10
IC design house Richtek Technology expects its revenues to grow 7-18% sequentially to NT$2.9-3.2 billion (US$92.08-101.6 million) in the second quarter of 2010, according to company...
Thursday 22 April 2010
IC design houses raise MCU prices on strong seasonal demand
IC design houses, including Elan Microelectronics and Holtek Semiconductor, have raised their quotes for embedded microcontroller units (MCUs) by a range of 10-20% amid strong seasonal...
Friday 16 April 2010
Networking IC maker Realtek expects revenues to continue growing in 2Q10
Networking IC vendor Realtek Semiconductor expects its revenues to continue growing in the second quarter of 2010 as orders from the motherboard and notebook segments have continued...
Friday 16 April 2010
TSMC alarmed by rising inventory levels, say sources
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), alarmed by its rising inventory level, has demanded IC design houses take delivery of their ordered wafer starts before placing...
Thursday 15 April 2010
Analog IC vendors positive about 2Q10 business outlook
Taiwan-based analog IC design houses, including Richtek Technology, Global Mixed-code Technology (GMT), Anpec Technology, Advanced Analog Technology and Leadtrend Technology, are...
Thursday 8 April 2010
Tight analog IC supply to not ease until May
The tight supply of analog ICs will not ease until May as OEM/ODM makers in China will continue to build up their inventories before the May 1 Labor Day holiday, according to industry...
Thursday 25 March 2010
Buying pace slowing down for consumer ICs, say IC distributors
Taiwan-based IC distributors have seen demand for IC products - including analog ICs, driver ICs and handset chips - from the PC, handset and consumer electronics sectors slow down...