217 news items tagged MCU
MCU supplier Nuvoton reports 32% profit growth for 2014
Wednesday 4 February 2015Microcontroller (MCU) specialist Nuvoton Technology saw its net profit increase 32.4% in 2014, while consolidated revenues stayed almost flat on year.
MCU design house Holtek looks to higher profits in 2015
Monday 1 December 2014Profits at Taiwan-based Holtek Semiconductor, which designs and develops standard microcontrollers (MCU) and consumer electronics IC solutions, are expected to top NT$1 billion (US$32.2...
MCU vendor Holtek to post single-digit revenue growth in 4Q14
Thursday 30 October 2014MCU supplier Holtek Semiconductor expects its sales to grow by a single-digit rate sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2014 amid a significant rebound in MCU orders for household...
Nuvoton posts EPS NT$1.51 for January-September period
Friday 24 October 2014MCU supplier Nuvoton Technology has reported net profits of NT$88 million (US$2.89 million) for the third quarter of 2014, down 51% sequentially but up 61% on year. Third-quarter...
Taiwan-based consumer IC vendors look to slow sales in 3Q14
Monday 4 August 2014A number of Taiwan-based consumer IC vendors are conservative about their business prospects for the third quarter of 2014 due to low order visibility, according to industry source...
Holtek looks to 15-20% revenue growth in 2Q14
Tuesday 29 April 2014MCU maker Holtek Semiconductor is expected to see its revenues climb 15-20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2014, buoyed in part by increasing shipments of touch-panel MCUs...
Holtek MCU shipments to enjoy brisk sales in 2Q14
Tuesday 25 March 2014MCU maker Holtek Semiconductor is expected to see its shipments of MCUs for household appliances, security and financial applications increase significantly in the second quarter...
Gingy to release new fingerprint sensors in 2Q14
Monday 24 February 2014Gingy Technology, an associate company of Holtek Semiconductor, is expected to deliver samples of its third-generation optical fingerprint sensors to clients in the second quarter...
Holtek sees profits up 33% in 2013
Tuesday 28 January 2014MCU supplier Holtek Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$744.95 million (US$24.54 million) for 2013, increasing 33% from a year earlier. The earnings translated into an EPS...
Weltrend braces for strong sales in 2014
Thursday 23 January 2014IC design house Weltrend Semiconductor is expected to see revenues expand significantly in 2014, powered by its power management ICs for games consoles, SDIO controller ICs for mobile...
Holtek sees success with touch-panel, flash MCUs
Thursday 26 December 2013MCU design house Holtek Semiconductor has seen success promoting touch-panel MCUs and flash MCUs, with shipments taking up 8-10% and 20%, respectively, of its total 8-bit MCU shipments...
Spansion gearing up for Japan MCU market
Thursday 21 November 2013Having acquired Fujitsu's MCU unit, Spansion is set to expand its presence in Japan with a focus on industrial and other application-specific applications.
Holtek lands MCU orders for e-Token devices from China banks
Tuesday 29 October 2013Microcontroller (MCU) supplier Holtek Semiconductor has secured orders for use in e-token authentication devices from banks in China, with shipments set to expand significantly in...
Nuvoton reports EPS of NT$0.26 for 3Q13
Thursday 24 October 2013MCU maker Nuvoton Technology has reported net profits of NT$54.63 million (US$1.85 million) or NT$0.26 per share on revenues of NT$1.74 billion for the third quarter of 2013. Third-quarter...
Taiwan-based MCU suppliers facing more pressure from international IDMs, say sources
Tuesday 15 October 2013The growing presence of IDMs in the ARM Cortex-M-based MCU segment has mounted more pressure on Taiwan-based 32-bit MCU providers, including Nuvoton Technology, Holtek Semiconductor...
eMemory announces NeoMTP for touch panel MCU and TDDI applications
Monday 16 September 2013eMemory Technology, an embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) industry player, has announced that its multiple times programmable (MTP) solution NeoMTP has advanced applications in touch...
Holtek eyes over 10% sequential revenue growth in 2Q13
Monday 27 May 2013MCU vendor Holtek Semiconductor is expected to see its revenues for the second quarter of 2013 grow over 10% sequentially from NT$893 million (US$29.89 million) recorded in the previous...
Spansion to buy Fujitsu MCU and analog unit
Thursday 2 May 2013Spansion on April 30 announced that the company had reached a deal with Fujitsu Semiconductor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu, to acquire the microcontroller and analog business...
Infineon, Globalfoundries team on 40nm embedded flash process
Monday 29 April 2013Infineon Technologies and Globalfoundries have announced a joint technology development and production agreement for 40nm embedded flash (eFlash) process technology.
Nuvoton 2Q13 revenues to surge over 30% on quarter
Thursday 21 March 2013Nuvoton Technology is expected to see its revenues soar over 30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2013 with an EPS of higher than NT$1 for the three-month period, powered by...
LPC MCU intelligent industrial control support
Monday 18 March 2013Due to huge industrial ecology as well as hardware and software support, NXP has introduced the 100% focused 32-bit ARM architecture low power consumption (LPC) series MicroController...
Nuvoton expects double-digit growth for 32-bit MCU shipments in 2013
Friday 8 February 2013Nuvoton Technology expects shipments of its ARM Cortex M-based 32-bit MCUs to continue to grow by a double-digit rate in 2013 after the MCU shipments were doubled in 2012, according...
Holtek, Sonix look to strong sales in 1Q13
Friday 25 January 2013IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology both expect their MCU shipments to remain strong in the first quarter of 2013 thanks to inventory replenishment by clients...
Holtek sees profits down in 3Q12 but up in January-September period
Wednesday 24 October 2012Holtek Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$163 million (US$5.56 million) for the third quarter of 2012, down 10% from the previous quarter. The earnings translated into an...
Nuvoton ships over 20 million ARM Cortex M0 32-bit MCUs thus far in 2012
Thursday 18 October 2012IC design house Nuvoton Technology has shipped over 20 million units of ARM Cortex M0-based 32-bit MCUs so far in 2012, doubling from 10 million units shipped in the entire year of...
- NXP acquires Freescale, becomes top MCU supplier in 2016 (Apr 27) - IC Insights
- Tsinghua, Infineon kicking Renesas' tires (Nov 23) - EE Times
- TI makes battery-less IoT connectivity possible with the industry's first multi-standard wireless microcontroller platform (Feb 25) - Company release
- NXP and Freescale announce US$40 billion merger - Company release
- Spansion vs. Renesas flash MCU war: Smoke but no fire? (December 13) - EE Times
- Spansion licenses ARM processor technology to power embedded systems for auto, industrial and consumer applications (September 16) - Company release
- Renesas to boost microcontroller share with TSMC alliance (June 20) - Bloomberg
- Japanese chipmaker sees its shares fall to record low (May 28) - BBC News
- Japan's Renesas to cut 6,000 jobs, raise capital-report (May 22) - Reuters UK
- IEF: Japan can rise again, says exec (October 8) - EE Times