Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its gross margin climb to 43.4% in the first quarter of 2022, which beat its guidance given earlier this year, buoyed by fully-utilized...
Taiwan-based FocalTech Systems, a supplier of touchscreen and LCD driver ICs (DDIs), has reiterated its optimistic outlook for overall shipments this year, despite sluggish handset...
China-based BOE Technology has been actively expanding production capacity for smartphone-use OLED panels, aiming to ship more than 100 million units of them in 2022, according to...
China-based display panel maker BOE Technology plans to set up an 8.6G IT-use OLED panel production line with monthly capacity of 15,000 substrates at its B16 plant in Chengdu, western...
Samsung Electronics' recent release of its flagship Galaxy S22 smartphone series and successive launch of home appliances and monitors is giving the world a clearer picture of the...
Taiwan-based display driver IC suppliers, most of whom have reported brisk sales results for the first quarter of 2022, are bracing for a challenging second quarter amid demand uncertainty,...
Taiwan's OSATs will find it a major task for them to prevent their capacity utilization rates from falling in the second half of 2022 though they are poised to experience steady business...
Taiwan-based display driver IC backend specialists including Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies plan to procure additional high-end testing equipment, mainly from Japan's...
Samsung Electronics is likely to step up its outsourcing of OLED display driver ICs in 2022 and 2023, with Novatek Microelectronics and other Taiwan-based DDI suppliers being pinpointed...
Different IC segments will be experiencing mixed levels of price downward pressure at least in the first half of the year, according to industry sources.
Handset TDDI (touch/display driver integration) chip prices will likely fall more significantly in the second quarter of 2022, as handset sales particularly sales by Chinese vendors...
NAND flash chip vendors including Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology have moved to increase more of their controller chip production to third-party suppliers, such as Phison...
TV SoC and large-size display driver IC (DDI) packaging demand will have a chance to rebound in the second half of 2022, as the FIFA World Cup 2022 slated for November 21-December...
Prices for large-size display driver ICs (DDI) have come under downward pressure, due to TV sales staying in low gear and demand for PC and monitor applications facing a slight downturn,...
While the handset industry's prospect is unclear, Taiwan's IC designers have perceived robust demand for display driver ICs (DDIs) for OLED screens, which are used in a widening range...
