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Friday 18 March 2022
IC designers upbeat about OLED DDI applications
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...
Friday 11 March 2022
IC design houses expect lower-than-expected shipments in 1H22
Taiwan-based IC design houses have quietly revised downward their shipment targets for the first half of 2022, due mainly to disappointing smartphone sales, according to industry...
Tuesday 8 March 2022
UMC negotiates higher quotes for new contract with Samsung
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has managed to negotiate higher quotes for a new, long-term agreement (LTA) it struck with Samsung Electronics, according to sources...
Tuesday 22 February 2022
Himax now world's top automotive DDI vendor
Taiwan-based display driver IC specialist Himax Technologies is firmly the world's top vendor of automotive DDIs with a global market share of 40% after seeing shipments of such chips...
Monday 14 February 2022
OLED DDI vendors in high gear to win more 28nm process capacity
OLED DDI suppliers including Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies, Raydium Semiconductor and FocalTech Systems have never let up their efforts in winning more 28nm process...
Monday 14 February 2022
Novatek expects flat revenue growth in 1Q22
IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects to post revenues of between NT$35.8 billion (US$1.28 billion) and NT$36.8 billion for the first quarter of 2022, compared with the...
Monday 31 January 2022
Uneven chip supplies not necessarily all bad: Q&A with ChipMOS Technologies chair SJ Cheng
Taiwan's semiconductor packaging and testing sector has scored its best-ever business results over the past two years, with the display driver IC (DDI) backend segment also logging...
Friday 28 January 2022
Samsung foundry revenue sets record high in 4Q21
Samsung Electronics has reported consolidated revenue climbed to a record high of KRW76.57 trillion (US$63.65 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2021, when its foundry business posted...
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Sufficient OLED DDI supply for notebooks unlikely within 2 years
With Samsung Electronics and other Korea-based panel vendors looking to promote OLED displays for notebooks, OLED display driver ICs (DDI) will see promising demand for notebook applications,...
Thursday 20 January 2022
Chipbond, ChipMOS to raise backend quotes by 10-20% in 1Q22
Display driver IC (DDI) backend houses Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies both plan to raise their quotes by 10-20% later in the first quarter of 2022, according to industry...
Wednesday 19 January 2022
Handset TDDI prices falling
TDDI (touch/display driver integration) chip prices have fallen further in the first quarter of 2022, as brand handset vendors with excess inventories of such chips have slowed the...