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Friday 16 October 2020
Tape COF substrate demand falling, likely to rebound in 1Q21
Tape COF substrate demand has been falling thanks partly to insufficient foundry support for LCD driver ICs, and may not pick up until the first quarter of 2021, prompting some makers...
Wednesday 14 October 2020
LCD driver IC, MOSFET prices to rise over 10% in 4Q20
LCD driver IC and MOSFET chip prices are set to rise over 10% in fourth-quarter 2020 and will continue their rally in the following two quarters to reflect tight supply and rising...
Tuesday 13 October 2020
Taiwan IC design houses see orders pull in from China
Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to enjoy a particularly robust fourth-quarter 2020, thanks to a strong pull-in of short lead-time orders from their China-based clients,...
Monday 5 October 2020
Inductor maker Chilisin has clear 4Q20 visibility
Chilisin Electronics has seen clear order visibility for its inductor-related product lines through the end of 2020 and even early 2021, thanks to strong demand for notebook, handset...
Tuesday 29 September 2020
Chip vendors striving to get foundry support
Increasingly tight 8-inch and 12-inch foundry capacity and resultant foundry quote hikes have posed mixed impacts on chip vendors in Taiwan, with second-tier ones struggling to get...
Tuesday 29 September 2020
Taiwan foundries to hike quotes for 8-inch capacity
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries will raise their 8-inch foundry quotes by more than 15% starting the first quarter of 2021, according to industry sources.
Monday 28 September 2020
Driver IC, MOSFET prices to go up amid tight foundry capacity
Taiwan's vendors of LCD driver ICs and MOSFET chips are mulling raising their quotes to reflect increased costs resulting from tight capacity at 8-inch or even 12-inch wafer fabs,...
Friday 18 September 2020
Shortages of LCD driver ICs could dent notebook panel shipments in 2021
Many panel makers are ramping up their output for notebook applications thanks to a surge in demand for computing devices needed to support remote work and study. While these makers...
Thursday 10 September 2020
IC design houses brace for impact of possible US ban on SMIC
Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers, with many of them contracting SMIC to manufacture their chips supplied to the Chinese market, are mulling shifting orders away from the China-based...
Monday 31 August 2020
Chip probing demand for notebook display driver IC remains strong
Backend houses continue to enjoy strong chip probing demand for display driver ICs for use in gaming, educational and other-purpose notebooks, thanks to the rise of the stay-at-home...
Monday 24 August 2020
Taiwan IC designers to see growing pressure from China homegrown competitors
Taiwan's IC designers have benefited the most from China's de-Americanization campaign, but they will have to brace for new competition pressure from Chinese chipmakers aggressively...
Thursday 13 August 2020
Huawei reportedly developing display driver ICs in-house
Huawei is reportedly teaming up with foundry house SMIC to develop display driver ICs, a move which may undercut the dominant position that Taiwan's LCD driver IC suppliers have enjoyed...
Thursday 13 August 2020
FocalTech posts profit surge in 2Q20
FocalTech Systems, specializing in the development of LCD driver ICs and touchscreen controllers, has reported net profits surged 70.2% sequentially to NT$101 million (US$3.43) in...
Thursday 30 July 2020
Display driver IC firms to see robust revenue growth in 3Q20
Most Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers have seen their order visibility improve as handset brands gear up for the launch of new models in the third quarter, and PC and notebook...
Friday 3 July 2020
Prices for TV SoCs, driver ICs set to rise
Taiwan's IC designers are mulling raising quotes for TV SoCs and driver ICs amid increasingly tight supply as Korean vendors gradually quit production of LCD panels and TVs as well...