Chipset players queuing up for TSMC production capacity

May 14, 22:16

International and domestic chipset vendors have begun to queue up at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in order to secure production capacity for 40nm, 28nm and more...

MediaTek snaps up influx of orders for its new dual-core MT6572 chipset

May 6, 12:20

MediaTek reportedly has landed orders for over one million units of its recently release new dual-core smartphone platform, the MT6572, according to industry sources.

Digitimes Research: MediaTek increasing chipset portfolios for tablets

Apr 26, 14:52

Riding high on a fivefold increase in shipments of application processors in 2012 triggered by a robust growth of the mobile device market in China, MediaTek has been strengthening...

Tablet chipset solution vendors ramping wafer starts

Apr 23, 22:11

Tablet chipset solution vendors including MediaTek, Realtek Semiconductor, Elan Microelectronics as well as China-based Allwinner Technology and Rockchip Electronics reportedly are...

Samsung to optimize multiple chipset platforms to enhance its edge in entry-level smartphone segment, say sources

Jan 30, 14:25

Samsung Electronics will optimize chipset solutions from Qualcomm, Broadcom and ST-Ericsson to enhance its competitive edge in the entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment so as...

CES 2013: More new multi-core chipset solutions unveiled, heating up competition

Jan 11, 14:47

Chipset vendors including Nvidia, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics and ST-Ericsson have all unveiled their new multi-core solutions for mobile devices and other applications at CES 2013,...

Intel Haswell processor design may cause motherboard players to exit market

Sep 27, 01:05

Intel is already set to launch its next-generation Haswell-based processors, comprehensively designed for IT products such as tablets, notebooks, ultrabooks, desktops and servers,...

TSMC, chipset players receiving follow-up orders for iPhone 5, say sources

Sep 26, 11:36

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and chipset players have experienced a new wave of follow-up orders from Apple recently due to stronger than expected sales of iPhone...

MediaTek expects current sales momentum to continue in 1Q13, says company president

Sep 26, 01:15

MediaTek expects current booming sales of its smartphone solutions to continue in the first quarter 2013 thanks to an upsurge in replacement demand for smartphones in China, according...

Chipset solution supply to play a key role in year-end smartphone sales, say sources

Sep 24, 12:08

The ability of smartphone vendors to secure sufficient supplies of key components, particularly chipset solutions, will be crucial for them to win in the sales competition during...

ZTE considering venture into handset solution segment

Sep 19, 01:20

ZTE is considering following the steps of rival company Huawei Technologies to develop handset solutions for its own smartphones so as to reduce its reliance on chipset suppliers...

ALi, Panasonic team up for DVB-T2 chipset

Aug 30, 01:00

ALi, a provider of set-top box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solutions, has announced that the company has teamed up with Panasonic's semiconductor business group to begin mass production...

China market: Domestic chipset vendors ramping up shipments to white-box tablet PC makers

Jul 20, 01:30

China-based chipset solution vendors including Rockchip Electronics and Allwinner Technology have been ramping up their shipments to white-box tablet PC vendors in China, cutting...

Intel to launch own-brand Z77 motherboards on April 8

Apr 2, 15:40

Intel is ready to officially announce its latest 7 series chipsets with native support of USB 3.0 on April 8 with its own-brand Z77-based motherboards to also appear along with the...

Launch plans of Intel upcoming CPUs updated

Mar 15, 01:00

Intel is set to announce its next-generation 22nm-based Ivy Bridge processors by the end of April with 11 models including Core i7-3770K, Core i7-3770, Core i7-3770S, Core i7-3770T...

Chip demand picking up, say Taiwan IC designers

Feb 3, 13:59

Taiwan-based fabless IC firms have recently landed an influx of short lead-time orders from clients that had been keeping inventory lean due to the uncertain market outlook, according...

VIA, SiS achieve results from non-PC industry

Jan 12, 01:05

Taiwan-base chipset makers VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), although already phasing out of the PC chipset market, have both entered different markets and achieved...

Asustek to reduce motherboard production volume for 1Q12

Jan 3, 01:20

Asustek Computer has recently reduced its motherboard production volume from 5-6 million units each quarter previously to only 3-3.5 million units in the first quarter of 2012 to...

Asustek outsources motherboard orders to Cal-Comp Electronics

Dec 20, 01:10

Asustek Computer has recently added Taiwan-based Cal-Comp Electronics, an affiliate of Compal Electronics, as its motherboard manufacturing partner and is expected to outsource 5-6...

China market: 2.5G handset chipset prices falling

Nov 24, 10:41

Prices for 2.5G handset chipsets have slipped more than 10% in the fourth quarter of 2011, and will continue to fall at the same rate in first-quarter 2012 due to continued oversupply...

VIA suffers continued net loss in 3Q11

Nov 4, 17:07

VIA Technologies posted revenues of NT$990 million (US$34.1 million), gross margin of 27.82%, net operating loss of NT$189 million, net loss of NT$1.513 billion including a loss of...

Nokia to roll out mid-range Windows Phones using chipset solutions from ST-Ericsson

Nov 3, 14:00

Nokia will step up efforts to gain more share in the mid-range smartphone market by rolling out Windows Phone models powered by NovaThor chipset solutions from ST-Ericsson in 2012,...

Asustek, Gigabyte to miss motherboard shipment targets for 2011

Oct 27, 01:05

Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, facing weak market demand in Europe, the US and China, are expected to fail to achieve their motherboard shipment goals for 2011 and only...

Intel faces dropping Atom revenues

Oct 20, 01:25

Intel's Atom processor and chipset business revenues dropped 32% on year to only US$269 million in the third quarter of 2011, indicating that the netbook market has been strongly...

Lenovo places short lead-time 3G chipset solution orders with MediaTek, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 27, 13:50

Lenovo has placed short lead-time orders for MT6573 3G solutions with MediaTek recently as the first batch of 500,000 units of its A60 smartphone, priced at CNY1,000 (US$156), have...

Handset vendors reportedly cutting back chipset orders for 4Q11

Aug 19, 01:15

Some handset solution suppliers have indicated that a number of handset vendors, including Apple and HTC, have scaled down their chipset orders for the fourth quarter as compared...

Taiwan handset PCB and chipset vendors hail Google acquisition of Motorola

Aug 17, 17:04

Taiwan-based handset PCB and chipsets makers have applauded Google's announcement of acquiring Motorola Mobility, expecting that a growing Android mobile device market will help boost...

SiS to phase out its PC chipset business

Aug 2, 01:10

Taiwan-based chipset maker Silicon Integrated System (SiS) is set to phase out its PC business by the end of 2011 and will turn its business focus fully to chipsets for consumer electronics...