Ilitek lands new touch controller orders from Amazon, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 6, 14:50

Taiwan-based IC design house ILI Technology (Ilitek) has landed an order of five million touch-panel controller ICs for an upcoming tablet PC from Amazon, according to a Chinese-language...

Alcor Micro to buy back shares

Newswatch - Aug 22, 10:24

USB controller designer Alcor Micro plans to buy back up to 3.65% of its outstanding shares and will then transfer the shares to its employees, according to a resolution passed by...

Renesas reportedly to cut USB 3.0 host controller unit prices to below US$1.20 in early 2012

Aug 19, 01:20

Renesas Electronics reportedly plans to slash unit prices for its USB 3.0 host controller ICs to below US$1.20 in early 2012 in order to tame the competition from Taiwan-based chipset...

VIA Labs lands USB-IF certification for USB 3.0 Host controller IC

Aug 16, 01:20

VIA Labs has obtained certification for its USB 3.0 Host controller IC from USB-IF (USB Implementers Forum), the third Taiwan-based IC design house to obtain the certification next...

EETI begins shipping touch controllers to white-box tablet makers in China

Aug 4, 12:38

IC design house Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) has begun shipping its touch controller ICs to the white-box tablet segment in China, in addition to existing clients in the white-box...

Elan aims for 18-20% share of notebook touch controller IC market in 2011

Jul 27, 13:52

Elan Microelectronics expects to ship four million touch controller ICs for notebook applications in August and total shipments of such ICs in 2011 to account for 18-20% of the global...

JMicron develops SATA 6Gbps controller IC for SSDs

Jul 26, 13:48

Taiwan-based JMicron Technology has successfully developed SATA 6Gbps controller ICs for use in solid state drives (SSD), and will begin small-volume shipments in the third quarter,...

EETI touch solutions making inroads in China tablet PC market

Jun 23, 13:58

IC design house Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) expects its touch controller solutions to begin making inroads into the white-box tablet PC segment in China in the third quarter of...

Taiwan-based IC designers accelerating development of touch controllers

Jun 1, 01:40

Taiwan-based IC design houses are accelerating their development of touch controller ICs for related smartphone and tablet PC applications which may result in explosive growth in...

IC distributor Zenitron counts on NAND flash and touch controller sales in 2011

Apr 27, 13:46

IC distributor Zenitron is positive about the business outlook for the entire year of 2011 and expects strong demand for NAND flash and touch controller ICs from the tablet PC and...

TI announces first USB-IF certified four-port host controller

Apr 13, 10:34

Texas Instruments (TI) has announced that it is the first semiconductor company to receive certification from the USB Implementer's Forum (USB-IF) for its SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0)...

Controller IC maker EETI posts record revenues in March

Apr 7, 12:11

Controller IC maker Galax-empia Technology (EETI) saw its revenues hit a record high of NT$124 million (US$4.25 million) in March, up 36.3% sequentially. For the first quarter of...

Taiwan firms eyeing USB 3.0 host controller orders

Mar 18, 14:59

With Renesas suspending operations at several plants in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Taiwan-based controller IC suppliers are speeding up the process...

MediaTek invests in China-based touch controller IC maker

Newswatch - Mar 16, 11:54

MediaTek has announced that its overseas subsidiary Gaintech has invested US$2 million in China-based capacitive touch-controlled solution vendor Goodix on behalf of the parent com...

Commentary: iPad 2 launch could mean less business for Taiwan-based IC design houses

Mar 4, 16:36

The launch of the highly expected iPad 2 indeed serves as a major boost to the share prices of Apple-concept issues but certainly not for those outside the Apple camp, especially...

IC designers positive about touch-panel controller IC shipments

Feb 25, 11:15

IC designers Elan Microelectronics, Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) and ITE Tech expect their shipments of touch-panel controllers to start expanding in second-half 2011, according...

Cypress introduces controller IC for pen-input on capacitive touch panel

Jan 19, 12:30

Cypress Semiconductor has introduced a new touch component, the TrueTouch controller, that will support pen input on capacitive touch panel.

Micron reportedly taps Phison, Skymedi for eMMC NAND

Dec 30, 01:35

Micron Technology is looking to work with memory controller IC suppliers Phison Electronics and Skymedi for its managed NAND portfolio that supports the eMMC standard for mobile devices...

MicroSD card controller orders buoy Skymedi sales in November

Dec 13, 11:55

Unlike fellow flash device controller suppliers Phison Electronics and Solid State System (3S) which experienced on-month sales drops, Skymedi has announced a 3.4% growth in November...

Phison, 3S November revenues down slightly on-month

Dec 10, 01:55

Taiwan-based Phison Electronics and Solid State System (3S), which design and makes controllers for NAND flash memory integrated into products such as flash memory cards and disk...

Memory IC design houses post sequential revenue gains for October

Nov 11, 10:39

Most memory controller IC designers have posted sequential gains in revenues for October buoyed by increasing demand for NAND flash products, according to industry sources and comp...

Phison seeing orders rebound, says chairman

Oct 28, 01:45

Memory controller IC supplier Phison Electronics has seen orders start picking up in October, as falling prices for NAND flash chips appeared to stimulate demand, according to company...

USB 3.0 controller maker JMicron to debut on Taiwan emerging securities market

Oct 27, 10:22

Shares of SATA interface and USB 3.0 device controller chipmaker JMicron Technology, an associate company of MediaTek, will debut on Taiwan's emerging securities market on October...

NAND flash prices more reasonable to spur demand, says Phison chairman

Sep 1, 11:32

Phison Electronics has seen a strong rebound in NAND flash demand recently, and believes prices may have fallen to a level acceptable to its clients, according to company chairman...

Elan and EETI to see touch-panel controller IC shipments increase robustly in 4Q10

Aug 31, 12:16

Touch-panel controller IC vendors Elan Microelectronics and Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) are likely to enjoy strong sales in the fourth quarter due to increasing demand for touch-panel...

Phison aims to be among global top-2 NAND device controller IC suppliers

Aug 20, 10:39

Phison Electronics aims to ship 450 million NAND flash device controller ICs in 2010 to become one of the world's two largest suppliers, chairman Khein Seng Pua said at a recent company...

Glass-based capacitive touch panels move into medium- to large-size applications in 3Q10

Jul 27, 16:31

Adoption of glass-based projected capacitive touch panels has extended from small-size panels for handsets to medium- to large-size of 7- to 12-inches for tablet PC models that are...

USB controller IC vendor Alcor Micro posts strong revenue gains in June

Newswatch - Jul 6, 12:03

USB hub controller IC maker Alcor Micro has posted revenues of NT$197.73 million (US$6.14 million) for June, up 1.3% sequentially and 25.6% on year, according to company data. The...

TSMC and UMC see orders increase for 3Q10

Jun 24, 11:51

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have seen some major clients, including Qualcomm, Integrated Memory Logic (iML), Microsoft...

USB controller chip vendors looking to recruit talent from memory sector

Jun 14, 15:27

Taiwan-based USB controller design houses are recruiting talent from the memory chip sector as they are gearing up efforts to compete for orders in the growing USB 3.0 controller...

Memory controller IC vendors post mixed results for May

Jun 11, 13:49

Memory controller IC designers Skymedi, Solid State System (3S) and Phison Electronics have posted mixed results for May 2010.

Skymedi said to make SD card controllers for Panasonic

Jun 9, 14:20

Memory controller IC designer Skymedi reportedly has landed orders for SecureDigital (SD) cards from Panasonic, which used to only adopt in-house memory controllers for its SD products,...

IC design house Asix expects flat growth in 2Q10 revenues despite low season

Jun 9, 11:47

Despite seasonal effects, IC design house Asix Electronics still expects second-quarter revenues to be about the same or slightly better than those of the first quarter thanks to...

Computex: Innostor to unveil USB 3.0-SATA II controller chips

May 21, 12:34

IC design house Innostor Technology will unveil USB 3.0-SATA II controller chips at Computex 2010, with plans to begin volume production in June, according to the company.