Last update: Tuesday 21 May 2013 [268 news items]
Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
10h 39min ago
Touch screen controller IC vendors Elan Microelectronics and Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) have both seen their clients step up purchases of touch controller ICs for Haswell-based...
Revenues for drivers in LED general lighting applications to triple, says IMS Research
May 21, 10:42
Global revenues for LED driver ICs used in general lighting applications will more than triple from 2012 to 2015, as the market for solid-state illumination booms, according to IMS...
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
May 20, 21:26
Shipments of LCD driver ICs by Taiwan-based IC design houses for the first quarter of 2013 grew 21.6% from a year ago to NT$20.18 billion (US$673.8 million) in value, according to...
Chipbond, YoungTek to expand LCD driver IC testing capacity in 2Q13
May 10, 16:03
Taiwan-based IC backend service houses Chipbond Technology and YoungTek Electronics plan to ramp up their testing capacity for LCD driver chips by 20% and 30%, respectively, in the...
Ilitek, Sitronix 2Q13 sales to rise over 20%
Apr 23, 13:57
LCD driver IC suppliers ILi Technology (Ilitek) and Sitronix Technology both expect to enjoy revenue growth of more than 20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2013, thanks to...
Taiwan LCD driver IC vendors post strong sales in March
Apr 12, 15:33
Most Taiwan-based LCD driver IC vendors have posted strong revenue gains in March as end-market suppliers in China are building up inventories for the May 1 holiday season and also...
Small-size panel driver IC suppliers see sales rebound in March
Apr 2, 15:28
ILI Technology (Ilitek), Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology, which specialize in small-size LCD driver ICs, will have their March revenues exceed the levels reached in the previous...
Silicon Works expands presence in global LCD driver IC market
Mar 19, 13:53
South Korea-based Silicon Works saw revenues from the LCD driver IC segment jump by over 100% in 2012, according to Digitimes Research in a recent report, which found that its fellow...
Himax ramping WVGA driver IC shipments to Samsung, say sources
Mar 1, 12:33
Himax Technology reportedly is ramping shipments of its WVGA driver ICs to Samsung Electronics for its midrange Galaxy Grand Duos smartphone as the Korea vendor is pushing sales of...
KYEC looks to brisk sales in LCD driver IC and CMOS image sensor testing services in 1H13
Feb 26, 22:06
King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) expects its testing lines for LCD driver ICs and CMOS image sensors to continue booming in the first half of 2013, particularly for CMOS image...
Himax enjoys boom in sales of small- to medium-size driver ICs
Feb 7, 22:17
LCD driver IC supplier Himax Technologies saw sales of products used in small- to medium-size panels for applications, excluding feature phones, climb to NT$5.55 billion (US$187.5...
Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 23% in 4Q12, says Digitimes Research
Feb 4, 15:05
Shipments of LCD driver ICs by Taiwan-based IC design houses increased 23.4% from a year ago to NT$22.09 billion (US$747 million) in the fourth quarter of 2012, mainly pushed by demand...
Novatek posts profit growth of 20% in 2012
Jan 31, 22:21
LCD driver IC supplier Novatek Microelectronics has announced that net profits for 2012 rose 20.1% to NT$4.44 billion (US$150 million). EPS for the year came to NT$7.32.
LCD driver IC vendors to perform strongly in 1Q13
Jan 30, 15:58
LCD driver IC vendors including Orise Technology, Sitronix Technology and ILi Technology (Ilitek) all expected to perform strongly in the first quarter of 2013, scaling down the impact...
Chipbond, ChipMOS 2013 capex to stay flat
Jan 22, 19:58
LCD driver IC packaging and testing houses Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies will have their capex for 2013 stay unchanged at the prior year's level.
LED driver IC vendors to see booming shipments in 2013
Jan 22, 14:02
Taiwan-based LED driver IC suppliers Richtek Technology, Macroblock and On-Bright Electronics are expected to see shipments boom in 2013 on anticipated growth in LED demand for backlight...
LCD driver IC vendors post revenue gains in 2012
Jan 9, 15:47
LCD driver IC vendors Novatek Microelectronics, ILi Technology (Ilitek) and Orise Technology saw their revenues gain 5.6%, 16.5% and 20%, respectively, to NT$37.01 billion (US$1.28...
LCD driver IC vendors to ship more eDP driver chips in 2013
Dec 28, 11:42
LCD driver IC vendors including Novatek Microelectronics and Himax Technologies are likely to see their shipments of eDP (embedded DisplayPort) LCD driver ICs increase significantly...
ChipMOS to focus 2013 capex on LCD driver IC testing capacity
Dec 24, 09:49
Taiwan-based IC packaging/testing service provider ChipMOS Technologies plans to set aside NT$2.2-2.5 billion (US$75.5-85.8 million) for its 2013 capex budget and use 50% of the amount...
Four LCD driver IC designers see mixed sequential growth in November revenue
Dec 10, 22:34
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC design houses Novatek Microelectronics and ILI Technology had November revenues slipping on month by 3.70% and 8.69% respectively, while fellow design houses...
LCD driver IC vendors to post mixed results for 4Q12
Nov 30, 15:41
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC vendors are expected to post mixed results for the fourth quarter of 2012, with Orise Technology to lead its peer companies to enjoy a 30% sequential revenue...
More LCD driver IC vendors competing for PWM IC market
Nov 29, 13:55
Buoyed by a recent upsurge in flat panel shipments, more LCD driver IC design houses are rolling out power management (PWM) ICs for the display industry, competing with analog IC...
TV chip and driver IC vendors see improving order visibility for 4Q12
Oct 17, 22:16
Taiwan-based IC design houses offering TV chips and LCD driver ICs have seen improvements in order visibility for the fourth quarter of 2012 due to strong sales of LCD TVs in China...
LCD driver IC vendors post strong gains in 3Q12, but uncertain about 4Q12
Oct 8, 16:16
Most LCD driver IC vendors are conservative about the business outlook for the fourth quarter of 2012 despite strong revenue gains posted in the third quarter and hope that sales...
Taiwan LCD driver IC suppliers striving to win touch controller orders from China white-box market
Oct 2, 15:02
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC companies are striving to win orders for touch controller chips from China's second- and third-tier white-box smartphone and tablet brands as a means to...
WVGA driver IC shipments rising
Sep 24, 10:23
China-based handset makers have been pushing the adoption of WVGA displays for their entry-level to mid-range smartphones, offering ample opportunities for Taiwan's IC design houses...
Chipbond 12-inch gold bumping lines to operate at full capacity in September
Sep 11, 16:33
LCD driver IC packaging and testing firm Chipbond Technology will see its 12-inch gold bumping lines operate at full capacity in September thanks to orders from Renesas Electronics,...
LCD driver IC firms looks to strong sales in 3Q12
Sep 11, 14:46
LCD driver IC suppliers Novatek Microelectronics, ILI Technology (Ilitek), Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology all saw their August sales hit the highest monthly levels in recent...
Novatek reports nearly 10% sequential revenue gains for August
Newswatch - Sep 7, 10:31
LCD driver IC maker Novatek Microelectronics has announced revenues of NT$3.46 billion (US$115.72 million) for August 2012, up 9.6% on month and 14.2% on year. For the first eight...
Macroblock expects flat growth in 3Q12
Aug 30, 01:05
LED driver IC designer Macroblock expects its revenues and profit to stay flat in the third quarter of 2012, as a slowdown in exports as well as GDP growth in China are likely to...
LCD driver IC designers look to 5-15% revenue growth in 3Q12
Aug 29, 15:23
LCD driver IC design houses ILI Technology (Ilitech), Novatek Microelectronics, Sitronix Technology and Orise Technology are expected to see a 5-15% sequential revenue growth in the...
Taiwan LCD driver IC firms growing presence in China
Aug 24, 15:31
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers including Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies, ILi Technology (Ilitek), Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology have all strengthened...
Himax, Novatek step into eDP LCD driver ICs
Aug 22, 01:50
LCD driver IC design houses Himax Technology and Novatek Microelectronics, viewing that eDP (embedded DisplayPort) interface is replacing LVDS, have been stepped into developing eDP...
LCD driver IC vendor Orise looks to post 10-15% revenue growth in 3Q12
Aug 20, 15:08
LCD driver IC design house Orise Technology is expected to see its revenues grow 10-15% sequentially to over NT$1.05 billion (US$34.97 million) in the third quarter of 2012 due to...
Sitronix 3Q12 sales to rise up to 10%
Aug 17, 01:15
LCD driver IC design firm Sitronix is expected to post sales growth of 5-10% sequentially in the third quarter of 2012, thanks to brisk demand for small-size panel driver ICs used...
ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
Bits + chips | 3h 30min ago
Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
Bits + chips | 3h 44min ago
Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
Displays | 3h 56min ago
3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
Displays | 4h 42min ago
NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
Displays | 5h 8min ago
AGC to release new self-adhesive glass for optical bonding used in electronic products
Displays | 5h 20min ago
eMagin enters electronic viewfinder market with OLED microdisplay
Displays | 5h 24min ago
New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
Displays | 5h 25min ago
Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
LED | 5h 28min ago
Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
IT + CE | 6h 10min ago
Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
Displays | 7h 10min ago
Sharp announces new Ultra HD TVs
Before Going to Press | 3h 56min ago
Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
Before Going to Press | 4h 4min ago
Shipment proportions of 8- and 10-megapixel lens modules on the rise, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 4h 25min ago
Telecom operators in China expected to stop placing orders for 3.5-inch smartphones by July 2013
Before Going to Press | 4h 35min ago
Taiwan connector makers worried about competition from China-based makers
Before Going to Press | 4h 46min ago
Taiwan FPCB makers to face renewed competition from rivals in Japan
Before Going to Press | 4h 47min ago
China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
Before Going to Press | 4h 48min ago
Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
Before Going to Press | 5h 20min ago
Monitor panel pricing expected to remain stable in May
Before Going to Press | 6h 23min ago
CSOT successfully produces 32-inch Oxide TFT LCD module
Before Going to Press | 6h 23min ago
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
Before Going to Press | 7h 19min ago
TI TPS92010 reference board for general LED lighting
Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced a complete LED lighting driver reference board in collaboration with Lemnis Lighting. The TPS92010 LED-lamp reference board applies TI's semiconductor...
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LG Display 19-inch flexible e-paper panel
LG Display has announced a 19-inch flexible e-paper panel. The product is optimized for e-newspaper applications as it is able to convey the feeling of reading an actual newspaper,...
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Samsung mobile display driver IC
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has developed a single chip that integrates a capacitive touch screen control function in a mobile display driver IC. This single-chip solution...
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Austriamicrosystems ultra-small LED drivers
Austriamicrosystems' AS1116 operates from a single 2.7V to 5.5V supply while requiring lowest supply current of 0.6mA during operation and 200nA in shutdown mode. The AS1116 can...
Photo: Company, Mar 11.
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Revenues for drivers in LED general lighting applications to triple, says IMS Research
- Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
- MediaTek 2Q13 sales likely to beat guidance
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
- Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
- Innolux expected to ship 1 million TOD units in 2013
- China market: Third-party e-payment services generate CNY1.2 trillion in 1Q13 total trade value, says Analysys
- China market: Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- AUO publishes 65-inch Full HD OLED panel technology paper at SID Display Week
- Taiwan networking device makers see decreasing profit-to-R&D spending ratio
- Win Semi expects to post double-digit revenue growth in 2013
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
- Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- LED firms to lower prices through improved technology
- Commentary: High-end LED lighting in demand
- Digitimes Research: Europe solar trade tariffs may slow down market growth
- BenQ Materials expects performance to improve in 2Q13
- TV panel pricing expected to further drop in May, says WitsView
- Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
- TPK expected to see decline in touch screen notebook market share during 2Q13
- Taiwan attracts January-April foreign direct investment of over US$1.5 billion
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- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Leadtek to Show Total Cloud Solutions at Computex Taipei 2013
- Clientron to exhibit its latest Zero/Thin Client and POS solutions along with the full product line at Computex Taipei 2013
- DIGIEVER partnership with EverFocus for better professional network surveillance solutions
- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
21-May-2013 markets closed
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| OTC electronic | 144.61 | +0.55 | +0.38% |
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal
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2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto's cafe booth
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Delta LED light bulbs
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Apr 8.
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2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Everlight residential LED lighting
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Edison Opto LED strip lamp
Photo: Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES, Mar 29.
Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...
Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...
MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...
Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.