Touchscreen IC suppliers to see May sales increase

May 10, 11:25

Touchscreen controller IC suppliers Elan Microelectronics and Egalax-Empia Technology (EETI) are expected to post significant growth in May sales driven by demand from the PC sector,...

Demand for touch controller, eDP, USB 3.0 chips rises on forthcoming Haswell

Apr 16, 15:47

Taiwan-based IC suppliers for touch controllers, eDP (embedded DisplayPort) solutions and USB 3.0 chips, have seen a pick-up in demand recently, as notebook OEMs and ODMs have begun...

Touch solution supplier EETI March revenues hit 23-month high

Newswatch - Apr 3, 15:21

IC design house Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) has reported revenues of NT$130.37 million (US$4.36 million) for March, up 53.9% on month and 148.4% on year. The figures were the company's...

Taiwan IC design houses to report stronger than expected earnings for 1Q13

Mar 27, 22:04

A number of IC design houses in Taiwan are expected to report better-than-expected earnings for the first quarter of 2013, powered by the launch of new products and cost-reduction...

Elan, EETI likely to hit record revenues for March

Mar 7, 21:52

Taiwan-based IC design houses Elan Microelectronics and Egalax-Empia Technology (EETI) are likely to see March revenues hit record monthly levels due to growing demand for touch ICs...

Elan, EETI likely to enjoy particularly strong 1Q13

Feb 21, 15:31

Elan Microelectronics and Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) are expected to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter, judging from the brisk January sales reported by the two touch...

EETI touch-IC revenues disappoint in 2012

Jan 14, 22:02

IC design house Egalax_empia Technology (EETI) saw revenues generated from its touchscreen controller IC business declined 43.7% in 2012, due to sluggish demand for Windows 8.

EETI to see revenue growth slow down in 4Q12

Dec 13, 16:06

Touch controller IC vendor Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) is expected to see the growth rate of its revenues drop to 12% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared a 20%...

Touchscreen controller IC shipments boost on China demand

Oct 19, 11:52

FocalTech Systems and Goodix, which specialize in the design of touchscreen controller ICs, have both seen their monthly shipments approach the 10 million mark buoyed by strong demand...

EETI to focus on touch ICs for large-size panels in 2013

Oct 12, 12:07

IC design house Egalax_empia Technology (EETI) expects demand for touch panel ICs for large-size applications to rise significantly in 2013, thanks to the launch of Windows 8 devic...

Touch controller IC maker EETI posts 36% on quarter revenue gains in 3Q12

Oct 9, 01:20

Touch controller IC vendor Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) saw its revenues grow 36.4% sequentially to NT$204 million (US$6.94 million) in the third quarter of 2012, buoyed by orders...

Touchscreen controller ICs in tight supply

Sep 28, 01:15

A recent upsurge in demand for touchscreen controller ICs from smartphone, tablet and notebook makers in China has resulted in a short supply of the controller chips, which is unlikely...

Touch-IC supplier EETI sales to boom in 2H12

Aug 30, 01:15

Revenues at Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) will likely register over 30% sequential growth in the third quarter, and another on-quarter increase in the fourth quarter, market sources...

EETI touch-IC shipments to boom in 2H12

Jul 4, 15:12

IC design house Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) is expected to see its shipments of touch controller ICs expand significantly in the second half of 2012, boosted by a surge in demand...

Touch controller IC maker EETI sees sales improve on month in May

Jun 7, 01:35

Touch controller IC maker Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) has reported May revenues of NT$56 million (US$1.87 million), up 26.2% on month but down 51.4% on year. For the January-May...

Touch controller vendor Elan reports record high revenues for May

Jun 6, 01:35

Touch controller IC vendor Elan Microelectronics saw its revenues hit a record high of NT$642.27 million (US$21.37 million) in May, representing an increase of 13.6% on month and...

Windows 8 launch to ramp up sales of controller ICs, ambient light sensors and proximity sensors

May 31, 11:30

The launch of Windows 8 in the second half of 2012 is to bring increasing revenues for Taiwan-based IC design houses, and vendors such as Elan Microelectronics, Capella Microsystems,...

Touch controller maker EETI conservative about 2Q12 outlook

May 24, 14:23

Touch panel controller IC vendor Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) is conservative about the outlook for the second quarter of 2012 due to a low order visibility, according to the com...

China demand for small- to medium-size driver ICs, touch controllers rising

Oct 20, 13:58

Owing to strong sales during the recently concluded October national holidays, China-based branded and white-box smartphone vendors have begun to build up inventory for IC parts,...

EETI upbeat on orders from China white-box vendors

Sep 23, 14:20

Touch panel controller IC design house Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) expects strong demand from China-based white-box vendors, according to the company. EETI has seen orders from...

MediaTek August sales up 16% on-month

Sep 8, 01:10

IC design house MediaTek has reported NT$8.31 billion (US$285 million) in consolidated revenues for August 2011, up 16.3% sequentially. The figure also represented the highest monthly...

EETI sees 1H11 revenues, net profit over double on year

Aug 19, 01:10

Touch controller IC design house Egalax_empia Technology (EETI) has reported first-half consolidated revenues and net profit increased more than 100% on year.

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...

IC solution vendors landing more orders for entry-level smartphones and tablet PCs

Jul 25, 16:18

As the entry-level to mid-range smartphones are expected to serve as killer applications in the device market in the second half of 2011 as well as in 2012, a number of Taiwan-based...

Touch panel IC designer EETI posts 18% sequential drop in June sales

Jul 7, 01:25

IC design house Egalax_empia Technology (EETI), which specializes in touch panel controllers and solutions, saw its June revenues decline 18% on month, but rise 77% on year, to NT$93.45...

White-box players supply close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in 1Q11

Jun 28, 01:05

White-box tablet PC players are rising quickly in the tablet PC industry with related shipments already accounting for close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in the first 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...

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...

MediaTek has no plans to develop touch controller ICs in-house

Mar 21, 11:34

MediaTek currently has no plans to develop and produce touch controller ICs, but instead will cooperate with touch controller vendors in Taiwan and China to tap the white-box handset...

IC design house EETI and Ralink post February revenue growth

Mar 8, 01:05

Egalax_empia Technology (EETI) and Ralink posted revenue growth in February while most IC design houses reported declines due to fewer working days in the month.

Touch panel IC maker EETI riding high on shipments to tablet PC segment

Mar 3, 12:13

IC design house Egalax_empia Technology (EETI) has seen its shipments of touch panel ICs continue to expand in the first quarter 2011 thanks to strong demand from brand-name tablet...

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...

Apple secures 60% of global touch panel capacity, causing tight supply

Feb 17, 01:50

In order to achieve its internal goal of shipping 40 million iPad products in 2011, Apple has occupied close to 60% of the global touch panel capacity causing tight supply among Apple's...