Last update: Tuesday 26 February 2013 [67 news items]
Holtek developing 8-bit MCUs for financial, sensor, smart meter applications
Feb 26, 10:02
Holtek Semiconductor expects sales of it 8-bit MCUs for debit card reader, smoke sensor and smart meter applications to increase substantially in 2013, expanding its share in the...
Holtek, Sonix look to strong sales in 1Q13
Jan 25, 16:09
IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology both expect their MCU shipments to remain strong in the first quarter of 2013 thanks to inventory replenishment by clients...
Holtek sees profits down in 3Q12 but up in January-September period
Oct 24, 13:53
Holtek Semiconductor has reported net profits of NT$163 million (US$5.56 million) for the third quarter of 2012, down 10% from the previous quarter. The earnings translated into an...
Holtek, Sonix making progress in Cortex M3/M0 32-bit MCUs, say sources
Oct 8, 10:43
IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology have been making progress in promoting sales of their ARM Cortex M3/M0-based 32-bit MCUs to end-market devices makers and...
Taiwan consumer IC designers post mixed August results
Sep 18, 11:45
Consumer IC design houses Nuvoton Technology and Sonix Technology saw their August sales slip on month, while Generalplus Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Feeling Technology and...
Consumer IC designers post mixed July results
Aug 10, 16:02
Consumer IC design houses Generalplus Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Nuvoton Technology, Princeton Technology, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor have reported mixed results...
Holtek lands new orders for 32-bit MCUs
Aug 3, 12:05
IC design house Holtek Semiconductor has landed new orders for ARM-based Cortex M3 32-bit MCUs from a home appliance brand in Central and South America with shipments scheduled to...
Holtek nets NT$1.25 per share in 1H12
Jul 27, 11:42
Holtek Semiconductor, which designs and develops standard MCU and consumer electronics IC solutions, saw its net profits grow 1.2% on year to NT$278 million (US$ 9.22 million) in...
Consumer IC designers conservative about 3Q12 business
Jul 24, 13:52
Taiwan-based design houses of consumer ICs, including Holtek Semiconductor, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor, generally hold a conservative business outlook for the third...
Most consumer IC design houses report healthy gains for 2Q12
Jul 11, 12:06
Second-quarter sales performance for most Taiwan-based consumer IC designers has been strong although some vendors have reported a decline in revenues for June, according to industry...
Consumer IC vendors look to 30% sequential sales growth in 2Q12
Jun 12, 09:38
Consumer IC vendors including Nuvoton Technology, Sonix Technology, Generalplus Technology and Holtek Semiconductor all have reported strong sales for May, and industry sources indicated...
Holtek expects 2Q12 revenues to show 20% sequential increase
May 17, 14:10
IC design house Holtek Semiconductor saw its revenues advance 9.6% to NT$335 million (US$11.3 million) in April, buoyed by increased orders from China. The April monthly figures were...
Elan, Holtek expect revenue boost in 2Q12
Feb 17, 14:28
IC design houses Elan Microelectronics and Holtek Semiconductor expect to post higher revenue growth in the second quarter of 2012, buoyed by a pickup in demand coming from the consumer...
Holtek reports EPS of NT$2.36 for 2011
Newswatch - Jan 30, 15:38
IC design house Holtek Semiconductor saw net profits decrease 33% on year to NT$527 million (US$17.57 million) in 2011, translating into an EPS of NT$2.36 for the year, according...
Holtek January-September net profit down nearly 30% on year
Oct 26, 01:00
Taiwan-based micro-controller unit (MCU) IC design house Holtek Semiconductor released its financial report for January-September 2011 at an investors conference on October 25, with...
Consumer IC vendors look to flat performance in 3Q11
Aug 1, 15:55
Although most Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses posted strong revenue gains in the second quarter of 2011 thanks to short lead-time MCU orders amid reports of possible short...
Consumer IC designers to post over 20% sequential revenue growth in 2Q11
May 18, 14:59
Most Taiwan-based consumer IC makers, including Sonix Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Elan Microelectronics and Alpha Microelectronics, are expected to record a 20% sequential growth...
Holtek, Nuvoton report profits for 1Q11
Apr 28, 12:24
IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Nuvoton Technology have both reported profits for the first quarter of 2011, and both hold more positive outlooks for the second quarter.
Holtek and Macroblock to see revenues drop by double-digit rate sequentially in 4Q10
Oct 28, 14:44
IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Macroblock have both revealed that their revenues are likely to slide by a double-digit rate sequentially in the fourth quarter due to off-season...
Holtek, Sonix, Weltrend expect sequential revenue growth in August
Aug 19, 13:57
IC design houses Holtek Semiconductor, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor expect their August revenues to increase significantly mainly because of increasing demand for consumer...
Holtek and Elan to see 20-30% sequential revenue growth in 2Q10
May 4, 14:08
Microcontroller unit (MCU) vendors Holtek Semiconductor and Elan Microelectronics are expected to see their revenues grow over 20-30% sequentially in the second quarter of 2010 due...
Consumer IC makers to enjoy double-digit revenue growth in 2Q10
Apr 30, 15:47
Taiwan-based consumer IC makers Sonix Technology, Elan Microelectronics, Sunplus Technology and Holtek Semiconductor are expected to register double-digit sequential growth in second-quarter...
Second-tier IC design houses to see double-digit revenue growth in 2Q10
Apr 29, 14:22
With top-tier Taiwan-based IC design houses such as MediaTek and Novatek Microelectronics receiving the bulk of limited wafer supplies in the first quarter, results of smaller players...
IC design houses raise MCU prices on strong seasonal demand
Apr 22, 11:39
IC design houses, including Elan Microelectronics and Holtek Semiconductor, have raised their quotes for embedded microcontroller units (MCUs) by a range of 10-20% amid strong seasonal...
MCU maker Holtek expects 10-20% revenues growth in 2010
Mar 4, 16:03
Holtek Semiconductor's revenues are expected to grow 10-20% in 2010 driven by strong sales of microcontroller units (MCUs) in the China market, according to company president, Gordon...

Mar 4, 14:36
Competition for 8-bit MCU products is expected to intensify as Texas Instruments (TI) has launched a series of low-priced 16-bit MCUs into the segment, according to industry sources...
Consumer IC design houses to see strong 1Q10
Mar 2, 16:06
Sonix Technology, Holtek Semiconductor and Weltrend Semiconductor may report sequential drops in February revenues, but are expected to see a pick-up in March, according to market...
Holtek posts almost 17% growth for January
Feb 9, 16:31
Microcontroller unit (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has announced its revenues grew 16.7% on month and 138.3% on year to NT$316 million (US$10 million) in January. Market watchers...
Holtek expects strong January 2010
Feb 2, 16:18
Microcontroller unit (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has said the backlog in its orders now exceeds NT$300 million (US$9.4 million). Market watchers estimate Holtek's revenues will...
Competition in touchscreen solution market to heat up in 2010
Jan 14, 11:54
Competition in the touchscreen IC solution market is set to become fiercer in 2010 as more vendors, including Holtek Semiconductor, Sonix Technology, Weltrend Semiconductor, Sitronix...
MCU supply falling short of demand on tight backend capacity
Jan 12, 16:23
Supply of 8-bit microcontroller units (MCUs) is falling short of demand due to tight capacity in backend houses, according to industry sources. Worldwide first-tier MCU makers have...
Consumer IC design houses expect revenues to decline in December
Dec 16, 16:46
Most Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses are expected to see their revenues decline sequentially in December 2009 due to seasonality, according to industry sources.
Holtek expects 1Q10 revenues to stay flat on quarter
Dec 9, 11:57
Microcontroller (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has estimated revenues for the first quarter of 2010 may remain flat sequentially, according to the company, adding that orders for...
Taiwan IC designers see toy IC demand recovery
Newswatch - Dec 1, 14:03
Taiwan-based toy IC designers are seeing better-than-expected market demand from the US for the 2009 holiday season and expect the toy market to recover, according to the companies...
Consumer IC design houses increase wafer starts at foundries
Nov 26, 15:08
Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses, including MediaTek, Sonix Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Sunplus Technology and Realtek Semiconductor, have recently increase their wafer...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- 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

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