Taiwan IC designers under price pressure from international vendors for 32-bit MCUs

Mar 12, 14:26

Taiwan-based IC design houses are facing increasing competition in the 32-bit MCU segment as international vendors have reduced quotes to close to prices for 8-bit models and have...

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...

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...

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...

Taiwan IC designers competing for 32-bit MCU market in China

Jun 13, 14:22

IC design houses Nuvoton Technology, Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology, have recently strengthened their deployment in 32-bit MCUs in a bid to compete with international players...

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...

Consumer IC designers likely to see 2Q12 sales grow over 20%

Mar 27, 11:57

Taiwan-based consumer IC design specialists including Elan Microelectronics, Generalplus Technology, Holtek Semiconductor, Nuvoton Technology, Sonix Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor...

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 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...

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...

8-bit MCU market intensifies

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...

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...

Sunplus, ALi post high revenues in October among consumer IC designers

Nov 9, 17:05

IC design houses Sunplus Technology and ALi have both reported high revenues for October 2009 thanks to strong set-top box (STB) IC demand in Europe and emerging markets.

Consumer IC designers see strong revenue growth in 3Q09

Oct 12, 15:53

ALi and Sunplus Technology saw revenues in the third quarter increase 20-30% sequentially driven by strong set-top box (STB) IC demand, while microcontroller unit (MCU) makers Weltrend...

Consumer IC designers Sunplus, Holtek see mixed results in August

Sep 8, 16:41

Sunplus Technology has posted revenues of NT$747 million (US$22.7 million) for August 2009, up 15% on month and 74% on year to reach the highest level since September 2007. But Holtek...