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...

ChipMOS subsidiary begins trading on Taiwan emerging stock board

Apr 22, 15:39

ChipMOS Taiwan, a subsidiary of semiconductor assembly and test services provider ChipMOS Technologies, on April 19 started trading on the Emerging Stock Board of the Taiwan Stock...

ChipMOS sees orders for NAND flash, driver ICs pick up

Apr 18, 21:18

ChipMOS Technologies, which specializes in assembly and test services for LCD driver ICs and memory chips, has seen orders for NAND flash memory and small-size panel driver ICs pick...

ChipMOS subsidiary approved for listing on Taiwan stock market

Apr 16, 13:52

The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) has approved the listing application of ChipMOS Taiwan, a subsidiary of semiconductor assembly and test services provider ChipMOS Technologies.

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...

Taiwan IC design houses look to strong sales in April

Apr 9, 13:46

Most Taiwan-based IC design houses expect their sales in April to be better than those recorded in March as they have continued to land short lead-time orders from smartphone and...

eMemory OTP non-volatile memory IP adopted by MediaTek

Mar 12, 11:23

Taiwan-based embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) IP provider eMemory Technology has had its OTP (one time programmable) non-volatile memory IP adopted by Taiwan-based IC design house...

Supplies of LCD driver ICs likely to become tight in March-April, say sources

Mar 1, 15:13

Supplies of LCD driver ICs may become tight in March-April as most branded vendors will begin to roll out their flagship models in the second quarter, while China-based vendors will...

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...

Ilitek driver IC, touch controller shipments to pick up soon

Feb 22, 11:41

LCD driver IC vendor ILi Technology (Ilitek) is expected to see shipments for its two major product lines - small- to medium-size driver ICs and touch controller ICs - start gaining...

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...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan IC design industry performs steadily in 4Q12

Feb 7, 15:25

Taiwan's IC design industry performed rather steadily in the fourth quarter of 2012 generating combined revenues of NT$105.8 billion (US$3.58 billion), which were down 7.8% from the...

VIS expects flat shipment growth in 1Q13

Feb 4, 21:37

IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), which specializes in analog/mixed-signal and logic chips, expects to report flat sequential growth in wafer shipments for the...

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...

Strong demand from non-iPad tablet sector to boost short-term performance of IC vendors

Jan 28, 13:52

Demand for IC parts from the tablet industry in China has been stronger than expected in the first quarter of 2013, which could help boost the short-term performance of IC design...

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.

Display and DRAM industries ready to rebound, says Advantest Taiwan president

Jan 17, 11:59

The display and DRAM industries have both hit bottom, and are likely to stage a rebound in 2013, according to Advantest Taiwan president CH Wu.

Chipbond posts record sales in 4Q, 2012

Jan 14, 20:19

Consolidated revenues at Taiwan-based Chipbond Technology, a packaging and testing house specializing in LCD driver ICs, climbed to an all-time high of NT$4.17 billion (US$144.1 million)...

Specialty IC foundry VIS 2012 revenues second highest ever

Jan 10, 21:07

Analog and mixed-signal IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has reported NT$17.16 billion (US$593.7 million) in revenues for 2012, growing 13% on year and setting...

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...

Sitronix 1Q13 revenues to drop 5-10% on quarter

Jan 3, 14:01

LCD driver IC vendor Sitronix Technology is likely to see its revenues drop 5-10% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013, but orders for its QVGA driver ICs from branded and white-box...

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...

Orise looks to strong sales in 2013 on growing shipments of WVGA driver chips

Dec 26, 21:32

LCD driver IC vendor Orise Technology is expected to see its revenues rally by 40% in 2013 buoyed by increasing shipments of high-margin WVGA driver chips to smartphone makers in...

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...

Chipbond to post better-than-expected 4Q12 sales

Dec 6, 15:31

LCD-driver-IC packaging and testing house Chipbond Technology is expected to report an up to 5% sequential increase in consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012, bucking...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan 3Q12 LCD driver shipment value over NT$21.8 billion

Dec 4, 16:14

Six Taiwan-based IC design houses shipped LCD driver ICs worth NT$21.837 billion (US$740 million) in total in the third quarter of 2012, growing on quarter by 15.9%, and the total...

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...

Novatek, Himax look to strong sales in 4Q12

Nov 20, 15:02

LCD driver IC vendors Novatek Microelectronics and Himax Technologies both are expected to see their sales remain strong in the fourth quarter of 2012 despite the impact of seasonality,...