Analog IC vendor Anpec looks to strong sales of handset and notebook PWM ICs in 2Q10

Apr 14, 12:00

Analog IC design-house Anpec Electronics expects its revenues for the second quarter of 2010 to be higher than the NT$742 million (US$23.54 million) it recorded in the first quarter...

GaN power management IC market set for boom, says iSuppli

Mar 31, 10:03

The gallium nitride (GaN) power management semiconductor market is expected to reach US$183.6 million in revenues in 2013, up from virtually nil in 2010, according to iSuppli. The...

eMemory teams up with MagnaChip to offer 0.11-micron embedded NVM

Mar 12, 14:57

eMemory Technology has announced its Neobit one-time-programmable (OTP) memory built using 0.11-micron high-voltage production process entered volume production at MagnaChip Semiconductor...

VIS utilization up on orders transferred from TSMC, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 5, 14:24

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has boosted its capacity utilization rate at its 8-inch Fab 2 buoyed by orders transferred from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...

Dialog, TSMC partner on power management ICs

Feb 24, 10:59

Dialog Semiconductor has announced that it is working closely with foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on a bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) technology specifically...

Digital power ICs represent high growth opportunities for IC vendors and wafer foundries, says Petrov Group

Feb 22, 15:34

After decades of missed predictions and hype, the market for digital power ICs has now entered a high-growth stage driven by new applications and the emergence of power buses and...

STMicro raises PWM IC quotes, sources say

Jan 21, 16:00

STMicroelectronics has raised quotes of power management (PWM) ICs by about 5%, according to sources with Taiwan-based IC distributors.

Analog IC makers Richtek, Anpec 1Q10 revenues to grow 5-10% on quarter

Jan 20, 11:33

Richtek Technology and Anpec Electronics both have said their first-quarter revenues will increase sequentially on rising orders of power management (PWM) ICs for handsets, notebooks...

Analog IC maker GMT lands new orders from panel makers

Jan 13, 11:53

Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) has secured power management (PWM) IC orders from LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), according to industry sources. The IC design house...

IC designers AAT, APEC and ILI to benefit from Innolux-CMO merger

Newswatch - Nov 25, 16:41

Taiwan-based IC design houses Advanced Analog Technology (AAT), Advanced Power Electronics Corporation (APEC) and ILI Technology are expected to see increased orders from Innolux...

MediaTek to ship GSM/GPRS single-chip solution in December

Nov 18, 12:06

MediaTek is scheduled to volume produce its first GSM/GPRS single chips MT6253 in December, according to industry sources. The solution will target white-box handsets priced at less...

Ralink, Leadtrend and ALi to see revenues climb in October

Nov 5, 16:48

Taiwan-based IC design houses, Ralink Technology, Leadtrend Technology and ALi, all expect increased revenues for October although some others may see revenues fall 15-20% sequentially...

IC designer AAT expected to benefit from AUO, PVI e-book reader, e-paper shipments

Oct 13, 15:02

Analog IC design house Advanced Analog Technology (AAT) has completed design-in of power management (PWM) ICs for e-book readers and e-paper displays developed by AU Optronics (AUO)...

Digital power market to rise almost 7-fold by 2013, says iSuppli

Sep 30, 16:38

Global sales of digital power semiconductors are set to increase to US$821 million in 2013, up from US$127 million in 2008, according to iSuppli.

Consumer IC designers look to strong revenue growth for July

Jul 16, 15:26

Most Taiwan-based consumer IC designers are expected to see July 2009 revenues increase significantly from June due to an improvement in order visibility amid peak season effects,...

Consumer-IC backend supplier Greatek sales up 62% in 2Q09

Newswatch - Jul 15, 14:15

Greatek Electronics saw revenues for the second quarter of 2009 climb 62.4% sequentially, thanks to increased demand for consumer electronics ICs, network chips and power management...

Macroblock launches 16-bit PWM LED driver with 8-bit digital dot correction

May 20, 15:16

Macroblock has launched a new 16-bit PWM LED driver, MBI5040, with 8-bit digital dot correction. The new digital dot correction designed in MBI5040 not only unifies the LED brightness...

WPG begins shipments for next-generation iPhone, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 23, 15:25

IC distributor WPG Holdings has received several handset component orders, including power management (PWM) ICs for Apple's next-generation iPhone reported to be launched in the second...

ASE buys AMPI shares, targeting orders for MOSFET and PWM IC

Newswatch - Apr 22, 15:41

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has subscribed to new shares issued by Advanced Microelectronic Products (AMPI) through a private placement, investing NT$94.5 million (US$2.79...

International PWM IC designers look to LED lighting market

Newswatch - Mar 17, 11:06

International design houses of power management (PWM) ICs, including Fairchild Semiconductor, NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments (TI), are paying attention to the market potential...

PWM IC demand recovers, say IC distributors

Newswatch - Mar 16, 16:40

Orders for power management (PWM) ICs have increased rapidly recently, as notebook makers will launch new models and the China government's stimulus program is driving demand for...

Trend or blip? IC ASPs rebound across several product segments, according to IC Insights

Mar 13, 17:03

IC Insights recently reviewed January ASPs for several IC product categories and compared them to prices in December 2008 and over the past two years.

GMT optimistic about 2009 performance

Feb 23, 15:31

Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) has forecast sales and profit growth this year with increasing shipments of panel, digital still camera (DSC), LED backlight and notebook related...

Dialog introduces PWM IC with higher configurability

Feb 12, 11:39

Dialog Semiconductor has introduced the DA9052, an advanced system power management (PWM) IC that offers designers flexibility in reducing power consumption, size and cost in handsets...

Lite-On Semiconductor aims to grow PWM IC sales proportion

Jul 21, 17:00

Lite-On Semiconductor aims to increase semiconductor sales at the expense of CMOS image sensors and compact camera modules (CCMs). Among all semiconductor components, Lite-On anticipates...

Anpec lands PWM IC orders from Acer and Asustek

Jun 13, 01:00

Taiwan-based IC designer Anpec Electronics has reportedly received Non-Vcore power management IC (PWM IC) orders from Acer and Asustek Computer. The orders will start shipping in...