The supply of display driver ICs has fallen short of demand, while capacities at 8-inch foundries stay tight. Backend houses are mulling raising their quotes to reflect the tight...

Taiwanese IC design houses have mixed feelings about good sales of the new iPhone series, which could limit sales for 5G Android phones in the short term, according to industry sou...

Tape COF substrate demand has been falling thanks partly to insufficient foundry support for LCD driver ICs, and may not pick up until the first quarter of 2021, prompting some makers...

Taiwan's IC materials distributors including Niching Industrial have seen a significant surge in shipments of COF and COG packaging materials and thermal solutions since the third...

TDDI chips demand for midrange 5G smartphones has been strong, particularly from Chinese handset vendors, encouraging related Taiwan-based backend houses to purchase new test equipment...

Backend houses continue to enjoy strong chip probing demand for display driver ICs for use in gaming, educational and other-purpose notebooks, thanks to the rise of the stay-at-home...

Fingerprint ID chips vendor Egis Technology expects a surge in shipment pull-in from Chinese handset vendors in the third quarter of 2020, but whether this can generate a sequential...

Backend house ChipMOS Technologies expects sales generated from orders for memory and display driver ICs, particularly those for handset-use TDDI chips, to increase sequentially in...

Display driver IC specialist Himax Technologies expects to post an around 20% revenue increase sequentially in the third quarter of 2020, with flat growth or a slight decrease in...

Display driver IC backend specialists including ChipMos Technologies and Chipbond Technolofy are expected to enjoy a significant ramp-up in demand for handset applications, including...

FocalTech Systems is seeking to secure more 8-inch foundry capacity at TSMC aiming to satisfy robust demand for its TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips, according to...

Taiwan's IC designers are mulling raising quotes for TV SoCs and driver ICs amid increasingly tight supply as Korean vendors gradually quit production of LCD panels and TVs as well...

Fabless chipmakers in Taiwan and China specializing in display driver ICs and fingerprint sensor chips are keenly developing OLED DDI chip solutions for smartphones seeking to build...

Display driver IC backend specialist Chipbond Technology is constructing a new plant designed mainly for processing RF and PA components for use in 5G devices, which will significantly...

LCD driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics expects orders to pick up starting the latter part of the third quarter, thanks to the launch of diverse ranges of new smartphones...

Demand for next-generation fingerprint, touch, display driver integrated (FTDDI) chip solutions is set to boom in 2021 thanks to their growing adoption in mid-range and entry-level...

Backend house ChipMOS Technologies expects demand for display driver ICs to ramp up in the second half of 2020, thanks to the upcoming launch of new 5G phones and a surge in demand...

Taiwan-based IC design houses Egis Technology (EgisTec) and FocalTech System have announced an alliance to develop next-generation fingerprint, touch, display driver integrated (FTDDI)...

MediaTek has started ramping up its 5G chip shipments, driving up its revenues for the first two months of 2020 by 25.11% on year to reach NT$30.43 billion (US$1.01 billion), with...

Taiwan-based handset display driver IC backend specialists have seen customer orders slow down, with poor order visibility for the next several months, but they expect demand to rebound...

Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes packaging and testing equipment, has struck a strategic partnership with Japan-based Wintest under which the pair will jointly develop semiconductor...

The US government is reportedly mulling adjusting regulations to tighten control on Huawei's access to US-originated technology, which may bring uncertainties to Taiwan-based IC design...

Synaptics has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to divest its mobile LCD TDDI business to Hua Capital through a special purpose entity backed by Hua-Capital Cayman for...

Taiwan- and China-based foundries have seen increases in orders for display driver ICs and sensors for use in 5G smartphones and other devices recently, with 12- and 8-inch fab utilization...

Prices of TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips are expected to drop another 10-20% in 2020, according to sources at Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers, which expressed...