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Thursday 5 January 2012
More firms enter USB 3.0 flash drive controller market
The competition of USB 3.0 flash drive controller ICs is expected to heat up in 2012, with more players tapping the market, industry sources believe.
Tuesday 27 December 2011
Innostor offers USB 3.0 flash drive controller IC IS916
Taiwan-based IC design house Innostor Technology has offered IS916, a USB 3.0 flash drives controller IC supporting MLC (multi-level cell) and TLC (triple-level cell) NAND flash,...
Thursday 3 November 2011
Silicon Motion raises revenue forecast
Memory controller IC supplier Silicon Motion Technology has reported record revenues for the third quarter of 2011, while raising its revenue growth forecast for the full year for...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Adata, Phison break into supply chain for ultrabooks
Adata Technology's 6Gb/s mSATA SSDs reportedly have been selected by Asustek Computer for use in its new Zenbook-series ultrabooks, marking a milestone for the Taiwan-based memory...
Wednesday 21 September 2011
Ident, AUO partner to develop 3D gesture multi-touch display
Ident Technology and AU Optronics (AUO) have announced a strategic partnership that will leverage Ident's GestIC three-dimensional (3D) gesture control chip together with AUO's 2D...
Tuesday 6 September 2011
Ilitek lands new touch controller orders from Amazon, says paper
Taiwan-based IC design house ILI Technology (Ilitek) has landed an order of five million touch-panel controller ICs for an upcoming tablet PC from Amazon, according to a Chinese-language...
Monday 22 August 2011
Alcor Micro to buy back shares
USB controller designer Alcor Micro plans to buy back up to 3.65% of its outstanding shares and will then transfer the shares to its employees, according to a resolution passed by...
Friday 19 August 2011
Renesas reportedly to cut USB 3.0 host controller unit prices to below US$1.20 in early 2012
Renesas Electronics reportedly plans to slash unit prices for its USB 3.0 host controller ICs to below US$1.20 in early 2012 in order to tame the competition from Taiwan-based chipset...
Tuesday 16 August 2011
VIA Labs lands USB-IF certification for USB 3.0 Host controller IC
VIA Labs has obtained certification for its USB 3.0 Host controller IC from USB-IF (USB Implementers Forum), the third Taiwan-based IC design house to obtain the certification next...
Thursday 4 August 2011
EETI begins shipping touch controllers to white-box tablet makers in China
IC design house Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) has begun shipping its touch controller ICs to the white-box tablet segment in China, in addition to existing clients in the white-box...
Wednesday 27 July 2011
Elan aims for 18-20% share of notebook touch controller IC market in 2011
Elan Microelectronics expects to ship four million touch controller ICs for notebook applications in August and total shipments of such ICs in 2011 to account for 18-20% of the global...
Tuesday 26 July 2011
JMicron develops SATA 6Gbps controller IC for SSDs
Taiwan-based JMicron Technology has successfully developed SATA 6Gbps controller ICs for use in solid state drives (SSD), and will begin small-volume shipments in the third quarter,...
Thursday 23 June 2011
EETI touch solutions making inroads in China tablet PC market
IC design house Egalax-empia Technology (EETI) expects its touch controller solutions to begin making inroads into the white-box tablet PC segment in China in the third quarter of...
Wednesday 1 June 2011
Taiwan-based IC designers accelerating development of touch controllers
Taiwan-based IC design houses are accelerating their development of touch controller ICs for related smartphone and tablet PC applications which may result in explosive growth in...
Wednesday 27 April 2011
IC distributor Zenitron counts on NAND flash and touch controller sales in 2011
IC distributor Zenitron is positive about the business outlook for the entire year of 2011 and expects strong demand for NAND flash and touch controller ICs from the tablet PC and...