IC design houses are bracing for a particularly weak third-quarter 2022 while also having difficulty negotiating lower foundry quotes, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries intend to stay firm on prices, despite a cutback in orders for display driver ICs and other consumer chips, according to industry sources.
Backed by TCL CSOT's India plant, TCL has launched three smart TVs in India, in a bid to become the leader of the fast-growing market segment and to export products overseas in the...
Taiwan-based panel makers, which have been strapped by falling panel prices and waning demand, will bear the brunt of planned electricity rate hikes starting July, according to industry...
Display driver IC prices are poised to continue their slide in the second half of 2022 amid reducing demand, particularly from the panel sector, according to industry sources.
Large-size display driver ICs (DDI) demand is unlikely to pick up until the end of 2022, as continuous inventory adjustments at clients and production reductions by panel makers are...
TSMC and other major Taiwan-based foundries have been running their fabs at full capacity utilization, but may see their fab utilization rates drop in the third quarter due to cutbacks...
Many IC design houses, particularly those engaged in the consumer electronics sector, have moved to adjust their wafer starts at foundries amid concerns about a potentially weak third...
More Taiwan-based display driver IC suppliers are expected to obtain OLED DDI orders from Samsung Electronics in 2023, as the Korea-based vendor's supply shortfall will worsen, according...
Samsung Display (SDC) will terminate production of TV-use LCD panels at its L8-2 factory at the end of June 2022, according to South Korea-based Yonhap News Agency and Maeil Business...
Samsung Display (SDC) has hiked yield rates for large-size QD-OLED panels from 30% initially, 50% in 2021, 75% in April-May 2022 to 80% currently, according to South Korea-based The...
Despite concerns that the OLED display driver IC (DDI) market may be hit by disappointing smartphone sales, Novatek Microelectronics vice chairman Steve Wang said the company remains...
Display driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics has stepped up its product diversification efforts, looking to expand beyond its core DDI business, according to company vice...
Display driver IC suppliers have made slight adjustments in their wafer sourcing strategies between the end of 2022 and 2023 by placing more orders with 12-inch foundries, according...