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Friday 20 March 2009
ChipMOS diversifying customer base to minimize impact from Spansion insolvency
Taiwan's ChipMOS Technologies is looking to diversify its memory customer base, while having lowered its dependence on Spansion significantly, according to company sources. The IC...
Thursday 19 March 2009
Driver IC makers expect new orders to continue in 2Q09
Driver IC design houses Orise Technology and Sitronix Technology have both said they believe the current uptick in orders will continue into the second quarter driven by demand for...
Wednesday 11 March 2009
Analog IC design houses see significant increases in February sales
Taiwan analog IC designers Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Macroblock and Advanced Analog Technology (AAT) all saw sharp growth in February, thanks to rush orders for PC, notebook...
Monday 9 March 2009
Most IC backend service suppliers see siginificant growth in February
Most packaging and testing houses, including Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industry (SPIL), saw significant increases in sales in February, thanks...
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Taiwan driver IC firms 1Q09 utilization to drop to 30-40%
Utilization at Taiwan's driver IC designers may slide to 30-40% in the first quarter of 2009, due to collapsing demand for LCD TVs and consumer electronics products, market watchers...
Friday 20 February 2009
LED driver IC designer Macroblock receives orders from China and Europe clients
Taiwan-based IC design house Macroblock reportedly has received lighting product-use LED driver IC orders from Chinese and European companies and will begin shipments in March. Macroblock...
Friday 20 February 2009
Driver IC backend utilization rate at 20-30%
Driver IC packaging and testing companies Chipbond Technology, ChipMOS Technologies and King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) recently have been able to receive mostly rush or short-term...
Friday 20 February 2009
Himax sees 78% shipment growth of non-driver products in 2008
Himax Technologies has reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2008. Fourth-quarter sales were US$124.3 million, representing a 53.5% decrease from 2007...
Thursday 12 February 2009
Honeywell licenses LCD technology to Acer
Honeywell has announced that the company has granted Acer rights under US patent titled "Flicker-Free Liquid Crystal Display Driver System" in the design and manufacture...
Thursday 12 February 2009
Driver IC maker Sitronix to see revenues drop 30-40% sequentially in 1Q09
Driver IC maker Sitronix Technology is expected to see its revenues tumble 30-40% sequentially in the first quarter of 2009 after the company recently reported that revenues dropped...
Monday 9 February 2009
Driver IC makers Orise and Novatek report better-than-expected January sales
Orise Technology has reported January sales of NT$141 million (US$4.19 million), up 2% on month. January sales of Novatek Microelectronics were NT$904 million, representing an slight...
Monday 2 February 2009
Huge losses prompt panel makers to press for more component price cuts, says WitsView
With first-tier LCD panel makers suffering losses in the fourth quarter of 2008, components suppliers will be engaged in an exceptionally intense price war in the first quarter of...
Thursday 22 January 2009
Macroblock optimistic about LED billboard panel market in 2009
LED driver IC supplier Macroblock forecasts its first-quarter sales are to drop 10-20% from the fourth quarter of 2008 because customers are entering the slow period, although the...
Friday 9 January 2009
Korea-based MagnaChip unveils WVGA resolution supported AMOLED driver chips for handsets
MagnaChip Semiconductor, an analog and mixed-signal chip designer, has announced the unveiling of its high-end WVGA resolution supported AMOLED driver chip, the EA8850, for the high...
Monday 22 December 2008
Power management and driver IC market to fall 3% in 2009, says IMS Research
The global power management (PW) and driver IC market will experience a revenue decline of around 3% in 2009, mainly due to the current slowdown in consumer spending, IMS Research...