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Tuesday 7 April 2015
US firms capture bulk of IDM and fabless IC sales, says IC Insights
US companies held a 55% share of the total worldwide IC market in 2014, which includes sales from IDMs and fabless IC companies, according to IC Insights. The total does not include...
Monday 12 January 2015
China holds 9 spots among top-50 fabless IC firms, says IC Insights
There were nine China-based companies among the top-50 fabless companies in 2014 as compared to only one company in 2009, according to IC Insights.
Thursday 26 September 2013
Fabless fable unlikely to come true for PV market, says IMS Research
After years of oversupply, the supply and demand for solar devices is returning to a state of balance. Because of this, IMS Research is reiterating its forecast that global capital...
Thursday 5 September 2013
Fabless-foundry model remains major trend, says Qualcomm executive
The fabless-foundry business model is still a major trend in the semiconductor industry, whereas the IDM model that achieves efficiency through vertical integration has proven it...
Thursday 13 June 2013
GaAs IC foundries vying for orders from China PA startups
An increasing number of China-based fabless companies specializing in smartphone power amplifiers (PA) has drawn the attention of GaAs IC foundries, such as Win Semiconductors, which...
Friday 29 March 2013
Pure-play foundries and fabless suppliers star performers, says IC Insights
In a ranking compiled by IC Insights, pure-play foundries and fabless companies emerged as the star performers in 2012, according to the market research firm.
Friday 22 March 2013
FTDI solution integrates display, audio and touch
While a majority of the total touch panel shipments is still taken up by the mobile phone sector at present, those shipped to other applications are on the rise. Fabless firm FTDI...
Tuesday 22 January 2013
Nanya says 12-inch fab capacity for fabless customers sufficient
Nanya Technology is confident that it will have enough capacity for its IC design customers, according to company president Charles Kau.
Wednesday 9 January 2013
Fabless firms outperform IDMs in 2012, says IC Insights
Combined sales generated by fabless IC companies worldwide increased 6% in 2012, while those by IDMs decreased 4% on year, according to a recent IC Insights report. Overall revenues...
Tuesday 6 November 2012
ProMOS to sell fab by year-end, become fabless
ProMOS Technologies has announced plans to sell its 12-inch wafer plant and related facilities through open bidding by the end of 2012, in a move to become a fabless memory-IC comp...
Friday 13 April 2012
Spreadtrum a star performer among fabless IC firms in 2011, says IC Insights
Fifteen out of the top-25 fabless IC companies outperformed the total 2011 fabless IC sales growth rate of 4%, according to IC Insights. The top 25 players represented 80% of the...
Thursday 23 February 2012
ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
ATO Solution stated that it has launched 256Mb (SLC) NAND Flash Memory products developed based on its own design technology.
Thursday 5 January 2012
Chip inventory declines as suppliers adjust to slow market conditions, says IHS
Chip inventories held by semiconductor suppliers declined in the third quarter of 2011, putting a halt to the steady expansion of the previous seven quarters, as the industry cut...
Wednesday 28 December 2011
NTT Docomo to form fabless JV with 5 chip firms
NTT Docomo has reached a basic agreement with five companies - Fujitsu, Fujitsu Semiconductor, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications and Samsung Electronics - to establish a fabless...
Friday 2 September 2011
MediaTek August sales likely to grow over 10% sequentially
MediaTek's consolidated revenues will likely rebound to over NT$8 billion (US$276 million) in August, up more than 10% on month, according to market watchers. The fabless IC firm...