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Friday 27 May 2011
Taiwan IC design houses expect on-month growth in June revenues
Most Taiwan-based IC design houses have reported an improvement of order visibility for the third quarter of 2011 and predicted their revenues will swing back to a growth track due...
Thursday 26 May 2011
MediaTek will not rush to cut chipset prices in 2Q11
MediaTek is expected to temporarily back off from a price war against China-based rival Spreadtrum Communications which has recently launched three handset solutions in China, according...
Wednesday 11 May 2011
MStar sales may grow 6% in 2Q11
Fabless IC firm MStar Semiconductor expects its consolidated revenues to grow by up to 6% sequentially in the second quarter of 2011, while gross margin will stay flat at 40-42%....
Thursday 14 April 2011
MStar to see 1Q11 EPS higher than MediaTek
MStar Semiconductor is likely to post an EPS higher than that of fellow company MediaTek for the first quarter of 2011, according to industry sources.
Monday 11 April 2011
MediaTek 1Q11 revenues down 12% sequentially
Fabless IC firm MediaTek has announced NT$7.81 billion (US$270 million) in March 2011 revenues. The figure comes below market watcher estimates of over NT$8 billion. MediaTek's revenues...
Friday 1 April 2011
MediaTek expected to cut MT6252 solution price in April
MediaTek is expected to cut the price of its single chip MT6252 handset solution in April when China-based Spreadtrum is scheduled to launch its new 6610 chip, according to industry...
Friday 11 February 2011
MediaTek sales down in January, MStar up
IC design firms MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor have reported mixed results for January 2011.
Friday 3 December 2010
White-box handset makers gearing up smartphone and 3G handset production, MediaTek to benefit
White-box handset makers in China are gearing up their production of in-house designed smartphones and 3G handsets, a trend which will benefit Taiwan-based IC design house MediaTek...
Tuesday 23 November 2010
MediaTek 4Q10 handset-chip shipments to revert to peak level, says paper
MediaTek's total handset IC shipments will likely return to a peak level of 20 million units per month in the fourth quarter of 2010, buoyed by strategic price cuts for 2G solutions,...
Monday 25 October 2010
Spreadtrum and MediaTek set in pricing competition
China-based handset solution vendor Spreadtrum Communications has followed the step of rival MediaTek to cut its solution prices, intensifying the pricing competition between the...
Monday 27 September 2010
MediaTek fails to ramp up 3G solution shipments; profits may decline in 1Q11
Although MediaTek expects to see its revenues grow 10% sequentially to NT$11 billion (US$350.26 million) in September and its order visibility for fourth- quarter 2010 is also sound,...
Thursday 2 September 2010
Chip revenues forecast to grow 31.5% in 2010, says Gartner
Worldwide semiconductor revenues are set to reach US$300 billion in 2010, up 31.5% from US$228 billion in 2009, according to Gartner. It previuosly estimated that chip revenues...
Monday 30 August 2010
Intel to buy Infineon wireless unit for US$1.4 billion
Infineon Technologies and Intel on August 30 jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to transfer Infineon's Wireless Solutions (WLS) business to Intel...
Monday 23 August 2010
MStar applies to list on TSE
MStar Semiconductor, an IC design house registered in the Cayman Islands but with its headquarters located in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, has filed an application with the Taiwan Stock...
Friday 20 August 2010
MediaTek handset solution shipments increasing
MediaTek has seen shipments of its new generation handset solutions, including MT6253, 6216 and 6268, increasing significantly after the company slashed prices in early July, according...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research