Customers in China have begun to rebuild inventory levels, helping sales of Taiwan IC design companies to grow this month, according to industry sources.
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...
Taiwan-based analog IC designers Macroblock, Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), Richtek Technology and Advanced Analog Technology (AAT) all expect their performances in February...
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...
Taiwan IC design houses are more aggressively developing LED driver ICs, expected to become the next core segment in the market, since customers are demanding low-cost chip solutions...
In addition to reduced orders from customers, Taiwan IC design houses have seen a further hit to their fourth-quarter sales due to the appreciation of the NT dollar, and the first-quarter...
Despite that Taiwan IC designers are facing difficulties in the fourth quarter, sales of LED driver IC supplier Macroblock are still expected to stay flat from the third quarter....
According to market watchers, more Taiwan IC design players are entering the LED driver IC market causing Macroblock's margins to drop below 40% in the second quarter. Silicon Touch,...
Some Taiwan LED driver IC design houses have seen their share price weaken recently because of concerns about a possible oversupply in the second half of 2008.
