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Tuesday 12 January 2010
MCU supply falling short of demand on tight backend capacity
Supply of 8-bit microcontroller units (MCUs) is falling short of demand due to tight capacity in backend houses, according to industry sources. Worldwide first-tier MCU makers have...
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Nuvoton expands 32-bit MCU lines
Nuvoton Technology, the logic IC subsidiary of Winbond Electronics, has licensed ARM's Cortex-M0 processor for its 32-bit microcontroller units (MCUs). It plans to introduce a series...
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Holtek expects 1Q10 revenues to stay flat on quarter
Microcontroller (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has estimated revenues for the first quarter of 2010 may remain flat sequentially, according to the company, adding that orders for...
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Taiwan MCU makers developing 32-bit products
Taiwan-based IC design house Holtek Semiconductor plans to launch 32-bit microcontroller units (MCUs) in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to the company. Nuvoton Technology,...
Monday 26 October 2009
Sonix developing 32-bit multimedia MCU
Consumer IC design house Sonix Technology has recently licensed ARM's IP for 32-bit microcontroller units (MCU), and expects to roll out new ARM-based products in the second half...
Monday 12 October 2009
Consumer IC designers see strong revenue growth in 3Q09
ALi and Sunplus Technology saw revenues in the third quarter increase 20-30% sequentially driven by strong set-top box (STB) IC demand, while microcontroller unit (MCU) makers Weltrend...
Monday 21 September 2009
Atmel and Global Unichip announce collaboration for SoC
Atmel and Global Unichip have announced a collaboration to develop SoC for their mutual clients, with Atmel's AT91CAP ARM-based customizable microcontroller as the technology platf...
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Consumer IC designers Sunplus, Holtek see mixed results in August
Sunplus Technology has posted revenues of NT$747 million (US$22.7 million) for August 2009, up 15% on month and 74% on year to reach the highest level since September 2007. But Holtek...
Friday 4 September 2009
Sonix to sample optical touch solutions in 4Q09
IC design house Sonix Technology plans to sample a new optical touch solution, which integrates in-house DSP and CMOS sensors, in the fourth quarter, according to the company. Sonix...
Wednesday 2 September 2009
Consumer IC designer Holtek 3Q09 revenues expected to beat guidance
Holtek Semiconductor may enjoy revenue growth of more than 15% sequentially in the third quarter, outperforming company estimates of 10%, according to market watchers. Order visibility...
Tuesday 1 September 2009
Sonix, ALi report outstanding 1H09 profit performance
IC design houses Sonix Technology and ALi have released first-half 2009 financial reports, recording earnings per share (EPS) of NT$1.78 (US$0.05) and NT$1.24, respectively, to become...
Friday 28 August 2009
Freescale increases outsourcing to TSMC, says paper
Freescale Semiconductor recently announced a new 45nm DSP series and has expanded outsourcing to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the second half of 2009, according...
Tuesday 11 August 2009
MCU designer Holtek revenues up in July, upbeat about 3Q09
Microcontroller unit (MCU) designer Holtek Semiconductor has announced revenues for July 2009 increased 2.4% to NT$309 million (US$9.42 million), ending a run of on-year drops thanks...
Tuesday 28 July 2009
Holtek to introduce OTP MCUs
Microcontroller (MCU) maker Holtek Semiconductor has begun to enter the low-end and mid-range market segments with its upcoming OTP type MCUs, which are expected to be introduced...
Tuesday 28 July 2009
ARM announces ultra low-power physical IP technology for next-generation MCU devices
ARM has announced the availability of ultra low-power physical IP libraries to drive the next generation of energy-efficient microcontroller unit (MCU) devices.