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Monday 4 October 2010
SSD startup finds its niche
The clear advantages of solid-state drives (SSD) over traditional hard drives, such as low vibration sensitivity and high shock resistance, draws more attention from military, industrial...
Thursday 23 September 2010
Ilitek, Fitipower and Raydium focusing on different niche LCD driver IC segments
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC design houses ILI Technology (Ilitek), Fitipower Integrated Technology and Raydium Semiconductor have all performed well so far in 2010 although the three...
Thursday 8 April 2010
PSC to start delivery of 40nm NAND flash chips in 2H10
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) is set to kick off shipments of its 40nm NAND flash chips in the second half of 2010, according to company chairman Frank Huang. Its flash...
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Taiwan niche memory IC makers to see strong 1Q10
Taiwan-based niche memory IC makers Etron Technology, Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) and Zentel Electronics are expected to see first-quarter 2010 revenues remain almost...
Wednesday 20 January 2010
Niche memory IC designers to see flat revenues in January 2010
Taiwan-based niche memory IC design houses, including Zentel Electronics, Etron Technology and Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT), are expected to see flat revenues in January...
Tuesday 29 December 2009
Niche memory supply may tighten in 2010
Supply of niche memory products may tighten in 2010 due to recovered demand and tight capacity of foundries and backend houses, according to sources with Taiwan-based niche memory...
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Taiwan-based niche memory IC designers poised to increase output
Niche memory IC designers, including Etron Technology and Zentel Electronics, expect to increase output in the first quarter of 2010, based on demand from the LCD TV and PC/notebook...
Thursday 3 December 2009
Holy Stone maintains focus on niche MLCC for 2010
Holy Stone will dedicate its efforts to develop more customized multi-layer ceramic-chip capacitors (MLCCs) in 2010, maintaining its focus on the niche segment, according to the co...
Thursday 12 November 2009
Niche memory IC orders and ASP recovered, says Etron chairman
The niche memory IC market has bottomed out with improving order volume as well as average selling prices (ASPs), said Etron Technology chairman Nicky Lu.
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Winbond and Macronix post mixed results in October 2009
Winbond Electronics, which is switching its business focus from commodity DRAM to niche DRAM and NOR flash, has announced revenues for October 2009 grew 12.2% on month to NT$2.12...
Wednesday 28 October 2009
SDRAM maker Zentel 3Q09 profits up significantly
Niche memory IC designer Zentel Electronics has announced net profits of NT$120 million (US$3.7 million) for the third quarter, compared to profits of NT$48 million in the prior quarter...
Wednesday 7 October 2009
OLED TV revenues to rise nearly by a factor of 200 by 2015, says iSuppli
Shipments of OLED panels for TV will account for only a tiny portion of the global TV market during the next six years, despite a nearly 200 times increase in AMOLED panel revenues...
Wednesday 7 October 2009
Taiwan inductor makers 3Q09 gross margins expected to remain strong
Mag.Layers Scientific-Technics and King Core Electronics are expected to see their gross margins for the third quarter of 2009 surpass their respective second-quarter levels of 36%...
Tuesday 6 October 2009
Niche memory IC designer Zentel sees 3Q09 sales up 41% on quarter
Zentel Electronics saw revenues hit a record at NT$419 million (US$15.23 million) in September, up 12.9% on month, helping lift the third-quarter revenues by 41.2% sequentially, according...
Tuesday 6 October 2009
Taiwan Memory on track to tap niche market; commodity DRAM not a focus, says Hsuan
John Hsuan, who has been tapped to set up Taiwan Memory Company (TMC), has said the TMC project has been implemented as scheduled and will not be interrupted by recent complaints...