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Thursday 14 November 2019
FocalTech swings to profit in 3Q19
IC design house FocalTech Systems managed to return to profitability in the third quarter of 2019, ending a streak of three consecutive quarterly losses.
Friday 30 August 2019
Competition to heat up in optical fingerprint sensor market in 2020
Dedicated optical fingerprint sensor chips suppliers Goodix Technology and Egis Technology (EgisTec) may see their monthly and quarterly revenues hit new highs in the second half...
Thursday 15 August 2019
COF substrate maker JMC sees clear order visibility through 1H20
Chip-on-film (COF) substrate supplier JMC Electronics has enjoyed robust demand for semi-additive tape COF packaging services, boasting clear order visibility through the first half...
Monday 10 June 2019
IC designers turn conservative about 2H19 on reported 30% China panel output cut
Taiwan IC designers have turned conservative about their revenue performances for the second half of 2019 as uncertain fallouts of the US-China trade war and trade sanctions against...
Friday 31 May 2019
COF packaging sees demand emerging for automotive OLED displays
COF packaging demand for automotive OLED displays has emerged, which may further tighten market supply as capacity expansion will remain quite limited in the short term, according...
Thursday 16 May 2019
FocalTech expects sales recovery starting 2Q19
FocalTech Systems, which remained unprofitable in the first quarter of 2019, expects its sales and gross margin to recover starting the second quarter.
Tuesday 23 April 2019
Taiwan IC design houses see orders for Android phones pick up
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders for Android smartphones pick up in the second quarter, thanks mainly to the upcoming rollouts of new models, according to industry so...
Thursday 11 April 2019
FocalTech may swing to profitability in 2019 on robust TDDI chip shipments
Taiwan-based IC designer FocalTech Systems is likely to return to profitability in 2019 thanks to robust shipments of its new-generation TDDI and fingerprint ID chip solutions expected...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
COG packaging demand picking up
COG (chip-on-glass) packaging demand has picked up recently as some Taiwan-based suppliers of TDDI (touch and display driver integrated) chips adopt the method to replace COF (chip-on-film)...
Tuesday 26 March 2019
FocalTech to see sales recovery in 2Q19
Taiwan-based FocalTech Systems, a supplier of touchcreen and LCD driver ICs, is expected to see its financial performance hit the bottom of 2019 in the first quarter and recover starting...
Monday 4 March 2019
FocalTech reports first-ever negative gross margin
Taiwan-based FocalTech Systems saw its gross margin fall into negative territory to minus 8.35% in the fourth quarter of 2018, when the supplier of touchcreen and LCD driver ICs suffered...
Tuesday 8 January 2019
2018 review and 2019 outlook: Taiwan IC designers bracing for multiple headwinds
Most Taiwan-based IC design firms fared better than expected in 2018 despite tight wafer capacity, but they face multiple headwinds from trade war, subdued handset momentum, slower...
Thursday 20 December 2018
Foundries see orders for TDDI chips, fingerprint sensors ramp up
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have both seen their fabless customers particularly those engaged in the TDDI (touch and display...
Wednesday 19 December 2018
Huawei, Xiaomi expect 2019 smartphone shipments to surge over 20%
Despite slack demand in China's smartphone market and unclear global outlook, China-based vendors Huawei and Xiaomi have estimated their smartphone shipments for 2019 to surge over...
Tuesday 18 December 2018
Fierce competition to drag down prices for TDDI chips, fingerprint sensors
Prices for TDDI (touch and display driver integration) solutions and optical fingerprint sensors will be dragged down by increasingly intense competition in both chip segments during...