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Friday 30 March 2018
Taiwan IC design houses vying for orders for ASIC
With more device vendors developing their chip solutions in-house, as well as China pushing for self-sufficiency in semiconductors, demand for custom ASIC chips has been growing substantially,...
Monday 12 March 2018
TDDI chipmakers see shipment boom eroded by price competition
Taiwan IC designers will see their shipments of TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips and fingerprint recognition chips sustain growth momentum in 2018, but looming price-cutting...
Monday 26 February 2018
Taiwan LCD driver IC makers diversifying product lines
Taiwan LCD driver IC designers are aggressively diversifying their product lines to counter the declining presence of domestic TFT LCD panel makers in the global market, and will...
Wednesday 14 February 2018
FocalTech swings to loss in 2017
Touchscreen and LCD driver solution provider FocalTech Systems swung to net losses of NT$103 million (US$3.51 million) in 2017. EPS came to negative NT$0.28.
Wednesday 13 December 2017
FocalTech to ship 60 million TDDI chips in 2017, says report
Touchscreen and LCD driver solution provider FocalTech Systems is expected to ship a total of 60 million TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips in 2017, according to a...
Friday 10 November 2017
FocalTech optimistic about TDDI chip demand for all-screen devices in 2018
Full in-cell display module makers have been improving yield rates to lower their production costs for all-screen panels, which will see wider adoption by smartphones and tablets...
Wednesday 1 November 2017
FocalTech pre-tax profits soar in 3Q17
Touchscreen and LCD driver solution provider FocalTech Systems saw its pre-tax profits soar 328% sequentially to NT$151 million (US$5 million) in the third quarter of 2017. Pre-tax...
Friday 13 October 2017
Chipbond posts record 3Q17 revenues
Chipbond Technology's consolidated revenues climbed to a record high of about NT$5 billion (US$165.3 million) in the third quarter of 2017. Market watchers expect the company to post...
Monday 25 September 2017
Taiwan IC backend firms to enjoy strong 4Q17
A ramp-up of orders for communications chips, as well as TV panel-use driver ICs and TDDI (touch with display driver) chips, will enable Taiwan-based IC backend firms to enjoy a particularly...
Friday 25 August 2017
Chipbond, ChipMOS see rising orders for TDDI chips
Backend houses Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies have seen orders for TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips for use in 18:9 smartphone panels ramp up, which...
Friday 28 July 2017
FocalTech swings to profit in 2Q17
Touchscreen and LCD driver solution provider FocalTech Systems has reported net profits of NT$31.19 million (US$1.03 million) for the second quarter of 2017 compared with losses of...
Wednesday 19 July 2017
Chipbond, ChipMOS seeing robust gold bumping demand
Backend houses Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies have both cut into the supply chains of US and Korea smartphone brands with their gold bumping services, and are set to...
Friday 7 July 2017
Taiwan IC design houses seeing orders ramp-up from China smartphone sector
A ramp-up of orders from China's smartphone sector will buoy revenues at Taiwan-based IC design houses, particularly those specializing in LCD driver ICs, wireless charging solutions...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Taiwan backend firms gearing up for robust demand for TDDI chips
Demand for TDDI (touch with display driver integration) chips is set to boom starting the third quarter of 2017 which will buoy sales at related backend companies including Chipbond...
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Fierce competition brings down fingerprint sensor prices
Fierce competition among fingerprint sensor suppliers has already brought down prices to less than US$2, with many players even quoting their products to as low as less than US$1.5,...