Taiwan-based IC design houses will target the smartphone, tablet and LED lighting sectors in order to ramp up their sales and earnings in 2014, according to industry observers. The performance of most IC vendors has been better than ...
Tags: Smartphone, Tablet
LCD driver IC vendors expect demand to pick up in the second half of October when downstream small LCD module makers will begin to replenish their component inventories, according to industry sources. Sales of white-box and entry-level ...
Tags: LCD Driver, IC Vendors
Taiwan-based IC design houses including Macroblock, Nuvoton Technology, On-Bright Electronics, Pixart Imaging and Weltrend Semiconductor all expect to post sequential growth in September revenues, buoyed by a pull-in of orders coming from ...
Tags: Electronics, Semiconductor, LED bulbs
Most LCD driver IC vendors are expected to see their third-quarter revenues stay flat or decline slightly from the levels posted in the previous quarter due to a slow recovery in orders from the smartphone and tablet sectors, according to ...
Tags: LCD driver, smartphone
The alliance comprising top brands in lighting has endorsed the use of the ZigBee Light Link standard to ensure interoperability between connected lighting fixtures and controls in residential applications. The Connected Lighting Alliance ...
Tags: ZigBee Light Link, Connected Lighting Alliance, Residential Controls
Taiwan-based IC design companies have seen their order visibility for September remain unclear, predicting third-quarter sales will grow within a range of 10% sequentially, according to industry sources. Recent reports of slow sales of ...
Tags: IC Design Firms, IC vendors
Some Taiwan-based IC suppliers have been ramping their shipments of LED driver ICs to China thanks to the fledging LED lighting industry in the country and growing demand for LED backlight products from China-based smartphone, tablet and ...
Tags: LED Driver, IC
Some Taiwan-based IC suppliers have been ramping their shipments of LED driver ICs to China thanks to the fledging LED lighting industry in the country and growing demand for LED backlight products from China-based smartphone, tablet and ...
Tags: LED Driver, IC Vendors
Most Taiwan-based LED driver IC vendors have seen improvements in order visibility in the first quarter of 2013 and are expected to see their revenues grow 20-30% sequentially in the second quarter, buoyed by increasing shipments to the LED ...
Tags: LED driver, IC vendors, LED lighting segment
Dual interface shipments to exceed the 1 billion mark in 2015. The number of dual interface and pure contactless smart cards is expected to make up 30% of all smart card shipments in 2018, rising from 16% of the 8.6 billion smart cards ...
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Taiwan-based LED driver IC suppliers Richtek Technology, Macroblock and On-Bright Electronics are expected to see shipments boom in 2013 on anticipated growth in LED demand for backlight and lighting applications, according to industry ...
Tags: LED driver, IC suppliers, 2013
Elan Microelectronics Corp. plans to roll out system-on-chip (SoC) version of touch-sensor ICs for Windows 8 laptops in line with demands for less expansive chips from brand-name suppliers of the computers, which are struggling to boost ...
Tags: Elan Microelectronics Corp., roll out system-on-chip, touch-sensor ICs
The total value spend of Near Field Cummunication (NFC) mobile payments will rise from $4 billion in 2012 to $191 billion in 2017, breaking the $100 billion mark in 2016. Despite Apple rejecting NFC for its latest smartphone, the iPhone ...
Tags: Apple, iPhone, mobile, mobile payment, Near Field Communication, NFC
LED-maker Cree acquired Rudd Lighting including its LED-centric brand BetaLED for $525 million, planning to operate the acquisition as subsidiary of Cree Lighting. Durham, NC-based Cree Inc announced that it has acquired Ruud Lighting ...
LED-maker Cree acquired Rudd Lighting including its LED-centric brand BetaLED for $525 million, planning to operate the acquisition as subsidiary of Cree Lighting. Durham, NC-based Cree Inc announced that it has acquired Ruud Lighting ...
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