Amid sluggish iPhone sales, Samsung Electronics and Chinese smartphone brands have begun to take advantage of this gap and expand their inventory of smartphones and OLEDs to seize market shares. This drove the utilization rates of OLED production lines for mid-to-low-end smartphones at Samsung Display (SDC), BOE, TCL CSOT, and other manufacturers.
Samsung Electronics, in collaboration with Intel, recently launched a new generation of desktop PCs called the "All-in-One Pro" in South Korea. By using AI, it aims to compete with Apple's iMac and expand its AI end-user ecosystem.
Notebook production in Vietnam has increased dramatically, making the country the second largest source of imports to the US behind China, according to government sources.
Huawei Technologies Co.'s latest smartphones carry a version of the advanced made-in-China processor it revealed last year, independent analysis revealed, underscoring the Chinese company's ability to sustain production of the controversial chip.
Intel's recent financial report revealed a modest increase in revenue, but a loss for the first quarter of 2024, while the existing quarter's guidance is also disappointing. However, Intel has high hopes for Gaudi 3, expecting it to generate US$500 million in revenue in 2024.
The current adoption rate of QLC NAND SSD in PCs is approximately 20-25%, and this rate is expected to expand dramatically in 2024, according to Micron Technology. The primary use cases for AI in PCs are to facilitate the significant expansion of Solid-State Drive (SSD) storage capacity and to fulfill the growing demand for terabyte-level storage.
Qualcomm has just announced the Snapdragon X Plus, its latest PC processor. According to available specs, the new processor is identical to the earlier Snapdragon X Elite, but with two fewer cores.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's government notified Apple Inc. of concerns that the company's supply chain may be tainted by conflict minerals sourced from the central African nation.
High-speed transmission chip specialist Parade Technologies expects demand for AI PCs and AMOLED iPads to drive its sales growth in the second half of 2024.
Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is "opening up" its Meta Quest headset operating system to other hardware makers, part of an effort to boost its standing in the nascent augmented reality and virtual reality industries.
Lenovo has unveiled its AI PC series, including the Yoga Book 9i, which features an AI agent named "Xiao Tian" powered by Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen model.
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently concluded his most extensive Southeast Asia (SEA) tour in years, visiting Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore from April 15-19.
In the mobile application processor (AP) market, MediaTek secured the top spot in terms of shipment volume, while Apple held on to its spot as the sales leader. In contrast, Samsung Electronics has a market share of only around 5%, and some viewpoints suggest that Samsung System LSI needs to enhance its competitiveness quickly
After fully embracing AI with the recent launch of the Galaxy S24 series flagship smartphones, Samsung Electronics unveiled its new lineup of Neo QLED, OLED, and Lifestyle series displays in Taiwan on April 17, where it also emphasized the advantages of AI in improving display performance and color rendering. By offering a more complete product line, Samsung hopes to take a leading sales position in the high-end display market and maintain double-digit growth for large-size TV sales in Taiwan in 2024.
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is meeting Singapore's leader at the tail end of his most extensive Southeast Asia tour in years, searching for new growth markets and manufacturing locations to offset headwinds in China.
The consumer electronics market has remained sluggish since 2023, with no evident signs of recovery even after the first quarter of 2024, whether for smartphones, notebooks, or consumer networking devices. Market observers attribute this prolonged downturn to persistently high inflation rates in Europe and the US.
