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Tuesday 31 October 2023
Samsung expects PCs and handsets to stabilize, memory demands to improve in 4Q
Samsung Electronics reported declining sales and operating income for the latest quarter. Samsung anticipates a better outlook in the memory business and a stabilizing mobile and...
Tuesday 31 October 2023
Handset orders for year-end holidays starting to rise
The handset market has seen inventoy return to healthy levels with orders from handset vendors starting to pick up for the year-end shopping, according to sources from the upstream...
Friday 27 October 2023
Flexium expects sales to peak in 4Q23
Flexium Interconnect, a company specializing in flexible PCBs, expects its sales to peak for 2023 in the fourth quarter.
Wednesday 25 October 2023
AI to boost terminal device replacement
AI will drive demand for PC, handset, and other terminal device replacements, according to sources at chipmakers.
Wednesday 25 October 2023
Samsung boosts collaboration with Indian EMS suppliers, reduces ties with China-based providers for handset production, says DIGITIMES Research
The past few years have witnessed occasional disruptions in the handset supply chain, leading to the largest scale of production relocation ever seen in decades. In this context,...
Tuesday 24 October 2023
Demand for high-end handsets recovers, benefiting Largan and GSEO
Largan Precision Chairperson Lin En-Ping announced in the 2023 third-quarter earnings call that "demand for high-end [handset] models is better than expected," revealing that its...
Tuesday 24 October 2023
Backend firms expect operations to improve by end of 2023
OSATs expect their operations to improve overall by the end of this year, following encouraging developments further upstream at the foundry sector and recent increases in demand...
Wednesday 18 October 2023
MediaTek chip inventory shrinking
Recent increases in demand for entry-level and midrange smartphones are easing the load on MediaTek's mobile chip inventory, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Memory module houses brace for substantial cut in NAND wafer availability
As Samsung Electronics and other chipmakers substantially reduce their NAND flash wafer output, industry sources indicate that memory module manufacturers will have to compete on...
Friday 13 October 2023
IC distributors post double-digit revenue increases in 3Q23
Major Taiwan-based IC distributors have reported double-digit sequential revenue growth for the third quarter of 2023, as inventory replenishment for mobile and several other device...
Friday 13 October 2023
IC design houses see handset stockpiling pick up
IC design houses have seen handset customers start replenishing their stocks following months of inventory correction, according to industry sources.
Friday 13 October 2023
NAND flash prices rising
Spot prices for NAND flash have increased since August and September due to suppliers' efforts to restrict output; consequently, numerous handset manufacturers have begun to actively...
Friday 6 October 2023
Handset industry and SoC makers see smooth destocking
According to sources from handset distribution channels, smooth destocking indicates that restocking for the usual peak season will proceed as usual. While the momentum may not be...
Thursday 28 September 2023
Smartphone brands battle for slice of Taiwan's Q4 market
With Apple's iPhone 15 lineup all the rage, market sources expect Apple to increase its share of smartphone sales in Taiwan from 25% to 40% in October. Android makers have not shied...
Friday 22 September 2023
MLCC firms to see growth restored in 1H24
Despite anticipation that the launch of Apple's new iPhones may stimulate handset demand, Taiwan-based MLCC suppliers may not see their sales growth resume until the first half of...
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Taiwan IPC makers pushing integrated services to boost profits and to see revenues grow in 2024, says DIGITIMES Research
Global smartphone shipments hit 2023 peak in 4Q23, but decelerate in 1Q24 due to seasonality, says DIGITIMES Research
Meet the analyst: Operating system in AI era will be king, says DIGITIMES Research