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Monday 24 July 2023
Foxconn chairman makes second visit to Sharp and stays whole week
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Young Liu reportedly made another visit to Sharp in Japan last week, following his previous 3-day visit in early July, and...
Friday 7 July 2023
Foxconn chairman visits Japan to meet Sharp executives
Foxconn chairman Young Liu recently paid a visit to Sharp's headquarters in Japan, which may indicate that the Taiwanese company has no plans to spin off the money-losing subsidiary,...
Tuesday 20 June 2023
Jentech to see sharp growth in heat spreader shipments for AI servers
Heat spreaders have to be made bigger and thicker to support AI chips with a larger surface areas and higher performance, according to Jentech Precision Industrial president Chin-Lung...
Wednesday 24 May 2023
All vendors not immune from sharp fall in PC shipments in India
As PC manufacturers are still struggling with high inventories, India's PC shipment continued its decline in the first quarter of 2023, declining by over 30%.
Wednesday 26 April 2023
China pure-play foundries see sharp decline in fab utilization
SMIC and other Chinese pure-play foundries have recently seen dramatic decreases in fab utilization rates, according to sources at fab toolmakers.
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Apple ranked biggest mobile PC display purchaser throughout 2022, says Omdia
Total mobile PC (include notebook and tablet) panel shipments reached 479 million units in 2022, according to Omdia. This is the first time since 2020 that annual shipments came below...
Tuesday 18 April 2023
EIH grows e-paper ecosystem to include BOE, MediaTek
E Ink Holdings (EIH), an e-paper solutions supplier, is actively expanding its e-paper application ecosystem to include panel vendor BOE Technology and IC design house MediaTek.
Friday 23 December 2022
Polysilicon prices in China on sharp decline
Polysilicon prices in the Chinese market have sharply declined in the fourth quarter of 2022 and consequently, prices for solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers (made from polysilicon)...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
African smartphone market suffers sharp fall as sluggish economies cause slowdown in consumer demand, says IDC
Newly released data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that Africa's overall mobile phone market suffered an on-year (YoY) decline of 19.9% in the third quarter...
Wednesday 28 September 2022
EIH, SDTC tie up to develop IGZO backplanes for e-paper modules
E-paper solution provider E Ink Holdings (EIH) has announced a collaboration plan with Sharp Display Technology Corporation (SDTC), under which EIH will adopt SDTC's indium gallium...
Friday 16 September 2022
Foxconn retakes majority stake in Sharp
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) has returned as the majority stake owner of Sharp after an indirect investment in the Japanese firm recently made by an the Taiwanese EMS giant's affi...
Friday 2 September 2022
LCD panel prices stabilize on production cuts
LCD panel prices for some applications have begun to stabilize, thanks mainly to the persistent efforts initiated by panel makers to cut their output amid oversupply, according to...
Friday 12 August 2022
Sharp sees decreased 2Q22 revenues, operating profit
Sharp has released the financial report for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2022 (second quarter of 2022), with sales revenues of JPY562.174 billion (US$4.22 billion) decreasing...
Friday 29 July 2022
BOE Technology continues to dominate the LCD market for iPad in 2022
In 2021, Apple procured 75.5 million LCD panels for iPad production, with 25.3 million units sourced from LG Display (LGD), and 24.5 million units from Sharp. China's BOE Technology,...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Companies should consider value chains for globalization, says former Sharp CEO
To the manufacturing industry, localized production has become an inevitable trend. Companies that expect to grow further in the global markets often start by building their local...