Kdan Mobile Software, a Taiwan-based developer of mobile device-based collaborative work software solutions, has provided Japan-based Vacan with its DottedSign e-signing service to help the latter's business operation in Taiwan, according to Kdan.
Taiwanese panel makers have seen improvements to their sales, and most of them are expected to return to profitability in third-quarter 2020, thanks to rising panel prices amid tight supply and strong demand from the end-device market. AUO has disclosed its order visibility has extended to November with robust demand from all major application segments...
The world's top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments (excluding detachable models) for July 2020 surge 34% on year and slip about 1% from the year's high in June, according to Digitimes Research.
UK-based Rainmaking Innovation recently inaugurated its Center of Excellence and Expertise in Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), becoming the third accelerator there.
The needs to connect during pandemic lockdowns have spurred demand for servers. Shipments of servers to Facebook in third-quarter 2020 are expected to rise 15% sequentially, according to Digitimes Research. Taiwanese PCB makers are also set to see stable increases in shipments to the server, networking and notebook segments in the third quarter...
China with its 14th Five-year Plan (2021-2025) will assist its domestic foundries in the development of advanced 7nm and FD-SOI fabrication process technologies, according to Digitimes Research.
Server shipments to Facebook are forecast to register a 15% sequential increase in the third quarter of 2020, when the social network giant is expected to absorb over 15% of total global server sales, according to Digitimes Research.
Applied Materials reportedly is inviting parts and componets partners to join a program to boost the US fab tool maker's presence in the after-sales maintenance and upgrades market serving TSMC and other semiconductor firms. TSMC saw its July sales decline more than 12% sequentially, but its third-quarter 2020 sales are still expected to grow...
Open RAN (Open Radio Access Network) is one of the options for telecom operators' deployments in the 5G era. As Open RAN can adopt COTS (commercial off the shelf) or GPP (general purposed processor) hardware, such as x86 servers, Taiwan's makers may be able to seize the chance and carve out a piece in a telecom equipment market that has been dominated by Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei.
Work- and study-from-home needs in the wake of the pandemic have shored up demand for IT devices, benefitting makers along the supply chian, including Taiwanese panel suppliers who saw shipments for large-size LCD applications shoot up 35% sequentially in second-quarter 2020, according to Digitimes Research...
