Huawei is increasing the proportion of mobile application processors (APs) from third-party suppliers for its smartphones, reducing use of Kirin chips from its subsidiary HiSilicon Technologies, as a contigency against the US trade ban, according to Digitimes Research.

The ultimate purpose of applying IoV (Internet of vehicle) to urban traffic is to maximize its efficiency, according to Thomas Stein, CEO for the Taiwan branch of Siemens Mobility.

The 5G iPhone may be coming a few weeks later than usual because of COVID-19 impacts, but development for Apple Watch 6 reportedly has been going smoothly, with ASE Technology obtaining a major portion of the backend service orders for the new wearable devices...

Smartphone shipments to the China market more than doubled sequentially in second-quarter 2020 following a period hard hit the coronavirus pandemic earlier in the year, according to Digitimes Reseach's latest findings. But the market still faces economic uncertainties, smartphone shipments to China will shrink in the third quarter...

Smartphone shipments to the China market are expected to decline both sequentially and annually in the third quarter of 2020, after experiencing a robust on-quarter growth in the previous quarter, according to Digitimes Research.

There are many social networking platforms, but they have been unable to fill the very gap left wide open by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has been barring people from face-to-face physical interactions.

HwaCom Systems, a Taiwan-based provider of system integration services, will be in charge of an experimental field for testing 5G IoV-based smart transportation solutions, according to company chairman and president Gary Chen.

Taiwan is becoming a hub for the server industry, with HPE, currently th esecond largest server brand worldwide, reportedly planning to move its server hardware R&D resources to Taiwan. In the PC sector, demand for Microsoft Surface devices is picking up thanks to growig stay-at-home economy. Judging from components orders, Microsoft Surface device shipments are expected to 30% growth in 2020...

Taiwan-based TV makers saw their shipments surge 33.8% sequentially to 6.22 million units in second-quarter 2020 as demand from clients in North America remained strong despite the coronavirus impacts, according to Digitimes Research.

China's upcoming 14th five-year plan (2021-2025) will continue to highlight technology and capacity upgrades as the core of its semiconductor self-sufficiency strategy, with foundry capacity projected to expand 40% from the preceding plan and fabrication process expected to advance to 7nm, according to Digitimes Research.