Notebook demand from users working from home weakened in May, but devices supporting online learning remained robust. The top-5 notebook brands together witnessed a mild on-month drop of 2% in May.
Manufacturers' demand for industrial robots is expected to rise significantly to support flexible production in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Peter Peng, director of robotics automation business department at Delta Electronics.
As Huawei seeks support in the face of tightening trade sanctions from the US, speculation has emerged identifying Samsung as a likely savior who could provide foundry services or directly ship its own mobile chips to the Chinese handset vendor. But Samsung would find itself mired in the US-China trade war if it lent Huawei a helping hand...
The competition between Nvidia, AMD and Intel is intensifying, with the vendors playing a highly strategic game concerning the launches of their next-generation CPUs and GPUs. Even their supply chain partners have seen difficulties keeping with the game. Meanwhile, notebook demand is expected toremain strong until the end of third-quarter 2020, according to memory vendor Winbond...
Startup 3Sdrive has developed an Omnie IoV audio content app based on voice interface for car drivers, with automotive parts/accessory after-market being the target market, according to company co-founder and CEO Alex Jeng.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic's influence on global demand for handsets, MediaTek is still optimistic about its sales in the second half of 2020 as 5G will take off and relatively boosting sales of 5G smartphones. However, the IC market may not look too bright during the period as the US' new trade sanctions on Huawei is expected to undermine the market's sales...
Notebook ODMs have seen robust shipments in second-quarter 2020, thanks to stay-at-home needs fuled by the coronaviru pandemic. But the notebook makers have mixed views about the second half of the year, with some still placing high hopes on the stay-at-home economy, and some turning consevative...
China's top-three handset ODMs - the Wingtech Group, Huaqin Telecom Technology and Longcheer - are expected to ship a total of 183 million ODM models to the world's four major brand vendors in 2020, decreasing 15.28% from the 216 million shipped a year earlier, Digitimes Research estimates.
Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has introduced a training program in cooperation with various research organizations, associations and companies, to promote industrial upgrading and help enterprises in digital transformation.
TSMC has disclosed intentions to build a 5nm wafer fab in Arizona. But the foundry house is seeking US governmen subsidies that it says are needed to run the US fab at costs on about similar levels of TSMC's Taiwan-based plants. Meanwhile, MediaTek is expected to see strong demand for its 5G smartphone chips from Chinese vendors in second-half 2020, as the handset market starts recovering...
