Global top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments in April grow 12% on month to reach a new record for the month, as parts of their shipments originally scheduled for delivery in March were deferred to April, and demand for notebooks from users working and studying from home in mature markets was stronger than expected, according to Digitimes Research's latest figures from its notebook...
The US has emerged as winner in the latest round of trade disputes with China: TSMC has announced a plan to build a 5nm fab in Arizona, ending months of speculation about the possibility of the world's top pure-play foundry making such a move amid increasing pressure from the Trump administration...
Demand for servers and notebooks has been fueled by stay-at-home needs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which neverthess is disrupting production, logistics support, and labor supply, preventing components and chip suppliers from catching up with the pace of orders. Asustek says chips and components supply for notebooks remain tight...
Electric bus maker Tron-e Technology will begin to ship electric bus chassis to Indonesia at the end of May 2020 and then India after the country lifts lockdown restrictions, according to the company.
Having made its debut in the Taiwan market in mid-2019, Singapore-based digital-based telecom service provider Circles.Life is ready to offer new mobile tariff plans and new services to local clients including digital finance, according to company sources.
Taiwan plays an increasingly important role for Micron Technology, which is ramping up production for its DDR4 DRAM chips built using 1znm process technology at its fab in Taichung. Meanwhile, robust demand for enterprise-use notebkks in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has given notebook chip suppliers clear order visibility through third-quarter 2020...
Notebook demand may be robust at this moment to support stay-at-home needs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which nevertheless is casting a shadow over third-quarter 2020 outlook for notebook ODMs...
Asustek is a clear market leader in gaming smartphones, but it is seeing growing competition from others. Lenovo reportedly has headhunted a key executie from Asustek' ROG Phone team, in a bid to accelerate its development of gaming smartphones...
Notebook demand has been so strong in the wake of coronavirus lockdowns that related IC suppliers have not been able to catch up due to insufficient foundry support. Delivery for a host of notebook-use ICs has extended by 2-3 months. Such robust demand has also shored up revenues for notebook ODMs. Inventec has reported its April revenues grew almost 26% on year...
