The coronavirus outbreak in China has widespread impacts on the ICT supply chain. Although many makers are supposed to resume production in China next week or in mid-February if no further complications occur, they cannot tell how normal their operations will be...

Fintech startup business Aifian in 2019 launched its AI Chia Chia, an artificial intellignece-based app functioning as a broker for personal credit information, and has partnered with DoDoHome, a large car parking service provider in Taiwan, for initial commercial use, according to company founder and CEO Ocean Liu.

Global tablet shipments totaled 43.23 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019. Shipments from China's white-box players weakened in the quarter due to their need to digest inventory, while brand vendors mostly saw increased shipments thanks to seasonal momentum, according to Digitimes Research's latest tablet report.

The coronavirus outbreak is definitely having short-term impacts on the supply chain in China. The memory sector was heading for recovery before the outbreak, with prices on the rise. Now memory prices are likely to rise at a slower pace as clients in China are more reluctant to fill their stocks...

Global notebook shipments were weaker-than-expected in the fourth quarter of 2019 due to Intel's ongoing CPU shortages and major brands stopping stocking extra inventory in the wake of easing US-China trade tensions. However, annual shipments in 2019 still grew 4.1% on year, according to Digitimes Research's notebook tracker.

China-based handset makers shipped a total of 194 million smartphones worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 0.6% on quarter but down 4% on year, Digitimes Research has found.

Smartphone AP shipments in China reached a total of 197 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019, down 5.9% on year and 7.7% sequentially with volume for the whole year arriving at 776 million units, down 3% on year...

Huawei is the top smartphone vendor in China. But its sales have been under much pressure, first from the US trade ban, and now the coronavirus outbreak that has promised to dampen 5G phone replacement demand. Huawei is set to see major impacts. But construction of 5G infrastructures continues despite the outbreak...

Smartphone shipments to the China market are expected to fall over 10% on year in the first quarter of 2020 affected by seasonality, insufficient supply of 5G models, high inventory levels in the channels and the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, according to Digitimes Research.

Many Taiwan-based IT firms are feeling the heat from the coronavirus outbreak that is delaying their production from returning normal following Lunar New Year. But TSMC and UMC have revealed that their fabs in China have been running as usual...