Smartphone shipments may be declining this year due to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, but memory vendors expect robust demand from the hadnset space as phone vendors increase the internal storage of their upcoming devices. The pandemic has decimated many sectors, with servers being one of the major exceptions. Mothernboard maker ASRock and high-spped transmission chip vendor ASMedia both expect robust salea and profits for 2020, thanks to demand for server applications. Although the car market has been hit hard by the virus, some belive demand will rebound in second-half 2020. HannStar Display is building a new automotive panel module line in Taiwan, expecting increasing demand from European and Japanese clients.
Smartphone internal storage to reach 256GB: Smartphones are expected to increasingly come with 256GB or even 512GB of storage in 2020, thanks to brand vendors' launches of new 5G models and a gradual recovery in China's smartphone market, according to market sources.
ASRock, ASMedia to see strong sales from server sector in 2020: Motherboard maker ASRock and ASMedia Technology, a fabless chipmaker specializing in high-speed transmission chips, are both expected to enjoy a substantial ramp-up in orders for server applications in 2020, according to industry sources.
HannStar Display ramping up automotive panel module capacity: HannStar Display is building a new automotive panel module line in Taiwan as it is ramping up related capacity to satisfy increasing demand from clients in Europe and Japan.
