JEITA platform facilitates development of smart home services in Japan
Tuesday 19 January 2021Smart Home Data Catalog, a platform for collecting data from connected electric home appliances launched in October 2020 by Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA), is expected to promote development of smart home services in the local market.
Japan setting up nationwide smart logistics platform
Monday 18 January 2021Japan is establishing a nationwide smart logistics platform to collect data about entire delivery processes of selected products from production, transportation, distribution to sales and customers for shared use by producers, logistics operators, regional distributors and retail operators, a bid to...
Global smartphone shipments dip 8.8% in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 13 January 2021Global smartphone shipments suffered an annual 8.8% decline to 1.24 billion units in 2020, as the rampage of the coronavirus pandemic crippled handset demand and shipments, Digitimes Research has found.
Samsung to advance QLED, microLED TV technologies in 2021
Monday 11 January 2021Samsung Electronics is expected to adopt a two-pronged approach to push the sales of its QLED and microLED TVs in 2021, in response to fellow company LG Electronics' efforts to promote its rollable OLED TVs, according to Digitimes Research.
5G private networks to help Taiwan makers step into Open RAN
Monday 11 January 20215G private networks dedicated will become a stepping stone for Taiwan-based electronics and ICT makers to obtain orders for devices in the Open RAN (radio access network) market.
AI makes RPA intelligent
Thursday 7 January 2021While RPA (robotic process automation) has become an important tool for enterprises' digital transformation, AI-based technologies have been increasingly introduced to RPA to transform it into IPA (intelligent process automation).
EIH to promote color e-book readers
Wednesday 6 January 2021E Ink Holdings (EIH) will promote its ACeP (advanced color e-paper) technology to e-book readers in 2021.
ToF 3D sensors to accelerate AR application ecosystem formation, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 5 January 2021Time of flight (ToF) 3D sensors are emerging rapidly for massive consumer applications, prompting major semiconductor and optoelectronics players to join the supply chain and accelerating the formation of an AR application ecosystem, according to Digitimes Research.
Fierce competition for 5G subscribers undermine Korea telecom ARPU, says Digitimes Research
Thursday 31 December 2020South Korea's top-3 telecom carriers saw their wireless businesses' average revenues per user (ARPU) slip in the first three quarters of 2020 due to fierce competition for 5G subscribers, while their plan to establish 28GHz base stations will be delayed, according to Digitimes Research's finding.
Taiwan server-related product revenues to grow 11% in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 29 December 2020Taiwan makers will see revenues from server-related hardware and software including motherboards, full-rack systems, networking equipment and storage equipment, increase by about 11% on year to reach over NT$1.5 trillion (US$52.88 billion) in 2020, higher than the 7% growth in server shipments in the...
Chinese makers keep expanding AMOLED panel capacity, says Digitimes Research
Monday 28 December 2020China's makers have not slowed down the pace of capacity expansion and technology upgrades for AMOLED panels, although its smartphone industry has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the US trade restrictions against Huawei, Digitimes Research has found.
Taiwan panel makers pushing into medical industry, says Digitimes Research
Friday 25 December 2020Both Taiwan-based panel makers AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux are gearing up their efforts to develop display products for medical applications in response to the lingering impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Digitimes Research.
Digitimes Research worldwide notebook shipment update – November 2020
Tuesday 22 December 2020The global top-5 brands' combined notebook shipments in November 2020 remained robust, reaching the second highest-ever monthly level, thanks to strong sales in Europe and North America amid the resurging coronavirus pandemic, according to Digitimes Research's latest figures from the Notebook Tracke...
Samsung, LGD ramping up OLED panels for small- to medium-size applications, Digitimes Research says
Friday 18 December 2020Combined sales of OLED panels by Samsung Display and LG Display (LGD) for small- to medium-size applications are expected to reach KRW9.6 trillion (US$9.4 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2020, up 46.2% sequentially and 31.2% on year, according to an estimate by Digitimes Research.
Global top-5 brands see combined shipments reach second highest level in November
Thursday 17 December 2020The global top-5 brands' combined notebook shipments in November 2020 remained robust, reaching the second highest-ever monthly level, thanks to strong sales in Europe and North America amid the resurging coronavirus pandemic, according to Digitimes Research's latest figures from the Notebook Tracke...
China IC foundry output to continue growth in 2021, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 16 December 2020China's IC industry will register another growth in output next year, driven by the country's efforts in boosting its IC self-sufficiency, as well as international chipmakers' intention of expanding their factory sites locally in China, according to Digitimes Research.
EIH expanding e-paper ecosystem
Tuesday 8 December 2020E-paper solution provider E Ink Holdings (EIH) has managed to solicit more partners to join its e-paper application ecosystem, with an aim to jointly promote further adoption of e-paper solutions in hospitals, factories and retail stores, according to Digitimes Research.
dToF likely to be mainstream 3D depth-sensing technology in 2021
Tuesday 8 December 2020Apple's adopting LiDAR based on dToF (direct time of flight) for iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPad (2020) is expected to prompt Android smartphone vendors to follow suit, likely to replace indirect ToF (iToF) to become the mainstream 3D depth-sensing technology in 2021.
Global server shipments to rise 5.6% on year in 2021, says Digitimes Research
Monday 7 December 2020Global server shipments will resume on-year growth in 2020, driven by rising demand for cloud computing services and work-from-home solutions amid the coronavirus pandemic. Related demand will continue rising in 2021 due to the lingering of the pandemic, drikving up shipments by another 5.6% on year...
Digitimes Research worldwide notebook shipment update – October 2020
Friday 27 November 2020The global top-5 notebook brands together shipped over 17 million notebooks in October, a new monthly record for 2020, as the consumer segments in Europe and North America have both entered the traditional peak season, and demand for notebooks has been driven by the resurging of COVID-19.