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Friday 3 May 2024
Why did BYD's 1Q24 profits drop by 47.3% compared to previous quarter?
In the first quarter of 2024, BYD's net profit was CNY4.57 billion (approx. US$630 million), a year-on-year increase of 10.6%, but a significant decrease of 47.3% compared to the...
Thursday 11 April 2024
Price competition a concern in 2H24, as IPC companies see orders return
Industrial PC (IPC) makers are optimistic about the second half of 2024, as orders begin to return with the end of inventory destocking at the client end. However, pricing may become...
Tuesday 26 March 2024
Foundries may lower prices for mature processes in 2Q24
Speculation has emerged in the chipmaking sector that Chinese and Taiwanese pure-play foundries may cut quotes for part of their mature processes in the second quarter of 2024.
Friday 8 March 2024
Taiwanese IC design firms accelerate exit from red ocean markets
Chinese IC design companies have initiated price wars in saturated and highly competitive market categories, leading Taiwanese IC design houses to expedite their withdrawal from these...
Wednesday 6 March 2024
SiC substrate prices rapidly falling in China
SiC substrate prices are rapidly falling in China, but prices in other parts of the world remain stable, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 20 February 2024
China firms cutting OLED DDI prices
Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) suppliers are seeing their quotes undercut by Chinese counterparts, with the pricing pressure even spreading to the basic OLED DDI field, according...
Monday 18 December 2023
Price competition in mid-to-low-end smartphones becomes fiercer
Observing the recent plans and activities of smartphone brands, as a response to the market becoming more mature, smartphones are developing toward the extremes of high-end and low-end...
Friday 10 November 2023
MCU suppliers see price competition stop but remain wary
Microcontroller unit (MCU) suppliers have observed a pause in price competition, but remain cautious since end market demand has yet to recover, according to industry sources.
Thursday 28 September 2023
Taiwan MCU firms strive to maintain gross margins in 2H23
Taiwanese microcontroller unit (MCU) vendors are striving to maintain consistent gross margins in the face of strong price competition from Chinese counterparts in the second half...