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Wednesday 6 November 2019
Taiwan white-box server shipments to rebound in 2020
Taiwan's white-box server shipments are expected to rebound in 2020 after public cloud datacenter players finish adjusting their inventory levels in 2019, according to sources from...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Taiwan IC supply chain cautious about China 5G incentive
China has recently offered to allow Taiwan-based firms to join the country's 5G technology R&D, standards formulation, network construction and product test, but most Taiwanese...
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Taiwan IC design houses see orders for USB-C devices pick up
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders for USB Type-C power delivery (PD) and other USB-C chip solutions pick up, with order visibility extended through 2020, according to...
Tuesday 5 November 2019
Garmin cooperates with SCOR to help life insurers in Taiwan
Garmin has cooperated with France-based life reinsurance company SCOR Global Life to help life insurance companies in Taiwan collect biometric data from their clients via smart wearable...
Monday 4 November 2019
Some flat panel makers in Korea, Taiwan to slash capex for 2019
Some flat panel makers in Korea and Taiwan, notably LG Display, AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux, are cutting their capex for 2019 as they seek to improve their bottom lines in the...
Monday 4 November 2019
Taiwan large-size LCD panel shipments up slightly in 3Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipment of large-size LCD panels (9-inch and above) by Taiwan's makers (excluding Sharp) edged up 2.1% sequentially to 59.3 million units in the third quarter of 2019 due mainly...
Monday 4 November 2019
Taiwan CCL makers not eyeing big order transfer from floods-hit Panasonic
Taiwan CCL makers have a chance to land part of orders from their Japan counterpart Panasonic whose plant in northern Japan was seriously hit by floods caused by Typhoon Hagibis in...
Monday 4 November 2019
Taiwan chipmakers gearing up for China 5G rollout
Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers and backend houses are all gearing up to tap robust demand for 5G-related applications from China, where local major telecom carriers have started...
Monday 4 November 2019
Darfon tapping Japan e-bike market
Keyboard and passive component maker Darfon Electronics has become the largest vendor of high-end electric bicycles in Japan with a market share of 20% for models priced at above...
Monday 4 November 2019
Mini LEDs not expected to be widely used over next 3-4 years
While mini LED chips has begun seeing adoption for high-end LCD monitor and TV backlighting, the technology is not expected to be widely used over the next 3-4 years, according to...
Friday 1 November 2019
Taiwan small- to mid-size panel shipments to drop in 4Q19, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels are expected to decrease 17.6% on quarter and 31.1% on year in the fourth quarter of 2019 due to off-peak season effects and...
Friday 1 November 2019
AI, 5G to trigger chip market growth, says TSMC chairman
The emerging AI and 5G applications will be triggering the next phase of growth in the global semiconductor market, according to TSMC chairman Mark Liu.
Friday 1 November 2019
Samsung reportedly to step up capacity expansion pace
Samsung Electronics is reportedly looking to place new equipment orders for its memory fabs in Pyeongtaek (South Korea) and Xian (China), gearing up to resume its aggressive capacity...
Friday 1 November 2019
Taiwan ODMs strive to improve yield rates, costs for non-China production lines
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have completed most of their plant relocation and their present focus is to improve production yield rates and reduce costs at the relocated facilities...
Friday 1 November 2019
Taiwan makers to see TV shipments rise 11% in 4Q19, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of LCD TVs by Taiwan-based makers are expected to grow 11.2% sequentially to 8.22 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019, driven by peak-season demand, according to...