Foxconn has made another step towards developing more affordable electric vehicles. The EMS giant has just struck deals with California-based Fisker for the development of EVs...

Taiwan's electroacoustic solutions provider Merry Electronics saw its shipments of MEMS microphones shoot up 180% on year in the first quarter of 2021, driven by strong demand for...

Robust Chromebook demand boosted Quanta Computer's gross margin to 6.33% in the first quarter of 2021, up 0.14pp sequentially, despite an over 10% revenue decline on quarter, according...

Taiwan-based makers are expected to continue to enjoy strong shipments of graphics cards in the second quarter of 2021, but will see their motherboard sales decline 10-15% sequentially,...

Quanta Computer continues to see notebook customers step up their pace of orders with the orders pull-in momentum to carry on in the second half of 2021, according to the Taiwan-based...

Despite seeing strong demand from the education and enterprise sectors, the global top-5 notebook brands (not including Apple) still saw their combined shipments slip 4% on month...

Components shortages have been troubling the notebook industry for months. ODM Pegatron's previous optimism that its...

A worsening shortage of semiconductors, such as audio codec chips, display driver ICs and power management chips, continues to constrain the supply of notebooks, according to Asustek...

Brand vendors are poised to hike terminal market prices for their notebooks to reflect rising manufacturing costs, according to sources at notebook ODMs.

Notebook, tablet and PC ODM Clevo has disclosed it has obtained orders with shipments scheduled until third-quarter 2021.

Worsening shortages of notebook-use chips and components has prompted Taiwan's ODM Pegatron to revise downward its sequential shipment growth forecast for the second quarter to 5-10%...

Asustek Computer is upbeat about its PC sales in the second quarter and the second half of 2021, judging from clear order visibility through the end of the year, according to Asustek...

IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$31.828 billion (US$1.13 billion) for April, decreasing 3.86%...

Device makers may be heading towards inventory correction next quarter, as they revisit their production plans amid weakenig demand in some major markets. Taiwan-based chipmakers...

Taiwan-based PCB maker Apex International, with main manufacturing operations in Thailand, expects to see its new plant come online starting July, with capacity at all its three plants...

Major Taiwan-based OSATs including ASE Technology, Powertech Technology (PTI), Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies have seen their order preparation times extended to three...

Intel has launched its new Core H series mobile processors (Tiger Lake-H) led by the Core i9-11980HK, targeting the gaming, Creator and enterprise notebook markets.

Sales of PC peripherals, CPUs and motherboards are expected to be impacted by second-hand mint products offloaded by cryptominers in the second half of 2021, according to sources...

Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen terminal customers start slowing down their pace of orders, and are aware that downstream device makers will be revisiting their production...

The rampant pandemic in India has raised an alarm among ICT makers. Suppliers in the handset and PC sectors have seen...

ODMs and other suppliers engaged in the notebook and handset industry supply chains have seen orders from India start slowing down recently, as a resurgence of COVID-19 infections...

Tight capacity and strong demand have been sending foundry service quotes rising. UMC has plans to raise its 28nm...

Quotes for notebook panels are likely to continue moving upward through the end of 2021 as demand for notebooks supporting stay-at-home activities remains robust, according to industry...

Most Taiwan-based ODMs expect their notebook shipments to grow by single- or double-digit rates in the second quarter of 2021 despite a setback in April.

Taiwan makers produced over 90% of the notebooks worldwide in 2008. The top-five notebook makers - Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron, Inventec and Asustek Computer - contributed...