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Thursday 17 March 2022
Wistron uncertain about notebook demand in 2H22
Notebook ODM Wistron is aware of demand uncertainty, which will be more challenging to the company than related chip shortages during the second half of 2022, according to company...
Thursday 17 March 2022
Desktop PC and monitor sales to resume growth in 2022, says Wistron
Desktop PC and monitor sales are poised to rebound and resume growth in 2022, buoyed by strong demand coming from the enterprise sector, according to Jeff Lin, president of ODM Wis...
Thursday 17 March 2022
Foxconn embracing strongest first quarter in 10 years
Foxconn (Hon Hai) Technology Group expects to register in 2022 the strongest first quarter in a decade, as some customer orders deferred from the fourth quarter are being fulfilled...
Thursday 17 March 2022
Notebook chip shortages narrowing to manageable levels, says Asustek
Notebook chip shortages are improving to manageable levels amid a slowdown in terminal market demand for consumer electronic devices, but the supply of specific chips from US IDMs...
Thursday 17 March 2022
China becomes largest EV manufacturer in 2021
China saw its electric vehicle (EV) exports surge 260% on year to nearly 500,000 units in 2021 and became the largest EV manufacturing country worldwide, surpassing Germany and the...
Thursday 17 March 2022
Silicon Motion obtains PCIe Gen4 SSD controller orders from major chip vendors
Silicon Motion Technology with its PCIe Gen4 SSD controllers is eyeing its entry into the supply chain of the world's top-5 PC brand vendors, as the company has obtained orders for...
Wednesday 16 March 2022
COVID lockdowns in China may affect shipments of new Apple devices
Shipments of new Apple devices may more or less be affected by the COVID lockdowns in Shenzhen and Dongguan, where its supply chain partners including Foxconn, Unimicron Technology...
Wednesday 16 March 2022
Notebook ODMs turn cautious amid market uncertainty
Macroeconomic uncertainty arising from the Russia-Ukraine war and surging coronavirus cases in China, as well as the ongoing shortages of certain chips and components, has cast a...
Wednesday 16 March 2022
China carmakers suspend production due to Shenzhen lockdown
The government-imposed weeklong lockdown in Shenzhen, China due to a spike in local COVID-19 cases is disrupting crucial electronics device shipments for automotive electronics, prompting...
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Nickel price volatility prompts packaging materials suppliers to stop taking orders
Nickel prices have been volatile, discouraging IC packaging material suppliers, such as leadframe makers, from taking new orders, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Asustek shipments to Russia come to standstill
Asustek Computer has disclosed that its product shipments to the Russia market have come to a standstill because of the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine.
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Device assemblers to closely monitor inventory
Downstream device assemblers and vendors in the networking device, notebook, and server sectors will be closely monitoring their inventory levels this year, as unfavorable macro factors...
Monday 14 March 2022
Gigabyte to spin off server business
Gigabyte Technology has announced it will spin off its network communication business group and transfer it to its wholly-owned subsidiary Giga Computing Technology. The transfer...
Monday 14 March 2022
Acer conservative about sales in 2H22
Acer is conservative about its operation in the second half of 2022 as inflation has continued hitting the global market and may undermine sales of consumer IT products, according...
Friday 11 March 2022
Highlights of the day: IT firms turning conservative about 2022
With the war between Russia and Ukraine not likely to cease any time soon, IT firms have turned cautious about their operation in 2022. Notebook ODMs, despite still having robust...