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Friday 6 March 2020
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 4Q 2019
Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments went down slightly on quarter, but more than 5% on year to arrive at 59.12 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Friday 6 March 2020
Production of entry-level AirPod Pro to resume momentum in 2Q20, says sources
Production of an entry-level version of Apple's AirPods device is expected to resume momentum by the end of first quarter or early in the second quarter of 2020, according to upstream...
Friday 6 March 2020
ODMs decelerate non-China production expansions as outbreak worsens
Supply chains have turned cautious about capacity expansion outside of China amid growing economic uncertainites in the wake of the widespeading coronavirus outbreak, according to...
Thursday 5 March 2020
Server sector unscathed by coronavirus outbreak
The PC and handset supply chains are being hard hit by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, but the server sector has been almost unscathed, as the epidemic has spurred stay-at-home...
Thursday 5 March 2020
New entry-level LCD iPhone reportedly enters final verification stage
Apple's new entry-level LCD iPhone, tentatively dubbed iPhone SE2, has entered the final stage of engineering validation in Zhengzhou, China, where the vendor's major manufacturing...
Thursday 5 March 2020
Simplo expects to return to normal production levels in April
Notebook battery specialist Simplo Technology expects to resume normal production in China in April, with more workers returning to its factory site in Chongqing, according to company...
Thursday 5 March 2020
Memory demand for servers and datacenters surges
DRAM and NAND flash memory demand for server and datacenter applications has started picking up and surging recently, despite weakness in demand for PCs and consumer electronics products,...
Thursday 5 March 2020
8K displays to embrace bright application prospect
For many consumers, the differences between images shown on 4K and 8K displays may not be that obvious, but the latter is expected to see increasingly bright prospect for applications,...
Wednesday 4 March 2020
Acer bracing for PC market slowdown
With demand for notebooks continuing sliding, Acer is pushing to enhance its PC offerings, and remains aggressive in developing new businesses, according to company chairman Jason...
Tuesday 3 March 2020
Spread of coronavirus beyond China to impact 2020 semiconductor market
The spread of coronavirus beyond China is now a challenge that the global semiconductor market is facing this year.
Tuesday 3 March 2020
Weblink seeking growth momentum from non-IT distribution sectors
Weblink International, an Acer's distribution subsidiary, has managed to sustain impressive annual profit increases despite consecutive years of PC market shrinkage thanks to its...
Monday 2 March 2020
Mobile devices shipments to plunge in wake of outbreak, says Digitimes Research
The coronavirus outbreak has derailed production and consumer demand in China - the biggest manufacturing base for mobile devices and one of the biggest markets for them.
Monday 2 March 2020
China reportedly to offer subsidies to rejuvenate handset market
China's government and telecom operator are reportedly to join forces to rejuvenate its dwindling handset market by offering subsidies to consumers for the purchases of 5G phones,...
Monday 2 March 2020
China remains world factory despite outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak is expected to drive many manufacturers, especially those in the electronics sector, to accelerate production relocation from China and rearrange their capacity...
Monday 2 March 2020
Globalfoundries delivers production-ready eMRAM on 22FDX platform for IoT and auto apps
Globalfoundries announced recently that its embedded magnetoresistive non-volatile memory (eMRAM) on the company's 22nm FD-SOI (22FDX) platform has entered production. The foundry...