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Thursday 29 November 2018
Southeast Asia cannot replace China in manufacturing, says Pegatron chairman
It is unrealistic to think that Southeast Asia can completely replace China as the world's manufacturing hub, but an ecosystem of manufacturers spread across different countries will...
Thursday 29 November 2018
ECS to set up new factory site in Southeast Asia
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) will set up its second factory site in Southeast Asia with volume production expected to begin in March or April 2019, according to company general...
Thursday 29 November 2018
China PCB firms expand presence in auto sector
China-based PCB makers have stepped up efforts to grow their presence in the automotive electronics sector since their entry in 2017, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 28 November 2018
Delta Electronics announces partnership with Codesys
Delta Electronics has announced during SPS IPC Drives 2018 a new partnership with 3S-Smart Software Solution, a member of the Codesys Group and creator of the IEC 61131-3 industrial...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
Intel CPU shortfalls may ease in 1Q19, benefiting Taiwan chip vendors
Taiwan-based IC design houses expect to see a new wave of orders from downstream PC and notebook clients before the Lunar New Year holidays in early February at the earliest, as the...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
IC distributor Edom cautious about 1H19
Edom Technology is cautious about the outlook for semiconductor demand in the first half of 2019, citing unclear visibility of orders for handsets and other consumer electronics de...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
Altek unveils IPC 603 at re:Invent 2018
Digital camera and imaging solution provider Altek has unveiled IPC 603 industrial surveillance camera reference design supporting Amazon Kinesis Video Streams at AWS re:Invent 2018...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
Chin-Poon to pursue profitability in 2019
Taiwan-based automotive PCB specialist Chin-Poon Industrial expects to return to profitability in 2019 as its major factory operations in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan are returning to...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
Actron says plant fire no impact on shipments
A fire broke out at diode firm Actron Technology's factory in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan in the early hours of November 26. The company expects the incident to have no material impact...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
Acer reportedly looking to sell or disband StarVR
Acer's virtual reality (VR) HMD subsidiary StarVR, following its recent delisting from Taiwan's emerging stock market, reportedly may disband or be sold.
Tuesday 27 November 2018
Weltrend to see USB PD chip shipments double to 50 million units in 2018
Taiwan-based Weltrend Semiconductor may see its annual shipments of USB power delivery (PD) controller chips for 2018 double from a year earlier to reach 50 million units as the shipments...
Tuesday 27 November 2018
High-end NOR flash supply remains tight, says Macronix chairman
The supply of high-end NOR flash memory chips continues to be tight though the supply of low-end ones has risen substantially to affect the chip prices, according to Macronix International...
Tuesday 27 November 2018
Global TV panel shipments increase in 3Q18, says Sigmaintell
Global TV panel unit shipments grow 9.3% on quarter and 10.1% on year to 75.1 million units in the third quarter of 2018. In terms of area shipments, global TV panel shipments also...
Monday 26 November 2018
Notebook cooling solutions provider Anli sees bright prospects for 2019
Expecting better revenue and profit performances for the fourth quarter 2018 than the third quarter, Taiwan's notebook thermal solutions provider Anli International is optimistic...
Monday 26 November 2018
TV panel prices to continue to fall in December
Prices of large-size flat panels, mainly TV panels, are expected to continue to fall in December due to oversupply resulting from continued capacity ramps by China-based flat panel...