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Monday 25 April 2022
PC shipments could drop more than 10% in 2022
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to slip at least 10% on year in 2022 due to a drastic drop in Chromebook demand from the education segment, while the PC supply chain in China...
Monday 25 April 2022
South Korea challenged by China's tight grip on battery materials
South Korea is facing challenges to expand its electric vehicle (EV) battery industry due to soaring costs of raw materials that are tightly controlled by China.
Friday 22 April 2022
Will Semiconductor sees sales from car-use CIS hike 85% on year in 2021
China-based IC design house Will Semiconductor Shanghai generated revenues of CNY2.3 billion (US$356 million) from automotive CMOS image sensors (CIS) in 2021, hiking about 85% on...
Friday 22 April 2022
Onsemi halts operations at Shanghai distribution center
On Semiconductor (Onsemi) has notified customers in a letter that the company has to shut down its Global Distribution Center in China, while closely managing supply-chain disruptions...
Friday 22 April 2022
China SiC substrate supplier to raise funds through IPO
TankeBlue Semiconductor, a Beijing-based silicon carbide (SiC) substrate supplier, plans to raise funds through an IPO to enhance its working capital for technology R&D and production...
Friday 22 April 2022
Notebook component shortages worsening on China lockdowns
A variety of notebook components including connectors, wirings, PCBs, plastics, metal parts and molds, all long in sufficient supply, have slipped into shortages due to production...
Friday 22 April 2022
Kunshan lockdown could last beyond Labor Day holidays
The city government of Kunshan, China has extended the COVID-19 lockdown for one more week and might not lift it until after the Labor Day holidays, starting from May 1 to May 5,...
Friday 22 April 2022
China lockdowns disrupting PCB shipments
COVID lockdowns in Kunshan and other Chinese cities, where high-tech manufacturing hubs are located, are impacting local businesses, including PCB makers seeing their production and...
Thursday 21 April 2022
Foxconn says production at Zhengzhou site remains normal
As the Chinese city of Zhengzhou locked down some areas near Foxconn's main iPhone manufacturing base, the key Apple supplier has said production at the site remains normal.
Thursday 21 April 2022
China car industry hit hard by COVID curbs
China's auto industry is estimated to lose 20% of its production due to COVID-19 restricitions in Shanghai and its neighboring cities - a region, known as the Yangtze River delta,...
Thursday 21 April 2022
Chip shortage a major challenge for automakers in 2022
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has worsened the global automotive chip shortage and sparked a surge in oil and battery material prices, and it will remain a variable in the global...
Thursday 21 April 2022
East Asian carmakers rushing into Indian EV market
With automakers from China, Japan and South Korea making early moves in India's electric vehicle (EV) market, Kia Motors is reportedly developing an electric SUV for India.
Wednesday 20 April 2022
Delta Electronics expects little impact from China lockdowns
Power supply and electronic components supplier Delta Electronics has already diversified its production sites from China to Southeast Asia and Europe, enabling it to mitigate the...
Wednesday 20 April 2022
China lockdown impacts Qisda supply chain partners, says chairman
EMS provider Qisda's factories mainly in China's Suzhou and Kunshan have been impacted by COVID-19 lockdowns there much less than its supply chain partners' factories in the areas,...
Wednesday 20 April 2022
Notebook and iPad production in western China impacted by eastern city lockdowns
Notebook production in Chongqing and manufacturing of iPads in Chengdu in western China are both witnessing inventory depletion for some components because of lockdowns in Shanghai...