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Thursday 12 December 2019
Global semiconductor equipment sales to rebound in 2020
Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales will drop 10.5% to US$57.6 billion in 2019 from last year's historic peak of US$64.4 billion but stage a 2020 recovery and set a...
Wednesday 11 December 2019
Consumer NAND flash prices rally in China
Consumer NAND flash memory prices in China have rallied about 3% since the end of November, showing signs of market stability, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 11 December 2019
Worldwide wearables shipments surge 94.6% in 3Q19, says IDC
Global shipments of wearable devices totaled 84.5 million units in the third quarter of 2019, an on-year increase of 94.6% and a new record for shipments in a single quarter, according...
Tuesday 10 December 2019
Lens demand from China smartphone vendors to surge in 2020
Huawei Tachnologies is expected to ship 200 million smartphones in 2020 and its fellow first-tier vendors, including Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi, will each ship at least 100 million units,...
Monday 9 December 2019
Qisda expanding medical business in China, Southeast Asia
EMS provider Qisda has been expanding business for its own-brand medical devices and materials in China and Southeast Asia, according to company vice president for Medical Devices...
Friday 6 December 2019
AUO loses Motorola foldable Razr OLED orders to Chinese peers
Motorola has switched orders for flexible AMOLED panels for its new foldable smartphones to Chinese suppliers BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) from...
Friday 6 December 2019
Taiwan IC design houses see orders slow down from China
Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen their China-based customers start slowing down their pace of orders due to year-end inventory checks at the clients, which may drag down revenues...
Thursday 5 December 2019
Taiwanese IC designers seeking closer partnerships with Chinese foundries
More Taiwan-based IC design houses are moving to strengthen partnerships with foundries in China so as to land more orders from Chinese brand vendors seeking to cut reliance on US...
Wednesday 4 December 2019
China telecom carriers and smartphone vendors gear up for 5G
With the arrival of 5G commercialization, China-based telecom carriers and smartphone vendors are expanding their services and releasing new products in pursuit of new business opp...
Wednesday 4 December 2019
Demand for retired battery packs used in 5G base stations in China takes off
As China is actively constructing its 5G infrastructure, demand is picking up for retired LFP (lithium iron phosphate) and ternary battery packs for use as reserve energy storage...
Wednesday 4 December 2019
China, Taiwan chipmakers step up deployments in automotive NOR flash
China's GigaDevice, and Taiwan-based Winbond Electronics and Macronix International have been aggressively expanding their automotive NOR flash offerings eyeing a bigger share in...
Wednesday 4 December 2019
BOE, CSOT to stop investing in LCD panel segment
BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) have both disclosed plans to stop their investments in LCD display technology development and capacity expansion.
Wednesday 4 December 2019
Xiaomi expanding overseas presence
With its share unlikely to see major changes in China's smartphone market, Xiaomi has geared up expanding global presence, with Japan being its next target market.
Tuesday 3 December 2019
Relocation not easy for components suppliers
System integrators have been relocating their assembly lines out of China in the wake of the trade war between the world's two superpowers, but many of their upstream component suppliers...
Friday 29 November 2019
Chinese makers to see 2019 earnings double on strong HLC PCB demand
China's leading PCB makers Shennan Circuits and Wus Printed Circuit are expected to see their net earnings for 2019 double from 2018 on robust demand for high-layer-count (HLC) PCBs...