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Wednesday 11 November 2020
Smartphone vendors foucs more on midrange models
Smartphone vendors including Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and even Google are keen on launching midrange models for the 2020 year-end holiday season and beyond, according to industry...
Wednesday 11 November 2020
Wistron to carry on production relocation despite possible changes to US-China ties
ODM Wistron will stick to its established policy of diversifying production risks and increasing non-China production even though the new US administration could be friendlier to...
Wednesday 11 November 2020
HTC posts smaller loss for 3Q20
HTC has reported net loss of NT$1.41 billion (US$49.42 million) for the third quarter of 2020, the smallest in a streak of 10 quarters of losses.
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Highlights of the day: Pegatron penalized by Apple
It comes as a surprise that Pegatron, long being a manufacturing partner for Apple, has been penalized by the US client for employing student workers reportedly at its iPhone 12 assembly...
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Pegatron woes spark replacement speculation
Pegatron, reportedly suspended by Apple from new business deals, could be replaced by other makers, such as Foxconn, Luxshare and Wistron, should it fail to remedy the violations...
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Pegatron violation highlights iPhone 12 supply chain pressure, say sources
Pegatron's alleged violation of Apple's supplier code of conduct by using student workers was probably the result of needs to fulfill strong orders for for iPhone 12 amid a serious...
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Delta Electronics to increase stake in Lanner
Power supply maker and energy management solution provider Delta Electronics has disclosed it will subscribe to unsecured convertible bonds issued by networking/communication appliance...
Friday 6 November 2020
Highlights of the day: ODMs continue moving out of China
The US presidential race is still too close to call, but the final outcome of the election will not change Taiwanese ODM's...
Friday 6 November 2020
Foxconn posts revenue surge in October
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) has reported consolidated revenues surged 31.4% sequentially and 2.8% on year to NT$612.55 billion (US$21.45 billion) in October 2020.
Friday 6 November 2020
US election outcome not to change ODM relocation plans
Taiwan-based notebook and server manufacturers are sticking to plans of moving production out of China according to customer requests, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential...
Friday 6 November 2020
Vertiv sees emerging demand for liquid submersion cooling solutions
Vertiv, a US-based server infrastructure and edge datacenter solution provider, has received more inquires for liquid submersion cooling solutions for datacenter applications from...
Thursday 5 November 2020
Highlights of the day: VIS to see strong 4Q20
The foundry sector has seen robust demand this year with fab capacity in tight supply. Taiwan-based VIS, which provides...
Thursday 5 November 2020
Advantech eyeing return to growth track in 2021
Taiwan's leading IPC vendor Advantech may see weak results for 2020 but will seek to return to the growth track in 2021 by stepping up efforts to optimize its product lines and boost...
Thursday 5 November 2020
Vertiv rolls out smart edge datacenter solutions
With edge computing and data processing increasingly needed in many 5G-driven smart application scenarios, demand for edge datacenters or rack server solutions by enterprises has...
Wednesday 4 November 2020
Qualcomm, MediaTek ramping up orders at foundry houses, backend service firms
Qualcomm and MediaTek both are ramping up their orders at wafer foundry houses and IC backend service suppliers as they plan to roll out their respective next-generation 5G chips...