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Wednesday 12 February 2020
Global handset sales still face steep fall even if outbreak can be contained by June
China's coronavirus outbreak is set to have far-reaching impacts on the global IT industry and could undermine global demand to a great extent if related supply chains are cut off,...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
BOE to lose out handset panel shipment race to Samsung Display in 2020
BOE Technology is likely to lose out to Samsung Display in a shipment race for handset panels in 2020 as most of China's panel makers are to be forced to delay their production due...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Samsung smartphone sales in Taiwan not much affected by virus
Samsung Electronics had stockpiled a sufficient amount of its smartphones for sale in the Taiwan market during the first-quarter peak season prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus,...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Foxconn sees 1Q20 revenues come under pressure
Foxconn Electronics is likely to have its first-quarter revenues hit by the fallout from coronavirus, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Apple reportedly to shift orders for new devices to assembly lines in Taiwan
Apple is mulling shifting more assembly orders for its new models slated for launch in the first half of 2020 to factories in Taiwan mainly to diversify production risks associated...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Coronavirus outbreak impacts: TSMC unfazed by outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak in China is hitting hard many in the supply, but TSMC is a major exception. The world's top pure-play foundry has no plans to revise its sales guidance for...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Server supply to remain stable before March
Server supply will remain stable for the rest of February as most brands still have components in their inventory. However, if China's coronavirus outbreak cannot be contained, the...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Apacer cooperates with Allxon to provide remote monitoring of industrial SSD operation
Memory module maker Apacer Technology has cooperated with Allxon, a startup spun off from Acer, to provide a cloud computing-based platform for remotely monitoring operating conditions...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Pegatron hit by low labor return rates
With China locking down Shanghai to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Pegatron's plant in the city only saw a limited number of workers return to their posts on February 10,...
Monday 10 February 2020
China smartphone sales likely to fall 30% in 2020 due to outbreak
Should the outbreak of the coronavirus in China prolong to June, sales of smartphones in the country would be slashed by about 30% to 280 million units in 2020, down from the previous...
Monday 10 February 2020
Global server shipments to drop nearly 10% in 1Q20 due to outbreak, says Digitimes Research
Global server shipments went up 13.4% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2019 thanks to rising demand from US large datacenter companies and China's server market. However, shipments...
Monday 10 February 2020
Outbreak impact on Foxconn production for Apple remains uncertain
The impacts of the coronavirus outbreak on Apple's supply chain remains uncertain, but Apple's share prices managed to rally in the US stock market. Investors believed that Apple's...
Monday 10 February 2020
PC and server suppliers see sales hit by coronavirus outbreak
China's coronavirus outbreak has significantly undermined local PC and server demand and is expected to affect related upstream suppliers' performances, as PC sales from China account...
Monday 10 February 2020
Allxon offers open cloud-based Internet device management platform
Allxon, a startup spun off from Acer, has launched an open cloud computing-based management platform for all types of Internet devices in a bid to reduce labor- and time-consuming...
Monday 10 February 2020
PCB makers confident about stable shipments for 5G infrastructure
Taiwan PCB supply chain is confident that shipments for 5G infrastructure applications in China will remain stable and the coronavirus impact on their operations will be relatively...