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Monday 4 May 2020
LandMark to double 5G optical component shipments in 2H20
LandMark Optoelectronics, a specialist for epitaxial wafers and VCSEL components, expects its shipments of optical products for 5G applications to double sequentially in the second...
Monday 4 May 2020
Server order visibility clear in 2H20 on demand from FB, Microsoft
As major cloud services providers including Microsoft and Facebook are keenly expanding construction of datacenters to better serve global users, the server industry has got a significant...
Monday 4 May 2020
China smartphone sales nosedive in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Sales of smartphones in the China market slumped by 51.9% sequentially and 38.9% on year to their lowest quarterly levels of recent years in the first quarter of 2020 due to the impacts...
Thursday 30 April 2020
Highlights of the day: China gearing up for 5G infrastructure construction
Construction of 5G infrastructure in China has not lost much steam despite the coronavirus pandemic. The country's telecom carriers have recently stepped up their 5G equipment procurment,...
Thursday 30 April 2020
Smartphone shipments by Chinese vendors fall in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of smartphones by China's handset makers totaled 108 million units in the first quarter of 2020, declining 26.2% from a year earlier, Digitimes Research has found.
Thursday 30 April 2020
Huawei, ZTE step up pull-ins for 5G base station equipment
China-based telecom equipment providers, mainly Huawei and ZTE, have stepped up their pace of components orders for 5G infrastructure after winning bids for construction of 5G base...
Wednesday 29 April 2020
Samsung sees challenges ahead
Samsung Electronics saw its consolidated sales and operating profit for the first quarter of 2020 come within its guidance range, but has warned of a weak second quarter due to the...
Wednesday 29 April 2020
Highlights of the day: Notebook shipments to soar in 2Q20
Demand has been for notebooks supporting remote work, distant learning and other staty-at-home activities necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic. Digitimes Research estimates that...
Wednesday 29 April 2020
US tech giants seeking to expand test production in Taiwan
US tech giants including Apple, Facebook and Google reportedly are mulling expanding test production of new products in Taiwan, whose advantages in the IT manufacturing sector have...
Wednesday 29 April 2020
MediaTek remains upbeat about 5G phone shipments in 2020
MediaTek is still upbeat about 5G in 2020 and its forecast for global 5G smartphone shipments to reach 170-200 million units in the year remains unchanged, according to company CEO...
Wednesday 29 April 2020
IPC makers see components tight supply from Southeast Asia
IPC makers are beginning to see tight supply of components from Southeast Asia due to impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, with prices likely to rise, according to industry sources...
Tuesday 28 April 2020
Highlights of the day: Notebook panel shipments to hike 26% in 2Q20
Demand for notebooks has been fueled by stay-at-home needs during the coronavirus pandemic. Digitimes Research expects panel makers to see sharp increases in shipments for notebook...
Tuesday 28 April 2020
Taiwan makers gearing up for 0.3mm-thick vapor chamber shipments
Taiwan-based smartphone cooling module specialists are capable of producing vapor chambers with thickness of only 0.3mm and will begin shipping the cooling solutions for smartphones...
Tuesday 28 April 2020
Skyworks sees operations hit by outbreak
Skyworks has suspended manufacturing operations in Mexico due to the coronavirus outbreak, raising speculation about insufficient inventories for the power amplifier vendor's shipments...
Tuesday 28 April 2020
EgisTec enters supply chain of Huawei 5G phones
Egis Technology (EgisTec) has made inroads into China's fingerprint sensor market, with its products now finding their way into the supply chain of Huawei's 5G smartphones, according...