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Tuesday 28 April 2020
Taiwan 1Q20 international Internet bandwidth over 3,683Gbps
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 13 countries (including Hong Kong and Macau) reached total bandwidth of 3,683.153Gbps as of the end of first-quarter 2020, increasing 3.30%...
Monday 27 April 2020
Highlights of the day: Global smartphone market faces 15% decline in 2020
The global smartphone market stands little chance of seeong a recovery in the second quarter of 2020 as the impacts of the coronavirus persist. Even Apple reportedly has cut its iPhone...
Monday 27 April 2020
Western Digital raising enterprise HDD prices
Western Digital reportedly is raising its prices for enterprise-use HDDs to reflect increased costs from production and logistics with mainstream products expected to see more than...
Monday 27 April 2020
Global smartphone shipments to dip to 1.15 billion units in 2020
Global smartphone shipments are expected to contract by 15% on year to 1.15 billion units in 2020, as major brands including Samsung Electronics, Huawei and Apple all have slashed...
Monday 27 April 2020
Kapito AI inpsection solution can grade defects
Startup Kapito has developed an AI-based solution for detecting defective products at production lines, according to company co-founder and CEO Riccardo Sun.
Friday 24 April 2020
Highlights of the day: Server shipments slowed by components shortages
Server demand has been strong, but ODMs have seen disruptions to shipments to clients due to components shortages...
Friday 24 April 2020
VCM component makers may see slowdown in shipments for iPhones in 2Q20
Shipments of voice coil motors (VCMs) used in camera modules for Apple's upcoming 5G iPhones are likely to see a slowdown around the middle or the latter half of the second quarter,...
Friday 24 April 2020
Component shortages disrupting server shipments
Shortages of components caused by the coronavirus pandemic have begun to undermine server makers' shipments to their clients, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Friday 24 April 2020
Qualcomm-MediaTek 5G SoC price competition heating up
5G AP price competition between Qualcomm and MediaTek is expected to heat up further in the second quarter of 2020 as both chipmakers are gearing up to win more orders from Chinese...
Friday 24 April 2020
China ODMs gearing up for 5G smartphone market boom
China-based ODMs including Wingtech Technology and Huaqin Telecom Technology are striving to grow their presence in the 5G smartphone market.
Friday 24 April 2020
New Motorola flagship phone features Micron LPDDR5 DRAM
Micron Technology has announced integration of its low-power DDR5 DRAM into Motorola's new Edge+ smartphone, bringing the full potential of the 5G experience to consumers. Micron...
Thursday 23 April 2020
Highlights of the day: Memory prices under downward pressure
Memory vendors may have seen robust demand from the server sector, but shipments to consumer electronics have slumped. Now memory...
Thursday 23 April 2020
Datacenter switches market to plunge nearly 10% 1H20, says Omdia
While the market for datacenter switches is experiencing both positive and negative impacts from the coronavirus crisis, the net effect of the pandemic will be a 3-4% reduction in...
Thursday 23 April 2020
Samsung likely to use UTG as cover glass for next-gen Galaxy Fold
Samsung Electronics is expected to give the priority to the use of ultrathin glass (UTG) over polyimide (PI) films as cover glass solutions for its upcoming second-generation Galaxy...
Thursday 23 April 2020
Nichia wins patent infringement lawsuit against HTC in Japan
Japan-based Nichia has disclosed it has won a patent infringement lawsuit in Japan against HTC Nippon and its local distributor Kanematsu Communications.