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Monday 13 April 2020
Apple and Google partner on coronavirus contact tracing technology
Google and Apple are announcing a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the coronavirus, with user privacy...
Monday 13 April 2020
Sales of Huawei, Samsung high-end smartphones stalled by pandemic
Shipments of 5G-enabled smartphone models from Huawei and Samsung Electronics reportedly have met with headwinds, with supply chain sources indicating that component orders for these...
Monday 13 April 2020
5G iPhone mmWave AiP production schedule hinges on Apple strategy
Apple's assembly partners reportedly may defer volume production of 5G iPhones by at least one month amid high uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, but its mmWave AiP modules...
Monday 13 April 2020
Quanta reports growth in March revenues; Acer sees rising PC sales
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$78.11 billion (US$2.57 billion) for March, up 58.8% on month and 6.2% on year with consolidated revenues for the first three...
Monday 13 April 2020
5G smartphone chip demand recovering in China
With the coronavirus outbreak put under control in China, China's domestic 5G smartphone market has started recovering with chipmakers stepping up production for sub-6GHz solutions,...
Friday 10 April 2020
Highlights of the day: Server makers wary of components supply
Demand for server applications has been strong, fueled by stay-at-home economy amid lockdowns in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But the lockdowns may disrupt suppliers' production...
Friday 10 April 2020
Concerns about server component shortages emerge
With a number of Southeast Asian countries imposing various levels of coronavirus lockdowns, concerns have been rising about component shortages that may hit the server industry supply...
Friday 10 April 2020
Tong Hsing CIS, RF modules packaging business thriving on strong demand
Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, a specialist in wafer reconstruction, micro module assembly and backend services for CMOS image sensors and other niche ICs, continues to enjoy strong...
Thursday 9 April 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC sees surge in demand for packaging services
Apart from its leadership in the foundry sector, TSMC has been making a lot of efforts developing packaging technologies with which it can offer value-added services to customers...
Thursday 9 April 2020
Micron announces QLC SSD for data centers
Micron Technology has announced its new 5210 ION enterprise SATA SSD based on the company's advanced QLC NAND technology.
Thursday 9 April 2020
Posiflex to set up joint venture with Lenovo
POS device and kiosk maker Posiflex Technology and China-based IT vendor Lenovo will set up a joint venture for marketing integrated O2O (online to offline) management solutions to...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
Highlights of the day: Samsung reportedly to source LCD TV panels from Sharp, again
Sharp has not supplied LCD TV panels to Samsung since 2017 following Foxconn's takeover of the Japanese firm. But that is expected to change soon, as Samsung's in-house LCD panel...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
SK Hynix NVMe PCIe Gen4 enterprise SSD available for sampling
SK Hynix has announced the availability of its PE8000-series enterprise solid state drives (eSSD) designed to meet the diverse needs of datacenter customers.
Wednesday 8 April 2020
MediaTek, Samsung eyeing 5G mobile chip orders from Huawei
MediaTek and Samsung Electronics are both vying for mid-range and entry-level 5G smartphone chips from Huawei, which intends to further reduce its dependence on Qualcomm this year,...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
APT accelerating 5G infrastructure construction
Taiwan-based Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) is accelerating construction of its 5G infrastructure, despite the fact that it has not secured any amount of bandwidths in the most popular...