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Wednesday 8 April 2020
FII, Luster LightTech to jointly develop smart production solutions
Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII) has made a strategic investment of CNY250 million (US$35.25 million) in China-based Luster LightTech, a specialist in vision imaging and fiber optics,...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
China handset makers keen to launch 5G phones
Undeterred by the coronavirus impacts and the cancellation of MWC 2020, China-based smartphone vendors were keen to launch their flagship 5G-enabled models online in the first quarter...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
CCL makers see strong server application demand through 2H20
Taiwan-based CCL suppliers including Elite Material (EMC), Iteq and Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) have all seen robust demand for server applications, with strong shipment momentum...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
Samsung expects on-year operating profit growth in 1Q20
Samsung Electronics has announced its earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2020, expecting consolidated sales to reach approximately KRW55 trillion (US$45 billion) and operating...
Monday 6 April 2020
Cloud IT infrastructure spending grows 12.4% in 4Q19, says IDC
Total end-user spending on IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, recovered in the...
Monday 6 April 2020
Telemedicine still facing challenges, says Advantech
The coronavirus pandemic has rekindled demand for smart healthcare and telemedicine services, but there are still challenges for carrying out such services, according to Chaney Ho,...
Monday 6 April 2020
Taiwan ODMs developing medical care innovations for coronavirus inspection
Taiwan-based ODMs have stepped up development of medical care products and solutions - a sector whose prospects have been highlightged by the coronavirus pandemic.
Monday 6 April 2020
Gigabyte, ASRock turn to servers for growth
Because of weakening global demand for motherboards and graphics cards, Taiwan-based Gigabyte Technology and ASRock are striving for server motherboard orders from cloud computing...
Monday 6 April 2020
Xiaomi faces difficulties maintaining momentum in 2020
China's handset vendor Xiaomi has reported strong results for 2019, but it remains to be seen if the vendor can keep its sales momentum in 2020 amid increasing competition in the...
Monday 6 April 2020
Beyond ruggedized IPCs: Q&A with Getac chairman James Hwang
Taiwan-based ruggedized industrial PC (IPC) maker Getac has been transforming its business and is adopting a business model of a system integrator (SI) to expand its solutions with...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC on track to 5nm volume production
TSMC may not have been entirely unscathed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that has disrupted production and chilled end-market demand, but the outlook of for the foundry's...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Pandemic hurting handset supply and demand
The fast spreading coronavirus pandemic is hurting both supply and demand of the global handset industry.
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Ennoconn expects revenues to grow
Taiwan-based IPC maker Ennoconn, which has seen its capacity in China recover to regular levels since mid March, expects its revenues to see a mild sequential slip in first-quarter...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Light guide plate maker GLT to focus on IT applications in 2020
Light guide plate (LGP) maker Global Lighting Technologies (GLT) has said that it will focus on ramping up shipments for IT applications in 2020 as prospects of TV applications are...
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Server assemblers continue enjoying strong orders though IC designers see slowdown
Though IC design houses have recently seen demand from US-based datacenter clients slow down, server makers continue to enjoy strong orders from such clients, according to sources...