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Friday 2 August 2019
Components suppliers see low order visibility for new iPhones
Apple has started making preparations since July ahead of the launch of new iPhones in September, but order momentum for touch panels and other components has been weak, according...
Friday 2 August 2019
China smartphone shipments to drop in 2H19, says Digitimes Research
Total smartphone shipments by China's handset vendors are expected to register an on-year decline in the second half of 2019, due mainly to weakening demand at home and abroad, according...
Thursday 1 August 2019
Highlights of the day: 5G+8K
The Foxconn Group's 5G+8K business strategy eyeing the synergy of the next-generation network technology and Ultra HD applications is gaining momentum, as an affiliated LCD maker...
Thursday 1 August 2019
Taiwan industrial alliance eyeing white-box small cell market
The Taiwan government-backed Information and Telecommunications Research Laboratories (ITRL) is working with a number of local companies to develop 5G small-cell base stations, with...
Thursday 1 August 2019
Global server market – 2Q 2019
Global server shipments are expected to increase 12.8% sequentially in the third quarter of 2019 with a flat on-year performance.
Thursday 1 August 2019
Taiwan 2Q19 international Internet bandwidth over 3,325Gbps
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 12 countries (including Hong Kong and Macau) reached bandwidth of 3,325.170Gbps as of the end of second-quarter 2019, increasing 11.59% sequentially...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Highlights of the day: 5G boom
Commercialization of 5G services is expected to accelerate in 2020, with TSMC planning to expand its 2019 capex to meet robust growth in 5G chip demand. And 5G...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Taiwan III-Vs supply chain to play crucial role in 5G market
Taiwan-based III-V compound semiconductor supply chain players are expected to play a critical role in the 5G application market, thanks partly to their close partnerships with major...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Chipmakers, supply chain firms revving up for 5G opportunities
With HiSilicon, Broadcom and other fabless chip vendors gearing up to tap growing demand for 5G infrastructure chipsets, their Taiwanese silicon-based or compound semiconductor foundry...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Global 5G phone shipments may reach 150-200 million units in 2020
Global shipments of 5G-enabled smartphones might come higher than market expectations, with some market watchers believing that such shipments are likely to reach 150-200 million...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Samsung sees profit plummet in 2Q19
Samsung Electronics, hit hard by a weak memory market, has posted KRW5.18 trillion (US$4.39 billion) in net profit for the second quarter of 2019, down sharply from KRW11.04 trillion...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Apple reports 1% increase in fiscal 3Q19 sales
Apple has reported its fiscal third-quarter 2019 sales reached US$53.8 billion, an increase of 1% from the year-ago level. Net income for the period came to US$10.04 billion, down...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Huawei reports 1H19 revenue growth of 23.2%
Huawei has announced that its first-half 2019 reenues came to CNY401.3 billion (US$58.28 billion), up 23.2% over the same period last year, despite a US trade ban on the Chinese vendor...
Wednesday 31 July 2019
MediaTek rolls out SoCs for gaming smartphones
MediaTek has rolled out its new Helio G90 series SoCs designed specifically for gaming smartphones.
Tuesday 30 July 2019
Taiwan sees surging server exports to US in 1H19
Taiwan's server exports to the US surged 400% from a year ago in the second quarter of 2019 thanks to Taiwan-based makers relocating production back to Taiwan from China in response...