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Tuesday 18 February 2020
Consumer notebook PCB supply falling short
PCB supply for notebooks, especially consumer models, has become tight as production at many small and medium-sized Chinese makers is being hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak, posing...
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Global smartphone shipments to fall below 1.3 billion units in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Global smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.278 billion units in 2020, including less than 200 million units of 5G models, taking into account the impacts of the coronavirus...
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Mobo, graphics card sales in China to halve in 1Q20
Motherboard and graphics card sales in China are expected to plunge 50% or more in the first quarter of 2020, according to sources at local channel distributors, who also expressed...
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Car making cluster in Hubei severely hit by outbreak, says Digitimes Research
Automobile and automotive component factories clustering in Hubei Province, central China, have been severely impacted by coronavirus outbreak, for Wuhan City in the province is the...
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Apple warns iPhone supply shortage will cripple sales
Apple has warned that it may not meet the revenue guidance it provided last month, as the coronavirus outbreak is expected to result in iPhone supply shortages and weak sales of its...
Monday 17 February 2020
Unitech sees 1Q20 shipments deferred by outbreak
Taiwan-based PCB maker Unitech, after seeing 2019 revenues rise 14.73% to hit record high of NT$22.42 billion (US$747.million), is expected to see shipments, mainly rigid-flex boards,...
Monday 17 February 2020
More handset brands to launch new models online
More handset brands are likely to follow in the step of Xiaomi to unveil their models for the first half of 2020 through online-only events after GSMA decided to cancel this year's...
Monday 17 February 2020
Coronavirus outbreak: Notebook components supply may dry up in March
Notebook ODMs have resumed their production in China, but face the possibility of a lack of components starting in...
Monday 17 February 2020
Global notebook shipments for 1Q20 to plunge 29-36% sequentially on epidemic, says Digitimes Research
Global notebook unit shipments for the first quarter of 2020 are estimated to experience a larger sequential fall of 29-36% than 17% projected earlier, as severe labor and components...
Monday 17 February 2020
China LED makers to see weak 1H20 due to outbreak
China-based LED makers who have resumed production in mid-February have only seen 50% of workers return amid the coronavirus outbreak in China, according to industry sources.
Monday 17 February 2020
Young Optics production in China delayed by coronavirus
Optical component and module maker Young Optics has resumed production at its factory in Suzhou, eastern China, but only about 20% of employees have returned to work amid the coronavirus...
Monday 17 February 2020
Quanta steps up notebook production in Taiwan amid outbreak
Taiwan notebook ODM Quanta Computer is reportedly moving to accelerate volume production at its new assembly lines in northern Taiwan to fulfill rush shipments to US brand vendors...
Monday 17 February 2020
5G phone shipments projections cut
Growing concerns that sales of 5G-enabled phones will be lower than expected in the first quarter of 2020 due to coronavirus outbreak will work to further dampen the prospects of...
Monday 17 February 2020
Taiwan moving to help more firms return home from China
The government in Taiwan has decided to strengthen three major investment action plans to attract more Taiwanese and international firms to shift their investment focus from China...
Monday 17 February 2020
MWC cancellation likely to push proliferation of online marketing campaigns
The cancellation of the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) will prompt the ICT industry to explore and try new marketing campaigns online.
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research