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Thursday 14 May 2020
PCB maker GCE swings to profit in 1Q20
Taiwan-based Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE), specialized in high-end PCBs for servers, notebooks and networking applications, swung to net profits of NT$399 million (US$13.3 million)...
Thursday 14 May 2020
Asustek sees tight supply of notebook components
Coronavirus lockdowns in several Southeast Asian countries have disrupted supply of chips and components for notebooks and although the shortages have significantly improved recently...
Thursday 14 May 2020
China automotive components demand to drop 20-30% in 2Q20
Automotive components demand in China is expected to drop 20-30% on year in second-quarter 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, despite a sequential rebound from the lows in the...
Wednesday 13 May 2020
MSI enjoys growth in April revenues
Despite an on-year drop of 3.3% in first-quarter 2020 consolidated revenues, Micro-Star International (MSI) still reported an on-year growth of 24.2% in April revenues reaching NT$10.6...
Wednesday 13 May 2020
Chassis specialist Ju Teng enjoys robust shipments for notebooks
Chassis maker Ju Teng International has seen its shipments for notebooks ramp up, with shipment growth expected to stay robust through the third quarter.
Wednesday 13 May 2020
Commercial notebook chips order visibility clear through 3Q20
Taiwan-based IC design houses continue to see an influx of additional orders from major brand vendors, with clear order visibility for diverse niche and peripheral chips extending...
Wednesday 13 May 2020
Xiaomi enhancing presence in overseas smartphone markets
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Xiaomi has continued to make gains in smartphone markets outside China, reducing its reliance on the domestic market to sustain its smartphone business,...
Wednesday 13 May 2020
VCSEL chips demand on track for stable expansion
VCSEL (vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser) chip demand for 5G base station equipment, networking devices and even optical communications applications has got on track for stable...
Wednesday 13 May 2020
China new energy car output, sales in April down on year, says CAAM
China-based makers produced 80,000 new energy vehicles and sold 72,000 units in April 2020, decreasing 22.1% and 26.5% respectively on year, according to China Association of Automobile...
Tuesday 12 May 2020
Wah Lee, Topco report record April revenues
Semiconductor and electronic material distributors Wah Lee Industrial and Topco Scientific have reported April consolidated revenues of NT$5.271 billion (US$175 million) and NT$3.411...
Tuesday 12 May 2020
Power Logic expects shipments for graphics cards to pick up in 2H20
Cooling fan maker Power Logic expects the upcoming rollouts of 7nm GPUs by AMD and Nvidia to drive its shipments for high-end graphics cards in the second half of 2020.
Tuesday 12 May 2020
PCB maker Zhen Ding sees profit double in 1Q20
Flexible PCB specialist Zhen Ding Technology saw its net profit surge nearly 100% on year to NT$1.26 billion (US$42.2 million) in the first quarter of 2020 on revenues of NT$17.512...
Tuesday 12 May 2020
Wah Hong sees growing optical film shipments for IT products in 2Q20
Wah Hong Industrial expects shipments of its core products including polarizers, laminated films and other optial materials to remain robust in the second quarter along with growing...
Tuesday 12 May 2020
Notebook ODMs see clouded 3Q20
Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Inventec and Wistron are all expected to enjoy strong shipments in the second quarter, but prolonged impacts from the coronavirus...
Tuesday 12 May 2020
Unimicron embraces brisk orders for ABF substrates
Unimicron Technology has seen clear order visibility for ABF substrates at least through the third quarter, with the orders mainly for 5G infrastructure, networking and HPC chips...