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Tuesday 3 March 2020
Taiwan IC designers eyeing shipments upturn in March
With labor return rates recovering in China, Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to see shipments start picking up in March as the impact pressure of the coronavirus outbreak...
Tuesday 3 March 2020
Memory demand for mass-market apps weakens
Memory storage demand for SSDs, handsets and other mass-market applications has slowed down, according to sources at memory module makers, which expressed concerns about cutbacks...
Tuesday 3 March 2020
Spread of coronavirus beyond China to impact 2020 semiconductor market
The spread of coronavirus beyond China is now a challenge that the global semiconductor market is facing this year.
Monday 2 March 2020
China handset shipments tumble in January
Handset shipments in the China market totaled only 20.81 million units in January, declining nearly 39% from a year earlier despite increases in the number of models launched in the...
Monday 2 March 2020
Mobile devices shipments to plunge in wake of outbreak, says Digitimes Research
The coronavirus outbreak has derailed production and consumer demand in China - the biggest manufacturing base for mobile devices and one of the biggest markets for them.
Monday 2 March 2020
EIH to see full-scale production resumption in China by end of March
E-paper solution provider E Ink Holdings (EIH) has said that about 600-700 out of its 1,000 employees have returned to its plant in Yangzhou, China enabling the facotry to resume...
Monday 2 March 2020
III-V semiconductor makers to gain from China 5G handset subsidy
China is reportedly to launch a 5G handset subsidy policy to stimulate consumer purchases amid the coronavirus outbreak, a move expected to significantly benefit Taiwan-based compound...
Monday 2 March 2020
Taiflex eyes more FCCL shipments for 5G high-frequency applications in 2020
Taiwan-based flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL) supplier Taiflex, after registering revenue and profit falls for 2019, expects to resume growth momentum in 2020 with more shipments...
Monday 2 March 2020
China remains world factory despite outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak is expected to drive many manufacturers, especially those in the electronics sector, to accelerate production relocation from China and rearrange their capacity...
Monday 2 March 2020
Taiwan top-3 foundries to see combined revenues slip 1% in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Combined revenues of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are expected to drop 1.2% sequentially...
Monday 2 March 2020
Microsoft Taiwan sees booming adoption of Teams in wake of COVID-19 outbreak
Microsoft Taiwan saw clients' adoption of Teams-based remote work solutions double in February as compared to January due to urgent demand for remote work in the wake of the coronavirus...
Thursday 27 February 2020
Highlights of the day: Outbreak cuts panel production by 20% in February
The flat panel industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak, as China-based makers have major production lines in Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic. And as global...
Thursday 27 February 2020
PCB equipment makers see unclear order visibility amid outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak is expected to prompt PCB makers to accelerate their production automation to cope with the worsening labor shortages, but PCB equipment makers still see...
Thursday 27 February 2020
Supply chain set to breach shipment contracts amid outbreak
Supply chain players with operations in China, besides suffering production delays and labor shortages from the coronavirus outbreak, may face possible violations of supply contracts...
Thursday 27 February 2020
Server sector may see components shortages if outbreak continues
The global server shipments so far have only been mildly affected by labor shortages in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, but if the epidemic cannot be contained by the end of...