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Wednesday 12 February 2020
BOE to lose out handset panel shipment race to Samsung Display in 2020
BOE Technology is likely to lose out to Samsung Display in a shipment race for handset panels in 2020 as most of China's panel makers are to be forced to delay their production due...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
IC firms in Wuhan facing unstable equipment engineering, materials support
Semiconductor plants in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, are facing increasing variables that may seriously affect their operations, particularly insufficient technical...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Taiwan large-size panel shipments to contract 7.8% in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan's shipments of large-size panels in 9-inch and above sizes (excluding Sharp's) are expected to contract 7.8% sequentially in the first quarter of 2020 if the coronavirus outbreak...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Outbreak posing mixed impacts on different semiconductor segments in China
The coronavirus outbreak has posed mixed impacts on semiconductor firms operating in China, with backend service houses suffering the most, reaching average capacity utilization of...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Samsung smartphone sales in Taiwan not much affected by virus
Samsung Electronics had stockpiled a sufficient amount of its smartphones for sale in the Taiwan market during the first-quarter peak season prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus,...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Foxconn sees 1Q20 revenues come under pressure
Foxconn Electronics is likely to have its first-quarter revenues hit by the fallout from coronavirus, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Apple reportedly to shift orders for new devices to assembly lines in Taiwan
Apple is mulling shifting more assembly orders for its new models slated for launch in the first half of 2020 to factories in Taiwan mainly to diversify production risks associated...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Passive component makers put more focus on non-China production
Taiwan-based passive component makers will be freeing up non-China production capacity if necessary, as their manufacturing operations in China have experienced low labor return rates...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Coronavirus outbreak impacts: TSMC unfazed by outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak in China is hitting hard many in the supply, but TSMC is a major exception. The world's top pure-play foundry has no plans to revise its sales guidance for...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Memory module firms to see deliveries disrupted by coronavirus
Memory module firms have seen their supply chain partners in China suffer from delayed work resumption and uncertainties in employees' returns amid the coronavirus outbreak, which...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Taiwan LED makers give shipment priority to non-China-based clients
Taiwan-based LED makers, due to the coronavirus outbreak in China, will give shipment priority to clients based in Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries at...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Server supply to remain stable before March
Server supply will remain stable for the rest of February as most brands still have components in their inventory. However, if China's coronavirus outbreak cannot be contained, the...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Chinese semiconductor hub restricts entry of people from seven provinces
As one of China's semiconductor hubs, Wuxi in Jiangsu province has imposed strict entry restrictions on employees from seven provinces recording high numbers of coronavirus infections,...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Notebook ODMs worry about insufficient components supply amid outbreak
Many large-size downstream assemblers have gradually resumed production in China, but they are worried that insufficient components support may disrupt production starting in March...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
PCB makers see workers return slowly, but shipments transportation OK
Taiwan-based PCB makers operating plants in China are seeing a low return rate of workers amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak but they have secured smooth transportation for products...