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Tuesday 13 December 2022
African smartphone market suffers sharp fall as sluggish economies cause slowdown in consumer demand, says IDC
Newly released data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that Africa's overall mobile phone market suffered an on-year (YoY) decline of 19.9% in the third quarter...
Wednesday 28 September 2022
EIH, SDTC tie up to develop IGZO backplanes for e-paper modules
E-paper solution provider E Ink Holdings (EIH) has announced a collaboration plan with Sharp Display Technology Corporation (SDTC), under which EIH will adopt SDTC's indium gallium...
Friday 16 September 2022
Foxconn retakes majority stake in Sharp
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) has returned as the majority stake owner of Sharp after an indirect investment in the Japanese firm recently made by an the Taiwanese EMS giant's affi...
Friday 2 September 2022
LCD panel prices stabilize on production cuts
LCD panel prices for some applications have begun to stabilize, thanks mainly to the persistent efforts initiated by panel makers to cut their output amid oversupply, according to...
Friday 12 August 2022
Sharp sees decreased 2Q22 revenues, operating profit
Sharp has released the financial report for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2022 (second quarter of 2022), with sales revenues of JPY562.174 billion (US$4.22 billion) decreasing...
Friday 29 July 2022
BOE Technology continues to dominate the LCD market for iPad in 2022
In 2021, Apple procured 75.5 million LCD panels for iPad production, with 25.3 million units sourced from LG Display (LGD), and 24.5 million units from Sharp. China's BOE Technology,...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Companies should consider value chains for globalization, says former Sharp CEO
To the manufacturing industry, localized production has become an inevitable trend. Companies that expect to grow further in the global markets often start by building their local...
Wednesday 25 May 2022
2022 ASC 100 exclusive interview with chairman Jeng-wu Tai: Sharp looks to expand globally
Sharp ranks 43rd on the 2022 edition of DIGITIMES Asia Supply Chain 100 (ASC 100), with a revenue of US$22.79 billion. Although its revenue lags behind the likes of Sony, LG Electronics,...
Friday 13 May 2022
Global tablet market, 1Q 2022
According to Digitimes Research's statistics, global tablet shipments amounted to 32 million units in first-quarter 2022 in line with expectation. The volume was the lowest since...
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 4Q 2021
Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments arrived at 72.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2021, down 1.7% sequentially and 3% on year.
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 4Q 2021
Taiwan's small-to-medium-size panel shipment went down over 20% sequentially and 4.3% on year to come to 184.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2021 as demand for feature phone...
Tuesday 2 November 2021
Taiwan notebooks, 3Q 2021
Global notebook shipments in the third quarter performed better than expected in July. The volumes rose 3.1% sequentially and reached more than 62 million units, the second highest...
Tuesday 14 September 2021
Taiwan makers increasingly immune to sharp TV panel price falls, says AUO chair
Chances are slim for LCD TV panel prices to plunge to the cash cost level and Taiwan panel makers are now much more immune to the ongoing round of price falls amid changing industrial...
Tuesday 27 July 2021
AMOLED panels make significant headway in notebook, tablet segments
Propelled by the relentless efforts of Korean and Chinese panels makers, the application of the AMOLED panels has made significant headway in the tablet and notebook sector since...