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Wednesday 19 August 2020
Global tablet market – 2Q 2020
Second-quarter 2020 global tablet shipments amounted to 39.65 million units, surging 60.5% from a quarter ago and 21.4% from a year ago, outperforming expectation.
Wednesday 12 August 2020
China smartphone AP shipments – 2Q 2020
Second-quarter 2020 smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors amounted to 169.9 million units, down 20.6% year-over-year but up 25.8% quarter-over-quarter.
Tuesday 11 August 2020
China smartphone market and industry – 2Q 2020
Smartphone shipments to the China market in second-quarter 2020 were doubled sequentially, as the coronavirus pandemic in China was eased, while the economy was benefited by the re-opening...
Tuesday 21 July 2020
IC analysis lab iST posts sharp profit surge in 1H20
IC materials analysis specialist Integrated Service Technology (iST) saw its profits for the first half 2020 exceed those for all of 2019, driven by strong demand for advanced fabrication...
Tuesday 2 June 2020
Taiwan LCD monitors – 1Q 2020
Taiwan's PC monitor shipments in the first quarter of 2020 went down 20.5% sequentially.
Thursday 28 May 2020
Global tablet market – 1Q 2020
Global tablet shipments are forecast to climb 45.5% sequentially and 9.9% on year in the second quarter of 2020 thanks to a recovery in the related supply chain's capacity in China...
Monday 25 May 2020
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 1Q 2020
Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments totaled 47.69 million units in the first quarter of 2020, down 19.3% sequentially and 12.3% on year.
Thursday 21 May 2020
LG Innotek, Sharp and O-film share camera module orders for upcoming iPhones
LG Innotek, Sharp and O-film Tech reportedly have landed camera module orders from Apple for the vendor's new iPhone devices, all equipped with AMOLED screens, to be released in the...
Thursday 14 May 2020
China smartphone market and industry – 1Q 2020
Smartphone shipments to the China market in first-quarter 2020 plunged 51.9% from the prior quarter to reach the lowest single-quarter shipment volumes in recent years, as the market...
Thursday 23 April 2020
Sharp files complaint against CHOT, TPV, Vizio with ITC
Sharp has filed a patent infringement lawsuit with the US ITC against Xianyang CaiHong Optoelectronics Technology (CHOT), TPV Technology and Vizio, accusing them of infringing one...
Friday 17 April 2020
Sharp Taiwan sets up e-commerce platform
Sharp Taiwan has set up a wholly-owned subsidiary, Cocoro Life, to take over operation of FLNet, an online shopping operator established by the Foxconn Group, and duplicate the operation...
Thursday 16 April 2020
Traditional PC shipments see sharp decline in 1Q20, says IDC
The global traditional PC market, comprised of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 9.8% on year in the first quarter of 2020, reaching a total of 53.2 million shipments...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
Highlights of the day: Samsung reportedly to source LCD TV panels from Sharp, again
Sharp has not supplied LCD TV panels to Samsung since 2017 following Foxconn's takeover of the Japanese firm. But that is expected to change soon, as Samsung's in-house LCD panel...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
Samsung reportedly to resume purchasing LCD TV panels from Sharp
Samsung Electronics reportedly will resume the purchases of LCD TV panels from Sharp as its panel production arm Samsung Display is accelerating its move to close all of its LCD lines...
Tuesday 24 March 2020
CCL firm EMC posts sharp profit rise in 2019
Elite Material (EMC) saw its net profits climb 85% in 2019 to NT$3.245 billion (US$107.09 million) on revenues of NT$24.86 billion, thanks partly to upgrades in PCB materials demanded...