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Thursday 16 June 2022
Online handset sales hit snag in Taiwan after topping 20% ratio
Mobile phone sales through e-commerce channels have become stagnant after rapidly rising to around 20% of total handset sales in Taiwan, sparking concerns over whether it is the ceiling...
Thursday 16 June 2022
Nuvoton breaks into top-10 MCU vendor rankings
New ranking from IC Insights shows Taiwan-based Nuvoton Technology became the world's seventh-largest MCU supplier in 2021.
Wednesday 15 June 2022
Taiwan to lead fab equipment spending in 2022
Global fab equipment spending for front-end facilities is expected to increase 20% to an all-time high of US$109 billion in 2022, according to SEMI. Taiwan is expected to lead with...
Tuesday 14 June 2022
BOE Technology poised to produce OLED TV panels
China-based BOE Technology is in preparation to produce OLED TV panels of five size segments from 55 inches to 95 inches, according to South Korea-based Chosun Biz.
Tuesday 14 June 2022
ASC 100: Collaboration between supply chains of ASEAN and South Asia
Foxconn founder Terry Kuo has said that in the future, there will be only G2 (the US and China), not G20 in the world. The ideological battle will probably force all manufacturers...
Tuesday 14 June 2022
Samsung suppliers reportedly suffer cutback in orders
Weakening demand in the global smartphone market has reportedly prompted Samsung Electronics to slash its handset production output, dealing a further blow to its semiconductor business...
Tuesday 14 June 2022
China rises, S Korea dips in EV, battery shares
South Korea's global market shares in electric vehicles (EVs) and lithium-ion batteries in 2021 slid by 0.8pp and 2pp year-on-year, while China's shares in the two sectors moved up,...
Tuesday 14 June 2022
Fully supporting Taiwan networking solution providers, Fibocom applies the sales success formula in 5G era
The 5G industries are ramping up competition to drive innovation and diversify the global telecoms supply market. Surprisingly, in the fierce competition of recent years, Taiwan networking...
Tuesday 14 June 2022
AWS to set up data center in Taiwan, sources say
Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to construct its first data center in Taiwan, according to industry sources. Additionally, AWS recently announced the launch of AWS Local Zones in...
Monday 13 June 2022
SEA roundup: Samsung reportedly cuts smartphone production in Vietnam
While Korean media reported that Samsung is cutting smartphone production in Vietnam, Indonesia sees its smartphone market grow 11.5% in first-quarter 2022 with Oppo dominating the...
Monday 13 June 2022
Micron to commercialize 1-gamma EUV process in Taiwan in 2024
US memory vendor Micron Technology is set to move its 1-gamma EUV process technology to volume production at its new fab, A3, in central Taiwan in 2024, and will install the first...
Monday 13 June 2022
ASC 100: Profitability of top-100 Asian supply chain firms
Of the top 100 supply chain companies in Asia, 96 of them are from Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea, and they are core surces of influence on the supply chain in Asia. However,...
Monday 13 June 2022
Samsung, LG cut LCD TV panel procurements
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, in response to shrinking TV demand, have scaled down their planned procurements of LCD TV panels by 30-40% and 10-20% respectively, according...
Friday 10 June 2022
Samsung Display reportedly hikes yield rates for large-size QD-OLED panels to 80%
Samsung Display (SDC) has hiked yield rates for large-size QD-OLED panels from 30% initially, 50% in 2021, 75% in April-May 2022 to 80% currently, according to South Korea-based The...