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Thursday 30 April 2020
Taiwan MCU suppliers poised to embrace record revenues in 2Q20
Taiwan-based MCU suppliers are poised to rake in record revenues in the second quarter of 2020 on continued robust demand for forehead thermometers and other healthcare applications...
Wednesday 29 April 2020
US tech giants seeking to expand test production in Taiwan
US tech giants including Apple, Facebook and Google reportedly are mulling expanding test production of new products in Taiwan, whose advantages in the IT manufacturing sector have...
Wednesday 29 April 2020
Acer notebook sales soar in North America
Acer saw its notebook sales in Canada and the US jump 105% and 135%, respectively, on year in March 2020, making it the largest consumer notebook brand in Canada in the month, according...
Wednesday 29 April 2020
IPC makers see components tight supply from Southeast Asia
IPC makers are beginning to see tight supply of components from Southeast Asia due to impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, with prices likely to rise, according to industry sources...
Tuesday 28 April 2020
Taiwan makers gearing up for 0.3mm-thick vapor chamber shipments
Taiwan-based smartphone cooling module specialists are capable of producing vapor chambers with thickness of only 0.3mm and will begin shipping the cooling solutions for smartphones...
Tuesday 28 April 2020
China, Taiwan makers step up development of UV-C LED devices
China- and Taiwan-based LED makers have stepped up development of UV-C LED devices for disinfection purposes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 28 April 2020
Taiwan 1Q20 international Internet bandwidth over 3,683Gbps
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 13 countries (including Hong Kong and Macau) reached total bandwidth of 3,683.153Gbps as of the end of first-quarter 2020, increasing 3.30%...
Monday 27 April 2020
Taiwan PCB production may fall 3% in 2020 on coronavirus pandemic
Taiwan's PCB production value may hardly register positive growth in 2020 and instead may fall 3% from 2019 due mainly to impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on terminal sales of...
Monday 27 April 2020
Taiwan IT companies cautious about 2H20
Since the coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to be effectively contained in the short term, many IT enterprises have turned conservative about end-market demand and the global economy...
Monday 27 April 2020
CFIUS gives green light to Kemet acquisition by Yageo
Kemet announced recently the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has completed review of the pending acquisition of Kemet by Taiwan-based Yageo and determined...
Friday 24 April 2020
Component shortages disrupting server shipments
Shortages of components caused by the coronavirus pandemic have begun to undermine server makers' shipments to their clients, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Friday 24 April 2020
Taiwan March manufacturing production index rises
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 116.43 for March 2020, increasing 11.65% sequentially and 11.09% on year, according to statistics released by...
Thursday 23 April 2020
Nichia wins patent infringement lawsuit against HTC in Japan
Japan-based Nichia has disclosed it has won a patent infringement lawsuit in Japan against HTC Nippon and its local distributor Kanematsu Communications.
Wednesday 22 April 2020
Backend firm PTI poised to challenge new revenue records in 2020
Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) has seen clear order visibility through the third quarter of 2020 and may have a chance to end the year with record revenues as...
Wednesday 22 April 2020
Taiwan handset sales weak in March
Handset shipments in Taiwan slipped 15% sequentially and 10% on year to 426,000 units in March 2020, affected by the coronavirus pandemic, according to data compiled by local retail...