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Thursday 24 November 2022
Automotive clients reducing inventory of components not in short supply
Automakers reportedly are scaling down orders for components which have long been in stable supply or have become more easily available, so as to reduce inventory costs, while some...
Thursday 24 November 2022
Taiwan, Japan poised to expand cooperation in semiconductor, 5G, EV
Taiwan and Japan already have complementary cooperation in 5G and semiconductor, and the cooperation will likely expand to electric vehicles (EV) and green energy, according to Taiwan's...
Thursday 24 November 2022
Acer grows gaming notebook market presence in Philippines
Acer has expanded its share of the gaming notebook market in the Philippines, which climbed to a record-high 50.8% in September, according to the PC vendor.
Thursday 24 November 2022
Channel retailers cut TV prices to stimulate sales during Black Friday
Channel retailers are launching significant price competition to stimulate TV sales during the Black Friday shopping season in the US, optimizing the availability of affordable TV...
Thursday 24 November 2022
PC sales in China disappoint during Double 11
PC sales during China's Double 11 online shopping festival were lower than expected and have disappointed thus far in the second half of 2022, prompting channel distributors to once...
Thursday 24 November 2022
Renesas, Onsemi cutting backend orders for automotive ICs
Renesas and On Semiconductor (Onsemi) have started scaling back backend orders for their automotive chips in the fourth quarter of 2022, which may indicate the easing of automotive...
Wednesday 23 November 2022
Apple supply chain keeps up with relocation shifts
Supply chain integrity is a main consideration when deciding where to move production bases. The more complete the supply chain, the better the profits for ODMs and electronics manufacturing...
Wednesday 23 November 2022
VR headset sales to hit 12.5 million in 2022, says Omdia
Consumer virtual reality (VR) will be worth US$6.9 billion in 2022, increasing to US$20 billion in 2027, according to Omdia's Consumer VR Headset and Content Revenue Forecast 2022-2027...
Wednesday 23 November 2022
Notebook ODMs deepen deployments in automotive electronics
Notebook supply chain players continue to carry on inventory correction amid lingering market headwinds, prompting Taiwan-based ODMs to step up deployments in non-notebook segments,...
Wednesday 23 November 2022
PC vendors brace for fierce price-cutting competition
Brand PC vendors are bracing for fierce price-cutting competition as inventories held by their channel distributors remain high, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Rising VCM sales boost Audix gross margin in 3Q22
Taiwan-based Audix saw its gross margin grow to a 40-quarter high of nearly 27% in Q3 2022 from Q2's 18.92%, thanks to strong sales of voice coil motor (VCM) components used in handset...
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Mitac to set up production base in Southeast Asia
Mitac Holdings has disclosed plans to set up manufacturing operations in Southeast Asia in 2023, as part of its efforts to increase production resilience and lower the risk of supply...
Tuesday 22 November 2022
TV sales disappoint during Double 11 shopping festival in China
TV sales during China's Double 11 online shopping festival were lower than expected, with sales volume and value experiencing annual declines, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Inventory corrections for TV-use LED-backlit devices near end
Inventory adjustments of LED backlit devices for TV applications are about to end, while those for PC- and other IT-related applications continue, according to industry sources.
Monday 21 November 2022
PQC market is gaining traction in wake of NIST standards advance
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced several candidate Post-Quantum Cryptographic (PQC) algorithms for standardization this summer, and it is nearing...