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Tuesday 24 August 2021
Top-5 notebook vendors see combined shipments drop 5% in July
The global top-5 notebook brands (not including Apple) saw their combined shipments slip 5% on month in July, due mainly to a substantial slowdown in demand from the gradually saturating...
Tuesday 24 August 2021
Chromebook demand remains strong, says Acer chairman
Chromebook demand remains strong, with sales set to outperform the overall PC sales in terms of growth, according to Acer chairman and CEO Jason Chen.
Tuesday 24 August 2021
Taiwan top-3 foundries to see combined revenues surge over 20% in 2021
TSMC, United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are forecast to see their combined revenues increase over 10% sequentially in the third quarter...
Tuesday 24 August 2021
Taiwan July manufacturing production index down on month
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 137.34 for July 2021, decreasing 1.90% sequentially but increasing 15.02% on year, according to Ministry of Economic...
Tuesday 24 August 2021
FIH Mobile and Stellantis establish JV to deliver smart cockpit solutions for automotive industry
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn), together with its subsidiary FIH Mobile, and Stellantis have announced that they have entered into an agreement to set up a joint venture that...
Friday 20 August 2021
GF proceeds with IPO plan, likely to crush Intel's takeover bid
GlobalFoundries (GF) reportedly has quietly applied to US Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO (initial public offering) listing on New York Stock Exchange in late 2021 or...
Friday 20 August 2021
New iPad may push Apple overall tablet shipments to 60 million units in 2021
Apple's 9th-generation inexpensive iPad slated for launch in September may not come with significant design changes, but is still expected to boost Apple's overall iPad shipments...
Friday 20 August 2021
Global light vehicle production impacts now expected well into 2022
Unlike foundries' capacity constraints impacting mainly automotive MCUs, assembly capacity constraints impact all semiconductor types including sensors, power supplies, and discretes,...
Friday 20 August 2021
Global AIO PC shipments to grow 1% in 3Q21, says Digitimes Research

Global all-in-one (AIO) PC shipments are expected to grow only 1% sequentially in the third quarter of 2021 to roughly the same level of a year earlier, as related components...

Thursday 19 August 2021
PCB firm Chin-Poon swings to profit in 2Q21
Automotive PCB specialist Chin-Poon Industrial swung to net profits of NT$89 million (US$3.2 million) in the second quarter of 2021 from losses a year earlier, with gross margin climbing...
Thursday 19 August 2021
Taiwan LCD TVs – 2Q 2021
Taiwan's LCD TV shipments reached 7.16 million units in the second quarter of 2021, up 14.3% sequentially.
Thursday 19 August 2021
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 2Q 2021
Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments reached 71.93 million units in the second quarter of 2021, down 0.4% sequentially, but up 11.7% on year.
Thursday 19 August 2021
Edison Opto suffers decreasing shipments of LED automotive lighting modules
LED packaging service provider Edison Opto has seen decreasing shipments of LED automotive lighting modules to supply chain makers for automakers in North America since the second...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
World's largest TV vendors increase panel procurement in 3Q21
The nine world's largest TV vendors will procure 42.60 million TV panels in the third quarter of 2021, growing 4.4% on quarter but slipping 8.0% on year, according to China-based...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Compal acquires Indiana factory from Cal-Comp for car electronics
Compal Electronics has announced that it is acquiring 100% Cal-Comp USA (Indiana)'s shares. Cal-Comp Indiana is the sub-subsidiary of Cal-Comp Thailand. Now Compal and Cal-Comp belong...