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Wednesday 16 March 2022
Notebook ODMs turn cautious amid market uncertainty
Macroeconomic uncertainty arising from the Russia-Ukraine war and surging coronavirus cases in China, as well as the ongoing shortages of certain chips and components, has cast a...
Wednesday 16 March 2022
China carmakers suspend production due to Shenzhen lockdown
The government-imposed weeklong lockdown in Shenzhen, China due to a spike in local COVID-19 cases is disrupting crucial electronics device shipments for automotive electronics, prompting...
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Nickel price volatility prompts packaging materials suppliers to stop taking orders
Nickel prices have been volatile, discouraging IC packaging material suppliers, such as leadframe makers, from taking new orders, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Asustek shipments to Russia come to standstill
Asustek Computer has disclosed that its product shipments to the Russia market have come to a standstill because of the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine.
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Device assemblers to closely monitor inventory
Downstream device assemblers and vendors in the networking device, notebook, and server sectors will be closely monitoring their inventory levels this year, as unfavorable macro factors...
Monday 14 March 2022
Gigabyte to spin off server business
Gigabyte Technology has announced it will spin off its network communication business group and transfer it to its wholly-owned subsidiary Giga Computing Technology. The transfer...
Monday 14 March 2022
Acer conservative about sales in 2H22
Acer is conservative about its operation in the second half of 2022 as inflation has continued hitting the global market and may undermine sales of consumer IT products, according...
Friday 11 March 2022
Highlights of the day: IT firms turning conservative about 2022
With the war between Russia and Ukraine not likely to cease any time soon, IT firms have turned cautious about their operation in 2022. Notebook ODMs, despite still having robust...
Friday 11 March 2022
Mobo and graphics card makers turn cautious amid demand uncertainty
Taiwan-based main motherboard (mobo) and graphic card vendors including Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI), as well as smaller peers ASRock and...
Friday 11 March 2022
Automotive component orders picking up
Automotive component suppliers, such as cooling fan maker Yen Sun Technology, have seen customer orders pick up substantially, which may indicate an easing of chip shortages, according...
Friday 11 March 2022
Silicon IP provider M31 expects up to 20% revenue increase in 2022
Taiwan-based silicon IP provider M31 Technology expects its revenue in US dollar terms to grow 15-20% in 2022, thanks to robust demand from its foundry and fabless customers.
Friday 11 March 2022
Taiwan IC design houses focus more on automotive electronics
Taiwan-based IC design houses including display driver IC (DDI) companies, network IC specialist, and suppliers of sensors, audio chips and MEMS microphones have all put increased...
Thursday 10 March 2022
Highlights of the day: Apple and TSMC advance to new frontiers
Apple is cutting costs by adding more Chinese companies to its supply network, even though it has distributed production...
Thursday 10 March 2022
MCU, MOSFET makers gearing up for consumer GaN charger boom
With Apple reportedly designing its new 30W GaN charger with a new form factor, Taiwan-based MCU and power MOSFET suppliers are gearing up for a consumer GaN charger demand boom,...
Thursday 10 March 2022
Foxconn makes Mac Studio for Apple
Apple's recently unveiled Mac Studio, powered by the in-house developed M1 Ultra processor, will primarily be produced by Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry), according...