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Monday 17 May 2021
SK Hynix to expand 8-inch foundry capacity
SK Hynix is considering feasible plans to double its foundry capacity, according to company co-CEO and vice chairman Park Jung-ho.
Monday 17 May 2021
Highlights of the day: COVID surge casts shadow over Taiwan supply chain
As COVID-19 cases surge in Taiwan, concerns have been raised over the stability of chip supply from the local semiconductor...
Monday 17 May 2021
Pegatron adopts WFH measures for Taiwan after COVID infection
Pegatron has implemented a three-team rotation working schedule for its offices in Taiwan starting this week, as an employee has been confirmed a COVID-19 infection case.
Monday 17 May 2021
China TV unit sales fall during Labor Day shopping
Retail sales of TVs in the China market around the Labor Day period (April 12-May 2) reached 1.79 million units, decreasing 23.7% from a year earlier, according to data compiled by...
Monday 17 May 2021
Foxconn expects EV cooperation deal with Fisker to bear fruit in 2023
Foxconn Technology (Hon Hai) will see only limited impact of component shortages and its EV business will advance further after entering into cooperation with US-based EV vendor Fisker,...
Monday 17 May 2021
Ennostar to maintain full capacity utilization for miniLED through 2021
Ennostar has sustained full capacity utilization for miniLED chips since the start of May to support shipments for new 12.9-inch iPad Pro devices, with the shipment momentum likely...
Monday 17 May 2021
Notebook demand in Southeast Asia stays strong despite resurging pandemic
Demand for PCs from Southeast Asian countries remains robust despite the recent resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic there, according to Acer Pan Asia Pacific president Andrew Ho...
Monday 17 May 2021
Global AIO PC shipments to rise 4% sequentially in 2Q21
Global all-in-one (AIO) PC shipments went down 5.5% sequentially to come to 3.37 million units in the first quarter of 2021, due to a high comparison base a quarter ago and shortages...
Friday 14 May 2021
Highlights of the day: Foxconn, Fisker strike deals for EV
Foxconn has made another step towards developing more affordable electric vehicles. The EMS giant has just struck deals with California-based Fisker for the development of EVs...
Friday 14 May 2021
Merry sees MEMS microphone shipments grow 180% in 1Q21
Taiwan's electroacoustic solutions provider Merry Electronics saw its shipments of MEMS microphones shoot up 180% on year in the first quarter of 2021, driven by strong demand for...
Friday 14 May 2021
Strong Chromebook sales boost Quanta gross margin in 1Q21
Robust Chromebook demand boosted Quanta Computer's gross margin to 6.33% in the first quarter of 2021, up 0.14pp sequentially, despite an over 10% revenue decline on quarter, according...
Friday 14 May 2021
Taiwan makers to see mobo shipments fall 10-15% in 2Q21
Taiwan-based makers are expected to continue to enjoy strong shipments of graphics cards in the second quarter of 2021, but will see their motherboard sales decline 10-15% sequentially,...
Friday 14 May 2021
Notebook demand to remain strong in 2H21, says Quanta
Quanta Computer continues to see notebook customers step up their pace of orders with the orders pull-in momentum to carry on in the second half of 2021, according to the Taiwan-based...
Friday 14 May 2021
Top-5 notebook vendors see combined shipments drop 4% in April
Despite seeing strong demand from the education and enterprise sectors, the global top-5 notebook brands (not including Apple) still saw their combined shipments slip 4% on month...
Thursday 13 May 2021
Highlights of the day: Pegatron braces for slower notebook shipment growth
Components shortages have been troubling the notebook industry for months. ODM Pegatron's previous optimism that its...