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Wednesday 11 November 2020
Strong Chromebook sales boost Acer, Asustek revenues
Acer and Asustek Computer both saw impressive gains in their sales during the first 10 months of 2020, buoyed by strong Chromebook sales.
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Highlights of the day: Pegatron penalized by Apple
It comes as a surprise that Pegatron, long being a manufacturing partner for Apple, has been penalized by the US client for employing student workers reportedly at its iPhone 12 assembly...
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Micron ships 176-layer 3D NAND flash memory
Micron Technology has begun volume shipments of what the company claims is the world's first 176-layer 3D NAND flash memory.
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Tripod posts profit surge on strong HDI board sales
PCB maker Tripod Technology saw its net earnings for third-quarter 2020 surge 52.4% sequentially to NT$2.001 billion (US$70.06 million) or EPS of NT$3.81, due mainly to high capacity...
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Silicon Motion expects foundry supply to stay tight through end-2021
Flash device controller developers, including Silicon Motion Technology, have seen their foundry partners encounter tight capacity particularly at 8-inch fabs, which may persist through...
Tuesday 10 November 2020
PCB maker Unitech sees net losses narrow in 3Q20
Unitech Printed Circuit Board saw its net losses narrow to NT$417 million (US$14.6 million) in the third quarter due to rising capacity utilization, and is expected to see fourth-quarter...
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Leadframe supplier CWTC posts profit increase
Chang Wah Technology (CWTC) has reported net profits rose 34% on year to NT$603 million (US$21.1 million) in the first three quarters of 2020, with EPS reaching NT$1.71 for the period,...
Monday 9 November 2020
Highlights of the day: PWM IC in serious shortages
Tight foundry capacity has constrained semiconductor supply, with PWM ICs in particularly serious shortages. The IC...
Monday 9 November 2020
Anli optimistic about notebook demand in 2021
Taiwan-based Anli International, specializing in metal parts and heat dissipation components for notebooks, expects the stay-at-home activities to continue to drive notebook demand...
Monday 9 November 2020
ODMs see rising orders for Surface notebooks
Microsoft has placed brisk orders for its Surface series notebooks, but component shortages remain an issue for the supply of the devices, according to sources from the upstream supply...
Monday 9 November 2020
Apacer, Innodisk post profit drops
Memory module makers Apacer Technology and Innodisk, which focus more on industrial applications than mass-market market segments, both saw profits decline in the third quarter of...
Friday 6 November 2020
Highlights of the day: ODMs continue moving out of China
The US presidential race is still too close to call, but the final outcome of the election will not change Taiwanese ODM's...
Friday 6 November 2020
Ventec to begin volume shipments to Japanese automotive headlight makers in 4Q20
CCL and prepreg maker Ventec International Group has disclosed it will begin large-volume shipments for aluminum-based heat-dissipation laminates to Japan-based automotive headlight...
Friday 6 November 2020
US election outcome not to change ODM relocation plans
Taiwan-based notebook and server manufacturers are sticking to plans of moving production out of China according to customer requests, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential...
Thursday 5 November 2020
Advantech eyeing return to growth track in 2021
Taiwan's leading IPC vendor Advantech may see weak results for 2020 but will seek to return to the growth track in 2021 by stepping up efforts to optimize its product lines and boost...