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Wednesday 10 June 2020
Unitech to see capacity utilization rise to 90% in 3Q20
Rigid-flex PCB specialist Unitech Printed Circuit Board expects to see its capacity utilization rebound to 70-80% in July and rise further to 90% in the latter part of the third quarter,...
Wednesday 10 June 2020
Demand outlook for 2H20 uncertain, says Asustek chairman
PC sales have been stimulated by the rise of stay-at-home economy amid the coronavirus outbreak since early 2020, but the demand outlook for the second half of the year is uncertain,...
Tuesday 9 June 2020
TV panel prices gaining support amid rising orders
Prices of TV panels have started trending upward again recently as most TV brands have stepped up their pull-ins for panel orders in preparation for a possible pick-up in end-market...
Tuesday 9 June 2020
Wistron, Inventec expect shipments to peak in 2Q20
Notebook ODMs Wistron and Inventec have announced on-year revenue growths for May and expect their shipments to peak for 2020 in the second quarter, with June shipments to stay hig...
Tuesday 9 June 2020
Quanta, ITRI roll out 5G metal massive antenna system
A research alliance led by Quanta Computer and Taiwan government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has developed a set of metal chassis-based 5G massive antenna...
Monday 8 June 2020
Highlights of the day: Smartphone memory to increase
Smartphone shipments may be declining this year due to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, but memory vendors expect robust demand from the hadnset space as phone vendors increase...
Monday 8 June 2020
Apex 2H20 PCB shipments to rise on TV, notebook, networking applications
Taiwan-based PCB maker Apex International is expected to see strong shipment momentum last into the fourth quarter of the year and its gross margins will also pick up quarter by quarter...
Monday 8 June 2020
COVID-19 decimates automotive power semiconductor revenue in 2020, says Omdia
The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on sales of automotive power semiconductors, with falling demand for motor vehicles causing global market revenue to decline by 16% in 2020,...
Monday 8 June 2020
HannStar Display ramping up automotive panel module capacity
HannStar Display is building a new automotive panel module line in Taiwan as it is ramping up related capacity to satisfy increasing demand from clients in Europe and Japan.
Monday 8 June 2020
Vapor chamber penetration in notebooks accelerating
Vapor chambers are increasingly applied to notebooks beyond handsets to better remove heat, and some brand vendors including HP and Lenovo reportedly will launch in second-half 2020...
Friday 5 June 2020
Global education sector to see rising Chromebook demand in 2020, says Digitimes Research
As most schools worldwide have begun adopting online learning in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, demand for mobile computing devices from many countries' K-12 education sectors...
Friday 5 June 2020
Supermicro unscathed by virus, while gearing up for 5G boom
Supermicro, a major provider of servers, storage and networking solutions, has seen its business unscathed by the coronavirus pandemic, and is doubling down its efforts to prepare...
Thursday 4 June 2020
Notebook PCB makers to see tight capacity through 3Q20
Taiwan's makers of rigid boards for notebooks will see their production lines continue running at full capacity through the third quarter of the year, as they have many orders in...
Thursday 4 June 2020
Auto power module and leadframe shipments to pick up in 4Q20
Demand for power modules and module leadframes used in automotive and industrial control applications is expected to surge in the fourth quarter with shipments in the third quarter...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
Yageo obtains massive loan
Yageo has obtained a 5-year syndicated loan of NT$48.5 billion (US$1.6 billion), an amount nearly 60% higher than the company's original expectation, from banks and will use the fund...