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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...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
Highlights of the day: PS5 supply chain remains upbeat
Sony has postponed the launch of PS5, but makers in its supply chain remain busy preparing shipments for the client's next-generation games console. Backend partners say SoC...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
Seiko Epson unveils MFPs with continuous ink supply in Taiwan
Seiko Epson has launched two MFP models with continuous ink supply, Epson L15160 and Epson 14150, at recommended retail prices of NT$26,990 (US$901) and NT$14,990 respectively in...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
PS5 online launch delay little affects upstream PCB shipments
Taiwan PCB and IC substrate makers in the supply chain of PlayStation 5 (PS5) will see their shipments remain unaffected despite Sony announcing a delay in a planned June 4 online...
Wednesday 3 June 2020
PS5 processor shipments to kick off in June, peak in 3Q20
Backend IC packaging and testing service providers will begin shipments of the customized SoCs designed by AMD specifically for PlayStation 5 (PS5) to their downstream partners in...
Tuesday 2 June 2020
Passive component makers see demand rise on China car sales pickup
As China's car market has started picking up gradually since the second half of April, demand for auto-use passive components, diodes and MOSFET devices is expected to grow significantly...
Tuesday 2 June 2020
Compal unveils 5G lab
Compal Electronics has established a 5G lab for its clients and partners to showcase their innovations, according to Sheng-Hua Peng, Compal's executive vice president of smart device...
Tuesday 2 June 2020
Global automotive CID panel shipments to decline nearly 10% in 2020, says Digitimes Research
Global shipments of automotive CID (central information display) panels (including those for aftermarket but excluding white-box models) are forecast to fall 9.9% on year to 80 million...