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Tuesday 18 February 2020
EVG, Inkron team up for diffractive optical element structures
EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, has announced it is partnering with Inkron, a manufacturer...
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Consumer notebook PCB supply falling short
PCB supply for notebooks, especially consumer models, has become tight as production at many small and medium-sized Chinese makers is being hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak, posing...
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Apple warns iPhone supply shortage will cripple sales
Apple has warned that it may not meet the revenue guidance it provided last month, as the coronavirus outbreak is expected to result in iPhone supply shortages and weak sales of its...
Monday 17 February 2020
Coronavirus outbreak: Notebook components supply may dry up in March
Notebook ODMs have resumed their production in China, but face the possibility of a lack of components starting in...
Monday 17 February 2020
Global notebook shipments for 1Q20 to plunge 29-36% sequentially on epidemic, says Digitimes Research
Global notebook unit shipments for the first quarter of 2020 are estimated to experience a larger sequential fall of 29-36% than 17% projected earlier, as severe labor and components...
Monday 17 February 2020
Winbond, Macronix to enhance SLC NAND offerings for profitability
Winbond Electronics and Macronix International are both looking to further enhance their SLC NAND flash chip offerings for industrial and other niche-market applications in 2020,...
Monday 17 February 2020
Quanta steps up notebook production in Taiwan amid outbreak
Taiwan notebook ODM Quanta Computer is reportedly moving to accelerate volume production at its new assembly lines in northern Taiwan to fulfill rush shipments to US brand vendors...
Monday 17 February 2020
Notebook ODMs running out of components
Taiwanese notebook ODMs have already resumed assembly operations in China, but risks of supply chain disruptions in March are mounting, as inventories of many components will run...
Monday 17 February 2020
MWC cancellation likely to push proliferation of online marketing campaigns
The cancellation of the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) will prompt the ICT industry to explore and try new marketing campaigns online.
Friday 14 February 2020
Coronavirus outbreak impact: Digitimes Research estimates impacts on major Chinese IT sectors
The coronavirus outbreak is hitting hard the ICT industries and markets in China. Digitimes Research provides a preliminary...
Friday 14 February 2020
ODMs see better-than-expected recovery in China capacity amid outbreak
Taiwan-based ODMs including Compal Electronics, Quanta Computer and Inventec have seen capacities at their plants in China recovering in a pace faster than expected amid the coronavirus...
Friday 14 February 2020
Xintec turns profitable in 2019, set to gain more from 3D DOE devices
TSMC-reinvested backend house Xintec will see little seasonality impact on its revenues for the first half of 2020 as robust packaging demand for DOE (diffractive optical element)...
Friday 14 February 2020
Global AIO PC shipments to experience double-digit drops in 1Q20
Global all-in-one (AIO) PC shipments totaled 3.42 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019, rounding out the volumes for the whole-year 2019 at 13.25 million units, down 3.4% on...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Acer, Asustek revenues under pressure
China's coronavirus outbreak is expected to negatively affect revenues for Acer and Asustek Computer in the first half of 2020 as both firms have major portions of their sales from...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Coronavirus outbreak impact: Apple iPhone plan reportedly unaffected
Apple's manufacturing partners may not be able resume normal production in China anytime soon in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, but it does not seem to be derailing the vendor's...