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Thursday 13 February 2020
Post-coronavirus rebound to take place in 2H20, SEMI believes
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has had a negative impact on the world's economy and supply chain, but a rebound should take place in the latter half of 2020 thanks to a general...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Taiwan LCD TV shipments to tumble in 1Q20, says Digitimes Research
Shipments of LCD TVs by Taiwan-based makers are expected to fall below five million units in the first quarter of 2020, down nearly 44% on quarter and over 20% on year, affected by...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Apple reportedly in high demand for 5nm A14 to support 5G devices
Apple's demand for 5nm A14 mobile application processors (AP) to support its 5G devices is likely to be 50-60% higher than that for its 7nm A13, highlighting the vendor's determination...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Epidemic may rekindle production diversification request from brand clients
Taiwan's notebook ODMs have not yet been asked to increase production outside China as the coronavirus outbreak is still deemed a short situation, but the epidemic may spark another...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Taiwan ODMs see Kunshan plants in serious labor shortages
Taiwan-based ODMs' plants in Kunshan, China are facing serious labor shortages at the moment with a majority of their workers still unable to return to work, according to sources...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Coronavirus outbreak impact: Apple reportedly raising production in Taiwan
Production disruption in China is everyone's nightmare in the IT supply chain in the wake of the coronavirus. Many makers are raising their production outside of China, and Apple...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Global handset sales still face steep fall even if outbreak can be contained by June
China's coronavirus outbreak is set to have far-reaching impacts on the global IT industry and could undermine global demand to a great extent if related supply chains are cut off,...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Foxconn sees 1Q20 revenues come under pressure
Foxconn Electronics is likely to have its first-quarter revenues hit by the fallout from coronavirus, according to industry sources.
Monday 10 February 2020
MediaTek slightly lowers global 5G handset sales projection for 2020
MediaTek has adjusted downward its 2020 projection for the world's 5G handset shipments to 170-200 million units from over 200 million due to the coronavirus outbreak, with the Chinese...
Monday 10 February 2020
Silicon Motion expects sales drop in 1Q20
NAND flash device controller specialist Silicon Motion Technology expects to post a revenue decrease of 10-15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2020, with gross margin ranging...
Monday 10 February 2020
Less than 20% of employees expected to return to work in China
Less than 20% of Chinese factory employees would return to work after an extended Lunar New Year break due to the coronavirus outbreak, and many components plants in China have decided...
Monday 10 February 2020
PC and server suppliers see sales hit by coronavirus outbreak
China's coronavirus outbreak has significantly undermined local PC and server demand and is expected to affect related upstream suppliers' performances, as PC sales from China account...
Monday 10 February 2020
Materials challenges for IC substrate production: Q&A with Unimicron vice CEO CP Lee
IC substrates are set to enter a golden growth period driven by ever-increasing applications of 5G and AI chips solutions. To secure a preemptive presence in the market, Taiwan's...
Monday 10 February 2020
Winbond swings to loss in 4Q19
Winbond Electronics, a maker of specialty DRAM and flash memory, swung to its first quarterly loss in 27 quarters.
Friday 7 February 2020
Micron delivers LPDDR5 for high-performance smartphones
Micron Technology has announced mass production of what the company claims is the world's first low-power DDR5 DRAM that will be used in the soon-to-be-released Xiaomi Mi 10 smartp...