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Friday 17 May 2019
Japan vendor reportedly seeking to sell automotive IGBT production lines
A Japan-based vendor reportedly is looking for a buyer for its automotive IGBT manufacturing lines from among makers in Taiwan and China, according to industry sources.
Friday 17 May 2019
BenQ Materials tapping high-margin polarizer segments
Polarizer supplier BenQ Materials has been striving to improve its product mix focusing on the development of high-margin products for applications including the PID (public information...
Thursday 16 May 2019
DIY market may shrink further due to US-China trade tensions
Motherboard makers have experienced sluggish demand coming from the PC DIY market, which is likely to shrink further as the US-China trade dispute escalates, according to industry...
Thursday 16 May 2019
Latest tariff hikes to have small impacts on US-bound motherboards, graphics cards shipments
The latest tariff hikes by the US on Chinese goods from 10% to 25% will not have significant impacts on Taiwan's US-bound shipments of motherboards and graphics cards, according to...
Thursday 16 May 2019
Microcontroller market growth drops to nearly zero in 2019, says IHS
Following two years of expansion, the global microcontroller (MCU) market is set to stall in 2019 because of a combination of factors including a downturn in the wider electronics...
Thursday 16 May 2019
Top-5 notebook vendors see April shipments drop 14%, says Digitimes Research
The top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments slip 14% on month in April, a performance stronger than that of the same month a year ago, as Chromebook demand from North America's...
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Support from supply chain hub needed for moving production out of China, says Quanta chairman
Quanta Computer chairman Barry Lam, commenting on the US government's announcement of extending the 25% tariff to notebooks and smartphones imported from China, has pointed out that...
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Chipmakers gearing up for transition to 90/96-layer 3D NAND process technology
Major memory chip vendors are on track to enter mass production of 90/96-layer 3D NAND products in the second half of 2019, according to industry observers.
Wednesday 15 May 2019
PC vendors looking to raise prices in US, says paper
With the US having raised tariffs on China-imported products from 10% to 25%, some PC brand vendors including Asustek Computer are considering increasing product prices in the US...
Tuesday 14 May 2019
Tripod Tech posts 30% profit increase in 1Q19
PCB manufacturer Tripod Technology has reported net profit surged 30.5% from a year earlier to NT$1.08 billion (US$34.7 million) in the first quarter of 2019, with EPS coming to NT...
Monday 13 May 2019
Notebook ODMs eyeing shipment growths in 2Q19 despite setbacks in April
Most Taiwan-based notebook ODMs are still eyeing sequential shipment growths for the second quarter of 2019 despite decreased notebook shipments in April, according to industry sou...
Friday 10 May 2019
Asustek showcasing new PCs in Taiwan
Asustek has unveiled several new notebooks and Chromebooks in Taiwan including the ZenBook S13 (UX392) with a 97% screen-to-body ratio, a 13.9-inch NanoEdge narrow-bezel display,...
Friday 10 May 2019
LED firms Edison Opto, Excellence Optoelectronics make gains in US auto sector
LED packaging service provider Edison Opto has entered the supply chains of US-based carmakers by providing LED automotive lighting modules, while LED automotive lighting module maker...
Friday 10 May 2019
Taiwan LCD TVs – 1Q 2019
Taiwan's LCD TV shipments plunged 35.5% sequentially to reach only 6.26 million units in the first quarter of 2019 due mainly to seasonality and decreased ODM/OEM orders.
Thursday 9 May 2019
Edge computing dominant in 5G-driven smart production operation
Smart manufacturing plants will materialize faster with commercialization of 5G mobile communication technologies, and edge computing will play a leading role in the materialization...