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Monday 16 September 2019
China new energy car industry sees on-year declines in August
China-based makers produced 87,000 new energy vehicles and sold 85,000 units in August, decreasing 12.1% and 15.8% respectively on year, according to China Association of Automobile...
Thursday 12 September 2019
Spirox expects partnership with National Instruments to bear fruit in 2020
Taiwan-based Spirox, a distributor of packaging and testing equipment, has formed a partnership with National Instruments (NI) and expects their cooperation to bear fruit in 2020.
Thursday 12 September 2019
Compal turns to Taiwan for making US-bound notebooks
Compal Electronics, in response to its major brand clients' requests, is moving production of their US-bound notebooks from Vietnam to Taiwan, which is expected to turn Taiwan into...
Thursday 12 September 2019
IPC makers adjusting operations in response to supply chain localization in China
China has instructed system integrators associated with defense, networking, finance and transportation sectors to adopt homegrown chips as much as possible, prompting Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 11 September 2019
Taiwan IC design houses seeing brisk order visibility
Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, RichWave Technology, ZillTek Technology and Rafael Micro have seen their order visibility strengthened,...
Wednesday 11 September 2019
Smartphone challenges continue in 2019, says IDC
The worldwide handset market has shown signs of recovery in the second half of 2019 and into 2020, pushing smartphone shipment growth back into positive territory, according to IDC...
Wednesday 11 September 2019
Advantech deepening IIoT deployments in China
To sustain its leadership in the IPC sector, Taiwan-based Advantech is deepening deployments in Greater China where it sees the fastest growth.
Tuesday 10 September 2019
Highlights of the day: China DRAM maker moves in equipment at 12-inch fab
China's move to improve self-sufficiency for semiconductors is gaining momentum - in line with the country's national policy and in the wake of the trade war with the US - with DRAM...
Tuesday 10 September 2019
Smart speaker shipments grow slowly in 2019
Global shipments of smart speakers have continued growing in 2019, albeit at a slower-than-expected pace, but US vendors are already turning their focus to other applications for...
Monday 9 September 2019
Sanan Optoelectronics sees 2Q19 profit plunge by 75%
China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics saw second-quarter 2019 net profit decrease 75.1% on year to CNY197 million (US$28.9 million) due to oversupply...
Monday 9 September 2019
IIoT platforms proliferating in China
China's industrial IoT (IIoT) sector will generate a market scale of up to CNY 10 trillion (US$1.40 trillion) in the next 10-15 years as estimated by research firms, prompting many...
Monday 9 September 2019
Samsung reportedly lands 5G AP, baseband chip orders from Vivo
Samsung Electronics has taken a two-pronged approach to boost sales of its products, including 5G application processors (APs), 5G baseband chips and mid-range smartphones, in China,...
Monday 9 September 2019
TSMC capex likely to reach US$12.5 billion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to see its capex this year reach around US$12.5 billion to satisfy robust chip demand in the 5G era, according to industry...
Monday 9 September 2019
Macronix, Winbond August revenues increase
Macronix International and Winbond Electronics have reported sequential increases in August consolidated revenues of 24.9% and 3.1%, respectively.
Friday 6 September 2019
Micron CEO visit to China sparks speculation
Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra recently paid a visit to China, during which he reportedly met executives at Tsinghua Unigroup, raising speculation about potential cooperation...