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Tuesday 11 December 2018
PSI ventures RF wafer thinning service into China 5G equipment supply chain
Taiwan-based Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) has indirectly tapped into the supply chains of major China telecom equipment makers by providing wafer thinning service for radio...
Monday 10 December 2018
Component, material suppliers cautious about installation of 5G base stations in China
The arrest of Huawei's CFO Meng Wangzhou by the authorities of Canada could undermine the deployments of 5G base stations and networks in China, delaying demand for related components...
Monday 10 December 2018
China leadframe supply chain not gaining ground, says Chang Wah chairman
Chances are not high for leadframe suppliers to score double-digit revenue increases in 2019, and China leadframe supply chain can hardly emerge to threaten Taiwan peers, according...
Friday 7 December 2018
Huawei may face US sanctions, dimming prospects for Taiwan supply chains
The arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wangzhou threatens to further escalate the US-China trade tensions, significantly dimming business prospects for the China firm's...
Friday 7 December 2018
HTC gearing up for blockchain phones, 5G mobile hubs
HTC is striving to make a turnaround in 2019 by accelerating its development of blockchain-focused smartphones and new mobile products for the upcoming 5G era, according to industry...
Friday 7 December 2018
MediaTek showcases Helio M70 5G baseband chipset at China event
MediaTek showcased at the China Mobile Global Partner Conference in Guangzhou on December 6 its first 5G baseband chipset Helio M70, which was launched in mid 2018.
Thursday 6 December 2018
US telecom operators to roll out 5G services in 1Q19, says Qualcomm president
The commercialization of 5G communications will be realized starting in early 2019 with mobile device launches and network rollouts across North America, Europe, Japan, South Korea,...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Business of 5G seen to bring only symbolic benefits for GaAs firms in 2019
Applications of 5G will generate only symbolic rather than substantive economic benefits to suppliers of wireless compound semiconductor components devices such as radio frequency...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Popular 5G applications not likely in years, says TwIoTA chairman
It will take years for 5G applications to become popular, and business opportunities for 5G hardware supply chains are not visible for the moment, according to Frank Huang, chairman...
Thursday 6 December 2018
Compound semiconductor firms see unclear order visibility for 1Q19
Compound semiconductor firms are conservative about order visibility for the first quarter of 2019 due partly to Apple cutting orders amid weaker-than-expected sales of new iPhones,...
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Qualcomm intros 7nm, 5G-ready chip
Qualcomm has unveiled its Snapdragon 855 mobile platform to enable commercial 5G networks and mobile devices in early 2019.
Tuesday 4 December 2018
US tech control to have more impact on China than tariffs
The trade war between the world's two economic giants has lasted over a year since the US Trade Representative Office initiated in August 2017 a Section 301 investigation into imports...
Tuesday 4 December 2018
CCL supplier Iteq expects demand from 5G sector to come in 1Q19
Copper-clad laminate (CCL) specialist Iteq expects demand for CCL products for 5G infrastructure to come in the first quarter of 2019 as telecom operators in China are likely to accelerate...
Tuesday 4 December 2018
Quanta, Wiwynn see no impact from Intel CPU shortages on cloud server market
Although PC sales in the second half of 2018 have been seriously undermined by Intel's CPU shortages, the cloud computing server market has been little affected, with Quanta Computer...
Tuesday 4 December 2018
VPEC gearing up for chip demand for 5G devices
Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) is gearing up for robust component semiconductor demand for 5G infrastructure and devices, according to the Taiwan-based company specializing...