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Thursday 28 May 2020
Global tablet market, 1Q 2020
Global tablet shipments are forecast to climb 45.5% sequentially and 9.9% on year in the second quarter of 2020 thanks to a recovery in the related supply chain's capacity in China...
Thursday 28 May 2020
Lower-end auto PCB makers at survival juncture over sluggish car sales
The increasingly sluggish global auto sales have sent makers of low-end to mid-range auto PCBs facing a critical juncture of survival, and some smaller suppliers in Europe, the US...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Highlights of the day: Samsung Display to be major OLED supplier for 5G iPhone
All of the iPhone models that Apple will launch later this year ae expected to come with OLED screens. Samsung Display...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Server PCB makers see bright shipment prospects for 3Q20
Server PCB specialists Tripod Technology, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) and Allied Circuit have seen clear order visibility through the end of July and are optimistic that their...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Sporton busy fulfilling orders for inspecting 5G sub-6GHz chips, handsets
Taiwan-based Sporton International has been busy fulfilling orders from MediaTek for testing and certifying its 5G sub-6 GHz mobile SoCs as well as orders from Chinese handset vendors...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Qualcomm, MediaTek to launch SoC solutions for entry-level 5G phones in 3Q20
Having just released their new or upgraded SoC solutions for the mid-range to high-end 5G smartphones recently, Qualcomm and MediaTek both are prepared to launch new SOCs for the...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Raising IC self-sufficiency increasingly difficult for China
US vendors remain dominant players in the global front-end semiconductor equipment market segment, which will be a critical factor blocking China's ambition of raising self-sufficiency...
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Samsung Display secures majority of panel orders for next-gen iPhone
Samsung Display reportedly have obtained the majority of AMOLED panel orders needed for the production of Apple's 2020 iPhone lineup, with LG Display and BOE Technology sharing the...
Tuesday 26 May 2020
Glass substrate landscape changing in line with reductions in Korea LCD fabs
The global landscape for the supply of display glass substrates is changing along with the moves by Samsung Display and LG Display to gradually withdraw from the LCD panel market.
Tuesday 26 May 2020
Taiwan handset HDI board makers cautious about 2H20
Taiwan's makers of handset-use HDI boards have yet to feel the pinch of waning handset sales so far this year and are expected to enjoy stable shipments through second-quarter 2020,...
Monday 25 May 2020
5G equipment market main target of US new sanctions against Huawei
The real target of the US sanctions against Huawei is its 5G equipment deployments, rather than its smartphone business, according to industry sources.
Monday 25 May 2020
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 1Q 2020
Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments totaled 47.69 million units in the first quarter of 2020, down 19.3% sequentially and 12.3% on year.
Friday 22 May 2020
China to fall far short of IC self-sufficiency goal
IC production in China represented 15.7% of its US$125 billion IC market in 2019, up only slightly from 15.1% five years earlier in 2014, according to IC Insights. The share is forecast...
Friday 22 May 2020
Rigid-flex PCB makers to see surge in orders for AirPods 2 in 2H20
Rigid-flex PCB manufacturers have seen orders for Apple's AirPods 2 slow down since 2020, but believe orders will return to year-ago levels in the second half of the year, according...
Friday 22 May 2020
Silicon Motion expects sales growth in 2020
NAND flash device controller specialist Silicon Motion Technology expects sales of all its three major product segments to continue rising in 2020, when its overall revenue will still...