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Friday 7 July 2023
Foxconn chairman visits Japan to meet Sharp executives
Foxconn chairman Young Liu recently paid a visit to Sharp's headquarters in Japan, which may indicate that the Taiwanese company has no plans to spin off the money-losing subsidiary,...
Thursday 6 July 2023
Japan facing challenges in deploying mmWave networks, says DIGITIMES Research
Based on DIGITIMES Research's studies on Japan's 5G network rollout and applications across different frequency bands, the deployment of mmWave remains challenging and its population...
Thursday 6 July 2023
Apple ramps up retail efforts to expand India's market
As India's holiday season is approaching, Apple reportedly raised its sales target and ramped up investments in offering more payment options when the smartphone market in India is...
Thursday 6 July 2023
Foxconn expects pre-pandemic sales growth in 3Q23
Foxconn Technology (Hon Hai Precision Industry) expects its sales growth pattern to return to pre-pandemic levels in the third quarter of 2023.
Thursday 6 July 2023
HBM memory prices rise amid surge in AI server demand
High-bandwidth memory (HBM) prices have begun to rise in response to a surge in AI server demand, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 5 July 2023
Reliance looking to accelerate India's 4G transition by launching US$12 handset
Reliance Jio, India's largest wireless carrier by subscriber numbers, launched one of the cheapest feature phones in the country, aiming to lure more low-income consumers into switching...
Wednesday 5 July 2023
IC design houses see gross margin still under pressure
New products are insufficient to counteract the price declines of older products, causing IC design houses' gross margins to remain under pressure, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 5 July 2023
HPE to make high-end servers in India
Less than two weeks after Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US, which won investments from US-based manufacturers, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) decided to make...
Wednesday 5 July 2023
China's export control on Ga and Ge: bluff or buff to US IDMs?
China has officially announced the imposition of export controls on gallium and germanium-related items starting from August 1. While this regulatory change does not equate to a ban,...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
US to curb China access to cloud services like Amazon, WSJ says
The US is preparing to curtail Chinese companies' access to cloud computing services including Amazon.com Inc.'s and Microsoft Corp.'s, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
It is built, but will they come? Taiwan's Academia Sinica quantum research base hungers for tech talents
Academia Sinica, Taiwan's top research institution, along with the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and the Technology Division of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA),...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
AcBel finishes merger of ABB Power Conversion
Taiwan-based power supply maker AcBel Polytech announced on July 3 to have completed the acquisition of ABB Power Conversion with an amount of US$505 million and has completed all...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
Mobile phone amplifier IC expected to see activation increase in 3Q23
After experiencing a long inventory adjustment period, Taiwan-based Win Semiconductors, Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC), and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC)...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
Huawei targets royalty claims at Japanese SMEs, provoking angst
Having been targeted in trade sanctions, Huawei has started to find alternative revenue sources by collecting patent royalties from manufacturers in the Asia-Pacific region. Japanese...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
Robust AI server demand to buoy Wistron 2H23 sales, profit
A strong pull-in of orders for AI servers with multi-GPU architecture already boosted Wistron's June sales, with profits for the month also topping the overall profits generated in...