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Monday 14 March 2022
Gigabyte to spin off server business
Gigabyte Technology has announced it will spin off its network communication business group and transfer it to its wholly-owned subsidiary Giga Computing Technology. The transfer...
Monday 14 March 2022
Goertek steps up investment in Vietnam
Goertek, reportedly a major supplier in Apple's ecosystem, is raising capital investment for its factories in Vietnam. This month, it is expanding investment by US$306 million for...
Monday 14 March 2022
India roundup: Chinese smartphone vendors seek cooperation with Indian makers
Bloomberg cited sources saying that Xiaomi,...
Monday 14 March 2022
RTI bets on LEO satellites, Wi-Fi 7 for future growth
United Microwave Technology (UMT) has received orders from three major low earth orbit (LEO) satellite customers, which is expected to bring in LEO satellite opportunities for its...
Monday 14 March 2022
New iPhone SE gnaws away at Android market share
Following the launch of new 5G iPhone SE model, the market is observing whether Apple will dominate the midrange phone segment as it did previously.
Monday 14 March 2022
Oppo flexes muscles with self-developed NPUs
Oppo has become the fourth phone brand in China that has developed its own neural processing units (NPUs), while chips developed by Qualcomm and MediaTek have also been adopted in...
Friday 11 March 2022
Network device vendor Browave to regain growth in 2022
Taiwan-based optical communication device maker Browave expects its shipments to pick up significantly starting the second quarter of 2022, and is confident its annual revenues and...
Friday 11 March 2022
GIS expects revenue proportion for fingerprint recognition modules to rise to 30% in three years
Touch solution provider General Interface Solution (GIS) expects the revenue proportion for smartphone-use fingerprint recognition modules to keep increasing to 30% in three years,...
Friday 11 March 2022
IC design houses expect lower-than-expected shipments in 1H22
Taiwan-based IC design houses have quietly revised downward their shipment targets for the first half of 2022, due mainly to disappointing smartphone sales, according to industry...
Thursday 10 March 2022
UFS goes mainstream for smartphones
UFS has replaced eMMC as the mainstream specification for smartphones, and the new-generation UFS 4.0 will be featured in commercial products starting in 2024, according to market...
Thursday 10 March 2022
More China firms join iPad supply chain
More China-based companies, such as BYD, have entered the supply chain for Apple's iPads, according to industry sources.
Thursday 10 March 2022
Synnex Technology International 2021 net profit hits record
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International recorded a net profit of NT$17.272 billion (US$621 million) for 2021, the historically highest annual...
Wednesday 9 March 2022
Apple announces new iPhone SE
Apple has announced 4.7-inch iPhone SE, which comes with iOS 15 and A15 Bionic, which powers advanced camera capabilities and improves user experience in operations such as photo...
Wednesday 9 March 2022
Wi-Fi 6 applications continue to grow, says Aruba Networks
As the Wi-Fi 6 penetration rate continues to increase, the number of Wi-Fi 6 applications has also grown. Magic Hsu, general manager of growth and emerging markets and Taiwan at Aruba...
Wednesday 9 March 2022
MediaTek seeing handset AP inventory swell
MediaTek has seen its inventory level for handset application processors (including 4G and 5G ones) swell to 160-180 days from past regular levels of around 100 days, due mainly to...