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Tuesday 25 January 2022
Ibase Technology cautious about worsening component shortage in 1Q22
Industrial computing device maker Ibase Technology, despite booming orders, expects first-quarter 2022 consolidated revenues to likely remain unchanged sequentially because the currently...
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Optical communication component makers conservative about China 5G infrastructure demand in 2022
Taiwan-based makers of optical communication components, including LandMark Optoelectronics (LMOC) and TrueLight, are generally conservative about demand for components used in 5G...
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Memory spot prices stop falling and rebound
Spot market prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory have stopped falling since January 2022, and are rebounding, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Compal ranks as top notebook ODM with record revenues in 2021
Compal Electronics ended 2021 as Taiwan's top notebook ODM with its revenues rising 17.8% on year to a record high of NT$1.23 trillion (US$44.40 billion), and still expects a double-digit...
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Investment in innovation benefits both investor and startup
Wistron attaches great importance to innovation, both within the company and outside of it, according Eric Wu, vice president of Wistron's CVC Office. Since 2010, Wistron has participated...
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Southeast Asia roundup: Vietnam starts researching 6G
Vietnam is one of the first countries that have started research on 6G wireless networks, while 5G is helping Thailand's manufacturing sector grow smarter.
Monday 24 January 2022
Unisoc adopts Imagination NNA IP in new 5G smartphone chips
China's fabless chipmaker Unisoc has used Imagination's Series3NX neural network accelerator (NNA) IP in its Tanggula T770 and T760 system-on-chips (SoC) for 5G smartphones, according...
Friday 21 January 2022
Compeq foresees intense high-end HDI PCB demand
Taiwan-based Compeq Manufacturing has expressed optimism about high-end HDI PCB demand in 2022, and expects its shipments for low-orbit satellites to double and to contribute 6-8%...
Friday 21 January 2022
Highlights of the day: Foldable smartphone will be a passing fad?
All the major smartphone providers, except Apple and Vivo, have announced they would release foldable smartphones in 2022. Among those brands, Samsung, Oppo, and Huawei already released...
Friday 21 January 2022
Foldable smartphone prices falling rapidly
Foldable smartphone prices, particularly those for Samsung's models, have been falling at a rapid pace recently, according to industry sources.
Friday 21 January 2022
Losing Apple might open new doors
At the end of 2021, China-based Luxshare Precision Industry announced it will invest CNY11 billion (US$1.7 billion) into expanding its mobile phone assembly production line by building...
Friday 21 January 2022
Non-Apple handset vendors looking to galvanize sales with new models in 1H22

With Apple ending the fourth quarter of 2021 with the No.1 spot in global smartphone sales, Android handset vendors pin their hopes for a sales upturn on the Chinese New...

Thursday 20 January 2022
Taiwan IC design houses upbeat about smartphone orders in 1Q22
Unspecified Taiwan-based IC design houses have reiterated their optimism about orders for smartphones in the first quarter of 2022, in response to speculation indicating brand smartphone...
Thursday 20 January 2022
Wistron 4Q21 net profit hits record
ODM Wistron has reported consolidated revenues of NT$263.452 billion (US$9.5 billion), gross margin of 5.87%, operating profit of NT$5.503 billion, net profit of NT$5.363 billion,...
Thursday 20 January 2022
Industry watch: Number of US$10 billion Taiwan IT firms up to 17, contributing 2/3 of total industry revenue
At present, there are 801 publicly listed IT companies in Taiwan, with 395 in the main board of the stock exchange market and 406 in over-the-counter market. Since most of the major...