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Wednesday 26 May 2021
iPhones to outstrip Android handsets in VCM demand starting July
Voice coil motor (VCM) shipments for iPhones are expected to start picking up in late June and outstrip those for Android handsets in July, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 26 May 2021
Taiwan PCB supply chain warming up for new iPhones
Taiwan PCB and CCL makers in the supply chain of Apple smartphones are gearing up production for new iPhones, with delivery schedules returning to pre-pandemic timeframes, according...
Wednesday 26 May 2021
Server ODMs see shipments disrupted by chip shortages
Server ODMs have seen their shipments disrupted by the shortages of power management ICs, network switches, and other chips and components, which are unlikely to ease until the end...
Wednesday 26 May 2021
Apple to outpace Samsung as top buyer of smartphone AMOLED displays
Apple is expected to unseat Samsung Electronics as the largest buyer of AMOLED displays for smartphones in 2021, as new iPhones for the year reportedly will all adopt flexible AMOLED...
Tuesday 25 May 2021
FII, Luster LightTech form JV to develop inspection and machine vision products
Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), an industrial IoT arm of Foxconn Technology, has announced plans to form a joint venture with China-based Luster LightTech to develop automated...
Tuesday 25 May 2021
Vietnam province locks down industrial zones amid pandemic
With COVID-19 resurging in northern Vietnam, the country's Bac Giang Province has announced to lock down four of its six industrial zones to prevent the spread of the disease, according...
Tuesday 25 May 2021
Taiwan handset makers likely not eligible for India incentives
Taiwan's handset supply chain makers who have participated in India's five-year production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, such as Foxconn Technology, may not be eligible for the incentives...
Tuesday 25 May 2021
Microsoft to open Taiwan datacenter by early 2022
Microsoft is poised to open its datacenter in Taiwan at the end of this year or early 2022, according to industry sources.
Monday 24 May 2021
Highlights of the day: Memory contract prices set for double-digit increases in 3Q21
Memory prices have been rising, and contract quotes for DRAM and NAND flash are expected to see double-digit increases...
Monday 24 May 2021
Solidworks expects surging sales from cloud computing business in 2021
Solidworks, a developer of 3D engineering CAD software under Dassault Systemes, expects its sales from cloud computing-related businesses in 2021 to surge 6- to 7-fold from a year...
Monday 24 May 2021
Handset supply chain makers remain optimistic about 2H21
Taiwan-based upstream and downstream handset supply chain makers have remained optimistic about their business outlook for the third quarter of 2021 despite a slew of negative developments,...
Monday 24 May 2021
Mitac to expand investments worldwide in 2021
Mitac Holdings is expanding its capex for 2021 to get the company ready for the next-phase of revenue growth, according to company president Billy Ho.
Monday 24 May 2021
China well positioned to emerge as key player in IoT, says GlobalData
To counter the geopolitical challenge and reduce its dependence on the US, China is accelerating investment in next-generation enabling technologies. Against this backdrop, the country...
Friday 21 May 2021
Highlights of the day: TSMC makes Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Qualcomm has just launched its Snapdragon 778G made using TSMC's 6nm process. It is expected to be more popular among...
Friday 21 May 2021
Qisda eyes to cross-region medical care services
Qisda is looking to form a business group that focuses on medical care covering the Greater China and Southeast Asia, according to company chairman Peter Chen.