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Thursday 14 May 2020
Fingerprint-on-display sensor market grows nearly 8-fold in 2019, says Omdia
Global shipments of fingerprint-on-display (FoD) sensors expanded by nearly a factor of eight in 2019 as these devices increasingly replace conventional silicon-based capacitive chips...
Thursday 14 May 2020
Short lead-time orders for smartphone CIS devices emerging
Taiwan-based IC distributors have recently received an influx of short lead-time orders for CMOS image sensors (CIS) from the smartphone sector in China, with prospects of landing...
Thursday 14 May 2020
Synnex Technology nets NT$1.08 per share for 1Q20
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has posted consolidated revenues of NT$68.705 billion (US$2.28 billion), gross margin of 4.92%, net...
Thursday 14 May 2020
Circles.Life expanding mobile services in Taiwan
Having made its debut in the Taiwan market in mid-2019, Singapore-based digital-based telecom service provider Circles.Life is ready to offer new mobile tariff plans and new services...
Thursday 14 May 2020
Components and labor shortages continue to haunt server supply chain
Despite clients' strong short lead-time orders, the server supply chain is currently facing shortages of both components and labor, hindering their shipments in the second quarter,...
Wednesday 13 May 2020
Highlights of the day: Micron scaling up 1znm DRAM chip production in Taiwan
Taiwan plays an increasingly important role for Micron Technology, which is ramping up production for its DDR4 DRAM chips built using 1znm...
Wednesday 13 May 2020
HTC still in red in 1Q20
HTC has reported continued losses for the first quarter of 2020 although its gross margin was improving and its Vive business and ecosystem continued expanding.
Wednesday 13 May 2020
Xiaomi enhancing presence in overseas smartphone markets
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Xiaomi has continued to make gains in smartphone markets outside China, reducing its reliance on the domestic market to sustain its smartphone business,...
Wednesday 13 May 2020
TSMC intros new-gen IPD technology for 5G mobile devices
TSMC's in-house developed wafer-level integrated passive device (IPD) technology has been advanced to a new generation, which will be ready for high volume manufacturing this year,...
Wednesday 13 May 2020
Synnex Technology sees decreased April revenues
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$23.526 billion (US$781 million) for April, decreasing 12.51%sequentially...
Monday 11 May 2020
Highlights of the day: Gaming phone market competition heating up
Asustek is a clear market leader in gaming smartphones, but it is seeing growing competition from others. Lenovo reportedly...
Monday 11 May 2020
Lenovo fast tracks gaming smartphone biz by headhunting talent from Asustek
Lenovo is set to unveil a new gaming smartphone later in May as the company has recently headhunted a key executive from Asustek Computer's ROG Phone team and seen its R&D capability...
Monday 11 May 2020
Unisoc eyeing tablet chip market
China-based first-tier IC design house Unisoc is eyeing business opportunity in the tablet market sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the company's vice president of...
Friday 8 May 2020
Mobo and graphics card makers likely to withdraw from Computex 2020
International vendors including Intel, AMD and Nvidia are unlikely to participate at Computex this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, prompting major motherboard and graphics card...
Friday 8 May 2020
Inventec enjoys double-digit revenue growth in April
Inventec has reported revenues for April 2020 climbed 17.6% sequentially and 25.7% on year to NT$49.29 billion (US$1.64 billion), as its shipments for notebooks and servers grew ro...