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Friday 24 April 2020
Component shortages disrupting server shipments
Shortages of components caused by the coronavirus pandemic have begun to undermine server makers' shipments to their clients, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Friday 24 April 2020
Qualcomm-MediaTek 5G SoC price competition heating up
5G AP price competition between Qualcomm and MediaTek is expected to heat up further in the second quarter of 2020 as both chipmakers are gearing up to win more orders from Chinese...
Friday 24 April 2020
China ODMs gearing up for 5G smartphone market boom
China-based ODMs including Wingtech Technology and Huaqin Telecom Technology are striving to grow their presence in the 5G smartphone market.
Friday 24 April 2020
New Motorola flagship phone features Micron LPDDR5 DRAM
Micron Technology has announced integration of its low-power DDR5 DRAM into Motorola's new Edge+ smartphone, bringing the full potential of the 5G experience to consumers. Micron...
Thursday 23 April 2020
Highlights of the day: Memory prices under downward pressure
Memory vendors may have seen robust demand from the server sector, but shipments to consumer electronics have slumped. Now memory...
Thursday 23 April 2020
Datacenter switches market to plunge nearly 10% 1H20, says Omdia
While the market for datacenter switches is experiencing both positive and negative impacts from the coronavirus crisis, the net effect of the pandemic will be a 3-4% reduction in...
Thursday 23 April 2020
Samsung likely to use UTG as cover glass for next-gen Galaxy Fold
Samsung Electronics is expected to give the priority to the use of ultrathin glass (UTG) over polyimide (PI) films as cover glass solutions for its upcoming second-generation Galaxy...
Thursday 23 April 2020
Nichia wins patent infringement lawsuit against HTC in Japan
Japan-based Nichia has disclosed it has won a patent infringement lawsuit in Japan against HTC Nippon and its local distributor Kanematsu Communications.
Thursday 23 April 2020
Unisoc makes gains in mid-tier 5G SoC market
China-based SoC solution provider Unisoc has made significant gains in China's mid-tier 5G SoC chip market after local IT product vendor Hisense launched its 5G phone, the F50 5G,...
Wednesday 22 April 2020
Nuwa Robotics offers service robot
Hong Kong-based Nuwa Robotics has introduced Kebbi AI-based service robot with dimensions of 355 (H) x 347 (W) x 196 (D)mm and a weight of 4.4kg, and will ship a total of 6,000 units...
Wednesday 22 April 2020
LCP antenna shipments to stay weak for mmWave 5G phones in 2020
As mmWave 5G phone market will see limited development momentum in 2020, shipments of flexible LCP (liquid crystal polymer) antenna boards for mmWave 5G smartphones are expected to...
Wednesday 22 April 2020
Taiwan handset sales weak in March
Handset shipments in Taiwan slipped 15% sequentially and 10% on year to 426,000 units in March 2020, affected by the coronavirus pandemic, according to data compiled by local retail...
Wednesday 22 April 2020
Taiwan cooling module firms see keener competition in handset space
Taiwan-based cooling module specialists including Auras Technology expect ASPs for handset-use solutions to drop about 10% in the second half of 2020, due to competition from Chinese...
Tuesday 21 April 2020
Highlights of the day: Chinese vendors focus on affordable 5G smartphones
The handset market has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, but China is banking on 5G smartphones to help reboot its economy. Chinese vendors are expected to roll out more...
Tuesday 21 April 2020
Supply chain expects strong demand pick-up for AirPods in 2Q20
AirPods shipments have started gaining momentum though second-quarter 2020 volumes may still be unable to match the peak season levels of 2019, according to industry sources.