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Monday 10 February 2020
China smartphone sales likely to fall 30% in 2020 due to outbreak
Should the outbreak of the coronavirus in China prolong to June, sales of smartphones in the country would be slashed by about 30% to 280 million units in 2020, down from the previous...
Monday 10 February 2020
Global server shipments to drop nearly 10% in 1Q20 due to outbreak, says Digitimes Research
Global server shipments went up 13.4% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2019 thanks to rising demand from US large datacenter companies and China's server market. However, shipments...
Monday 10 February 2020
Outbreak impact on Foxconn production for Apple remains uncertain
The impacts of the coronavirus outbreak on Apple's supply chain remains uncertain, but Apple's share prices managed to rally in the US stock market. Investors believed that Apple's...
Monday 10 February 2020
PC and server suppliers see sales hit by coronavirus outbreak
China's coronavirus outbreak has significantly undermined local PC and server demand and is expected to affect related upstream suppliers' performances, as PC sales from China account...
Monday 10 February 2020
Allxon offers open cloud-based Internet device management platform
Allxon, a startup spun off from Acer, has launched an open cloud computing-based management platform for all types of Internet devices in a bid to reduce labor- and time-consuming...
Monday 10 February 2020
PCB makers confident about stable shipments for 5G infrastructure
Taiwan PCB supply chain is confident that shipments for 5G infrastructure applications in China will remain stable and the coronavirus impact on their operations will be relatively...
Friday 7 February 2020
Coronavirus outbreak impacts: Work to resume, but normal production unlikely
For many parts of China, work is supposed to resume starting February 10 after an extended Lunar New Year break in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, but manufacturers generally...
Friday 7 February 2020
CIS, VCSEL makers see robust demand for ToF phone cameras in 2H20
Taiwan-based makers of CMOS image sensor (CIS) and VCSEL components are optimistic that multi-lens camera modules incorporating ToF (time of flight) sensing technology will be mass-adopted...
Friday 7 February 2020
HTC revenues tumble in January
HTC has reported decreased revenues for January, hampered by seasonality, a lack of flagship and 5G smartphones and a standstill of its VR business in China due to the coronavirus...
Friday 7 February 2020
Flytech aims to hike revenue proportion for non-POS products
POS (point of sale/service) device maker Flytech Technology increased investment in R&D of non-POS product lines, mainly kiosks, mobile POS devices and panel PCs, in 2019, and...
Friday 7 February 2020
DSS to be used for enterprise applications for 5G in 2H20, says Digitimes Research
To improve 5G spectrum's usage efficiency, 3GPP has brought up several solutions with dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) being one of the major technologies expected to be used when transitioning...
Friday 7 February 2020
Chinese 5G optical transceiver makers seeking Taiwan capacity support
China-based makers of optical transceiver modules for 5G base stations are gearing up to scramble for capacity support from their components suppliers in Taiwan in order to maintain...
Thursday 6 February 2020
Coronavirus outbreak impacts: China smartphone sales to nosedive
The extent of the impact on the ecosystem by the coronavirus outbreak is anyone's guess at this stage, but industry and market observers generally agree that a prolonged epidemic...
Thursday 6 February 2020
Notebook, smartphone supply and demand in China hit by outbreak
The notebook and smartphone sectors are both expected to be undermined by China's coronavirus outbreak in the first quarter of 2020 as local consumer demand has been significantly...
Thursday 6 February 2020
Cobot demand from China to be robust
Factories in China may be avoiding installing collaborative robots at present due to the coronavirus outbreak, but long-term demand will be strong, according to Taiwan-based colaborative...