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Friday 9 April 2021
Highlights of the day: Chromebook shipments set for sharp growth
The notebook market has been robust in recent months thanks to stay-at-home needs. Chromebook shipments are expected to rise sharply in 2021. Apart from Intel, some other chip vendors,...
Friday 9 April 2021
AiP substrates in growing demand for new mmWave iPhones in 2021
IC substrate makers in Apple's iPhone supply chain are aggressively bracing for production of BT-based AiP (antenna in package) substrates expecting a surge in demand for new iPhones...
Friday 9 April 2021
Largan expects one quarter delay in shipments due to component shortages
Smartphone-use lens module maker Largan Precision expects delays of at least one month for its shipments due to short supply of CMOS image sensors and application processors, according...
Friday 9 April 2021
Apple reportedly to adopt LTPO display technology for new iPhones
Apple reportedly will adopt LTPO (low-temperature polycrystalline oxide) backplane technology for OLED displays in its premium iPhones to be launched later in 2021, according to industry...
Friday 9 April 2021
Alibaba to establish new liquid cooling datacenter in China
Alibaba plans to establish a new datacenter in Hangzhou, China using immersion liquid cooling solutions there.
Thursday 8 April 2021
Microsoft unveils liquid cooling solution for datacenters
Microsoft has announced to begin implementing a two-phase immersion liquid cooling solution that is co-developed with Wiwynn, to its datacenter in the state of Washington for testi...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Highlights of the day: Chinese phone vendors developing own 5G chips
MediaTek and Qualcomm may be the dominant players in the 5G smartphone SoC sector, but Chinese phone vendors Oppo and...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Unisoc, Oppo, Xiaomi gearing up for new 5G mobile chips roll-outs
Oppo and Xiaomi will introduce their in-house-developed sub-6GHz 5G chip solutions between late 2021 and early 2022, joining fabless chipmaker Unisoc in competing against chip vendors...
Thursday 8 April 2021
Business opportunities in Vietnam: Q&A with Keven Cheng, Taiwan Trade Center director in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam has joined the CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) and RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership), and has signed FTAs (free-trade...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
Highlights of the day: TSMC sees strong order momentum from Apple
Despite recent speculation about decreasing demand from Apple for semiconductor manufacturing services, the latest news from the supply chain has indicated TSMC...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
Virtual Antenna: Q&A with Ignion VP of innovation Carles Puente
Fractus Antennas, formed by engineers who invented the technology allowing smartphone antennas to automatically switch between different bandwidth networks and launched mini-antennas...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
TSMC lands rush 5G chip orders from Qualcomm
TSMC and Qualcomm reportedly are moving to further cement their ties, with the pure-play foundry agreeing to fabricate a batch of rush orders of high-end 5G chips for the US chipmaker,...
Wednesday 7 April 2021
TSMC to kick off production for new iPhone chips ahead of schedule
TSMC will kick off volume shipments for Apple's next-generation iPhone processor dubbed A15 at the end of May ahead of schedule, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 7 April 2021
HTC to launch new 5G phones, AR/VR devices in 2Q21
HTC plans to launch new 5G smartphone models, AR/VR hardware products and related solutions in the second quarter of 2021 to stimulate sales, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 6 April 2021
Foldable smartphone-use AMOLED shipments to reach 12 million units in 2021
Global shipments of flexible AMOLED panels for foldable smartphone applications are likely to reach over 12 million units in 2021, driven by new foldable devices launched by handset...