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Wednesday 20 May 2020
Apple accelerates moving of iPhone production to India, Vietnam
Apple has stepped up moving more of its iPhone production to India and Vietnam looking to better diversify manufacturing risks amid the escalating trade US-China tensions, according...
Wednesday 20 May 2020
Smartphone panel prices falling
Prices for LCD and AMOLED panels for use in smartphones have all trended downward in May, as handset brands are adjusting their panel demand, while reeling from the adverse impacts...
Wednesday 20 May 2020
Smartphone sales picking up in China
Smartphone sales in China have been picking up recently, with strong consumer demand for 5G models fueling the momentum, according to sources from Taiwan's handset supply chain.
Wednesday 20 May 2020
Pegatron eyeing opportunities from 5G private networks
Pegatron, eyeing the business opportunities in enterprise-use private networks in the 5G era, is making preparations to produce devices for use in dedicated 5G networks for enterprise...
Wednesday 20 May 2020
FET finishes POC for drone-based 5G 3D spatial network optimization
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has disclosed it has completed proof of concept (POC) for drone-based 5G 3D spatial network optimization, a project intended to optimize spatial...
Wednesday 20 May 2020
Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo to benefit from fresh US restrictions on Huawei
Chinese handset vendors including Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo are likely to grab more market share from Huawei in overseas markets as China's top handset brand faces tightened trade restrictions...
Wednesday 20 May 2020
Dialog Semi upgrades SoC to support social distancing
Dialog Semiconductor has announced a new Wireless Ranging (WiRa) software development kit (SDK) that it says adds highly accurate and reliable distance measurement capabilities to...
Tuesday 19 May 2020
Foxconn has no visibility beyond 2Q20 for PC components
Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Young Liu has noted that the coronavirus pandemic is still far from being over, and the company only has order visibility...
Tuesday 19 May 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC-Huawei ties in limbo
TSMC's 5nm fab to be built in the US may better serve its clients, including Apple, in the country and fall in line with the Trump administration's policy, but the foundry house's...
Tuesday 19 May 2020
Qualcomm, MediaTek head to head in entry-level 5G SoC market
MediaTek has announced a new Dimensity chipset for smartphones, the Dimensity 820, supporting 5G and the latest multimedia and AI technologies. The new offering portends keen competition...
Tuesday 19 May 2020
SMIC unlikely to replace TSMC amid Huawei ban
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is highly unlikely to replace TSMC as the major foundry partner of Huawei even if TSMC stops shipping to the China-based client due...
Tuesday 19 May 2020
Taiwan backend houses expect Huawei orders to drift starting 4Q20
Taiwan-based OSAT firms will continue to fulfill chip orders from Huawei/HiSilicon in the third quarter of 2020, but are unsure about the orders in the fourth quarter as the Chinese...
Tuesday 19 May 2020
TSMC braces for impact of new US restrictions on Huawei
TSMC already took 7nm and 5nm chip orders from Huawei in advance before stopping taking more orders from the China-based client in the wake of the US government's announcement of...
Monday 18 May 2020
TSMC US fab plan may boost server production in North America
TSMC is mostly likely to turn out 5nm HPC chips for datacenter server applications at its planned 5nm fab in the US, and whether the move will push up server contract production in...
Friday 15 May 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC to build 5nm fab in US
The US has emerged as winner in the latest round of trade disputes with China: TSMC has announced a plan to build...