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Wednesday 5 June 2019
Foxconn plant in US to mass produce TV panels on a-Si tech in 4Q20
Foxconn's upcoming 6G LCD plant in Wisconsin will initially use a-Si technology to produce IT and TV panels starting late 2020, and then shift to IGZO one year later for manufacturing...
Wednesday 5 June 2019
Trade ban to slash Huawei smartphone shipments in 2019, says Digitimes Research
Trade restrictions imposed by the US government on Huawei are set to have an adverse impact on the China-based vendor's smartphone shipments in 2019, according to Digitimes Research...
Friday 31 May 2019
MSI shifts production for US-bound shipments back to Taiwan
Micro-Star International (MSI) is moving some of its production back to Taiwan to avoid the impact of the trade war between the world's two biggest economies, with its local facilities...
Friday 31 May 2019
Wiwynn sees US-China trade war affect order visibility
Taiwan-based server maker Wiwynn currently has low order visibility for the second half of 2019, due to the impact of US-China trade tensions, according company president Emily Hon...
Thursday 30 May 2019
Pegatron to focus on producing networking devices initially in Indonesia, says chairman
Pegatron's plant to in Batam, Indonesia will initially focus on networking devices in its first year of operation, according to company chairman TH Tung.
Thursday 30 May 2019
Micron striving to cushion impact of US trade ban on Huawei
Micron Technology is striving to mitigate the impact of the US trade ban on Huawei, according to the US memory chip vendor.
Thursday 30 May 2019
Global top-3 memory vendors to see sales hit bottom in 2Q19, says Digitimes Research
The world's top-3 memory chip vendors are expected to see their sales for the second quarter of 2019 hit the year's lowest quarterly levels after experiencing remarkable sequential...
Thursday 30 May 2019
SSD prices fall below US$0.10 per GB
SSD prices have fallen below US$0.10 per GB, and are expected to drop further to as low as US$0.05 per GB next year, according to China-based storage device maker Longsys Electroni...
Wednesday 29 May 2019
Acer readies strategies for US-China trade war
Acer has prepared multiple sets of strategies to cushion the escalating trade tensions between the US and China, according to company chairman and CEO Jason Chen.
Wednesday 29 May 2019
Taiwan TV makers to be not much affected by US tariffs hike
Taiwan's TV manufacturers would not be much affected by the US raising tariffs on TVs from China, as many of the TVs sold in the US are from Mexico.
Monday 27 May 2019
PSI rules out China for new wafer processing fab site
Taiwan-based Phoenix Silicon International (PSI), dedicated to wafer reclaim, wafer thinning and MEMS mid-end process services, plans to set up a new plant to fulfill robust orders...
Monday 27 May 2019
Pegatron beefs up operation in Taiwan
Pegatron has been shifting its production back to Taiwan from China to minimize the impact of the US hiking tariffs on Chinese imports.
Monday 27 May 2019
Notebook ODMs prepare production in Taiwan for possible US tariff hike
The notebook industry has been making adjustments as ODMs brace for the impacts of increased US tariffs on Chinese goods by increasing production in Taiwan.
Monday 27 May 2019
Taiwan networking device, server makers to see stable profits in 2Q19 after lowering China capacity
Some of Taiwan's networking device and server makes are expected to see their sales stablize starting the second quarter of 2019 after their earnings were weighed down in the first...
Monday 27 May 2019
Taiwan MOSFET supply chain gaining rush orders from Huawei
Taiwan's 6-inch wafer foundry houses such as Mosel Vitelic have been landing rush orders from China - probably from the Huawei camp - in May for processing MOSFET chips for use in...