306 news items tagged wearable
Apple to enter 2nd-phase development of AR glasses prototype, say sources
Wednesday 6 January 2021Apple is about to enter the second phase of its AR glasses prototype development, according to industry sources.
HannStar wearable panel shipments affected by driver IC shortages
Friday 4 December 2020HannStar Display has revealed that its panel shipments for wearable applications will be affected in the fourth quarter of 2020 by the fact that it has been only able to secure about...
US election outcome not to change ODM relocation plans
Friday 6 November 2020Taiwan-based notebook and server manufacturers are sticking to plans of moving production out of China according to customer requests, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential...
Taiwan HDI PCB suppliers diversifying target markets
Tuesday 20 October 2020Taiwan-based HDI PCB suppliers have put increased focus on their offerings for non-handset applications, looking to diversify their target markets, according to industry sources.
Opto Tech reportedly logs full capacity for Apple Watch 6 sensor components
Thursday 8 October 2020Optoelectronic semiconductor specialist Opto Tech sees its sensor components production lines running at full capacity to meet strong demand for Apple Watch 6 Series, and plans to...
ASE Technology reportedly lands major SiP orders for new Apple Watch
Thursday 17 September 2020ASE Technology and its EMS subsidiary Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) have reportedly grabbed major system-in-package (SiP) orders for the new Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple...
New generation of wearable medical devices calls for secure, high-density non-volatile memory
Thursday 17 September 2020As the world emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, it is likely to leave lasting impacts not only on the patients who have been treated by dedicated doctors and nurses, but also generally...
Samsung stepping up efforts for advanced chip packaging
Monday 24 August 2020Samsung is stepping up its deployments in the 3D IC packaging field, looking to compete against TSMC starting 2022 for advanced chip packaging in-house, according to industry obser...
Samsung announces silicon-proven 3D IC technology
Tuesday 18 August 2020Samsung Electronics has announced the immediate availability of its silicon-proven 3D IC packaging technology, eXtended-Cube (X-Cube), for today's most advanced process nodes.
Inventec Appliances to supply low-cost ventilators to Fitbit
Friday 24 July 2020Fitbit has launched the Fitbit Flow, a low-cost emergency ventilator with Inventec Appliances reportedly being the sole supplier, according to sources from the upstream supply chai...
ASE Technology sees record 1H20 revenues, stronger 3Q20
Friday 10 July 2020Leading IC backend house ASE Technology Holding saw its revenues for both second-quarter and first-half 2020 hit record highs, thanks mainly to high capacity utilization for wire...
HannStar Display ramping up shipments for wearables
Friday 12 June 2020HannStar Display has further optimized its product mix for 2020, focusing on panels for IoT and wearable applications, while reducing those for smartphone applications, according...
Winbond leads the era of wearable devices with the launch of HyperRAM WLCSP package
Thursday 11 June 2020Winbond Electronics Corporation, a leading global supplier of semiconductor memory solutions, today announced the introduction of new HyperRAM products with WLCSP, which reaches an...
Compeq 1Q20 net profits shoot up 196%
Monday 11 May 2020Taiwan-based PCB maker Compeq Manufacturing has announced its first-quarter net earnings shot up 195.74% on year to NT$929 million (US$31.13 million) on revenues of NT$12.09 billion,...
Semiconductor market to drop 5% in 2020, says Omdia
Monday 4 May 2020The coronavirus crisis will undercut growth in the global semiconductor business in 2020, with the looming threat of global recession prompting Omdia to slash its market forecast...
Shipments of wearable devices soar in 4Q19, says IDC
Friday 13 March 2020The worldwide market for wearable devices grew 82.3% in the fourth quarter of 2019, reaching a new high of 118.9 million devices shipped, according to IDC.
TWS earphone market feeling the pinch of coronavirus outbreak
Tuesday 18 February 2020The global market for TWS earbuds and other devices has been expected to expand sharply in 2020, but certain component shortages due to the coronavirus outbreak are hitting its supply...
Semiconductor spending declines in 2019, says Gartner
Thursday 6 February 2020Leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) reduced their semiconductor spend in 2019, influenced by declining memory prices, according to Gartner. Apple took the top rank from...
Taiwan ICT players set to gain from new AR/VR, AIoT applications
Wednesday 22 January 2020The just-concluded CES 2020 has witnessed diverse new tech innovations and applications, such as wearable devices focusing more on diverse health monitoring, AR/VR gears incorporating...
Inventec expects 10% revenue expansion in 2020
Tuesday 21 January 2020Taiwan-based ODM Inventec expects each of its three major product lines to register about 10% revenue expansion in 2020 and a higher growth in 2021, with plans to simultaneously expand...
Compal expects non-notebook shipments to surge in 2020
Friday 17 January 2020Compal Electronics expects its notebook shipments to register only flat growth on year in 2020, but shipments of its non-notebook products such as wearables, smart home devices, automotive...
Taiwan, Vietnam to be major production bases for notebook ODMs
Monday 13 January 2020Despite a truce in the US-China trade war, notebook ODMs will continue their capacity relocation to Taiwan and Vietnam, with the two becoming their major production bases outside...
Notebook ODMs to see shipments drop 10-15% in 1Q20
Friday 10 January 2020Notebook ODMs saw weaker-than-expected shipments in fourth-quarter 2020 due to Intel CPU shortages and clients' high inventory levels as a result of their early inventory build-ups...
ODM, EMS providers gear up for AR glasses market
Thursday 9 January 2020Worldwide first-tier ODMs and EMS providers including Quanta Computer, Pegatron, Wistron and Flextronics have begun crossing into the manufacturing of augmented reality (AR) glasses,...
Huawei keeping a low profile at CES 2020
Thursday 9 January 2020Huawei has a low-profile display at CES 2020, showcasing mostly existing products, such as the P30 Pro smartphone, the foldable Mate X, tablets and wearable, without unveiling any...