Demand for notebooks has been fueled by stay-at-home needs during the coronavirus pandemic. Digitimes Research expects panel makers to see sharp increases in shipments for notebook applications in the second quarter 2020, which is likely the peak period of 2020 for notebook panels. But the desktop PC market has been far weaker. The PC DIY market is likely to decline 30% in 2020. For the smartphone market, fingerprint recognition solution supplier Egistec is expanding its presence in China, and has entered the supply chain of Huawei's 5G handsets.
Notebook panel shipments to peak in 2Q20: Global shipments of notebook panels are expected to surge 26% sequentially in the second quarter of 2020, driven by demand from the world's top-three notebook brands, Digitimes Research has estimated.
DIY PC market likely to shrink 30% in 2020: DIY desktop PC sales have been sluggish so far this year, unlike the notebook market bolstered by the rise of stay-at-home economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the DIY market may shrink by 30% in 2020 if the pandemic lingers, according to sources from motherboard and grahics card makers.
EgisTec enters supply chain of Huawei 5G phones: Egis Technology (EgisTec) has made inroads into China's fingerprint sensor market, with its products now finding their way into the supply chain of Huawei's 5G smartphones, according to industry sources.