Global server shipments performed weaker than DIGITIMES Research had anticipated originally, slipping almost 14% sequentially to fall below four million units. Having a lower comparison base in the same quarter a year ago and the fact that brand vendors are expected to begin volume shipments of servers with new CPU platforms, overall server shipments are expected to witness a low single-digit sequential growth in the second quarter of 2023, according to DIGITIMES Research's latest server report figures

Looking into second-quarter 2023, smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors are estimated to come to 132 million units, increasing 10% sequentially as smartphone brands ramp up their inventory more aggressively than they did in the prior quarter to prepare for the 618 shopping festival in China. However, on a year-over-year basis, the volume will still represent a more than 30% decline, indicating sluggish AP demand overall, according to figures from DIGITIMES Research's latest report covering the smartphone AP industry

LiDAR is rising to be the emerging component differentiating car models in China. According to Evan Chen, an analyst with DIGITIMES Research, global automotive LiDAR shipment is expected to reach 500,000 units in 2023, with China taking up at least 80% of it

The EV supply chain in Southeast Asia has grown mature with Thailand and Indonesia becoming the major players in the ecosystem. With Thailand's subsidy policies helping boost local EV sales, many Chinese automakers including Great Wall Motor (GWM), SAIC Motor, and BYD are also planning to establish production lines in Thailand for making BEVs and should turn the country into a key EV market before 2030, according to DIGITIMES Research's study on Southeast Asia's EV industry

Thanks to the four major advantages 800V high-voltage high-power quick-charging has, and its feature of a charging efficiency close to fueling a gasoline car, EV makers are increasingly devoted to high-voltage quick-charging R&D, according to DIGITIMES Research's new Smart Cars report covering quick-charging technology development

South Korea's top three PCB suppliers SEMCO, LG Innotek, and Daeduck, after discontinuing their unprofitable PCB products and moving toward high-end IC substrates, have stabilized their PCB revenue and profitability in the past several years, according to DIGITIMES Research's latest report covering South Korea's PCB industry

Since the timeframe for the evolution of communication technology has greatly shortened, 6G is now expected to be commercialized as soon as 2030. Compared to 5G, the next-generation technology needs to have superior performances in all manner of network transmission parameters and needs to consume less power to improve its energy consumption efficiency, both major challenges, according to DIGITIMES Research's latest study on telecom network technologies

Following the launch of satellite communication-capable phones by Apple and Huawei in Q3 2022, other mobile phone companies have expressed interest in introducing similar phones or products. A growing range of collaborations between satellite operators, mobile phone manufacturers, and telecom operators have become highly anticipated. It is expected that more brands will join the party in 2023

Broadband communication technologies such as LTE Cat.1bis and 5G NR-Light are gaining the attention of IoT chip developers for their new products with the phasing away of 2G and 3G networks, while IoT chips with RISC-V architecture have grown popular among Chinese chip suppliers, according to DIGITIMES Research's latest finding in the IoT chip industry

Demand for GaAs-based power amplifiers (PAs) is expected to pick up gradually in the second half of 2023 with the recovery of smartphone shipments, according to DIGITIMES Research's study of the GaAs-based PA market

Despite China's weak smartphone market, Apple's iPhone series has performed relatively well in 2022 and 2023, even seeing a slight increase in market share. The reason, however, could have less to do with the iPhone's performance and more to do with China's struggling economy which has led to a sales decline of mid- to low-end models, according to DIGITIMES Research

Global smartphone application processor (AP) shipments are set to come to 1.114 billion units in 2023, down 11.8% on year, mainly due to declining smartphone shipments and slow AP inventory depletion