China-based smartphone brands saw their combined shipments slip 5.2% sequentially and 4.6% on year to come to around 150 million units in the second quarter of 2022, according to figures from DIGITIMES Research's Smartphone Tracker
Apple is expected to diversify its MacBook production in China to avoid placing all the eggs in one basket, according to DIGITIMES Research senior analyst Jim Hsiao for the Notebook Tracker
Despite shortages for some ICs in the second quarter, the notebook industry is expected to see oversupply of panels and audio chips, according to Jim Hsiao, a senior analyst at DIGITIMES Research
DIGITIMES Research expects global supply chain resources to continue to be invested in electric vehicle (EV)-related technologies, driven by governments' power-saving policies and automakers' business deployments
Thanks to the stay-at-home economy, global PC-related product shipments increased dramatically during the past two years with Taiwanese makers' motherboard shipments also picking up to over 50 million units in 2021; however, their shipments are expected to decline in 2022, according to DIGITIMES Research's figures
The shipment share of AMD-powered servers is estimated to rise in 2023 and 2024, while that of Arm-powered serves will triple the 2020 percentage in 2024, according to the latest figures from DIGITIMES Research
