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Monday 1 August 2022
China lockdowns impact Taiwan makers' exports, says MOEA
COVID lockdowns in China affected the export orders that Taiwan received in April 2022, which came to US$51.90 billion, down 17.2% sequentially and 5.5% on year, according to Ministry...
Monday 1 August 2022
Robust Apple devices sales to bolster TSMC performance in 2H22
Apple devices successfully weathering headwinds hitting the handset and PC markets are significantly adding growth momentum to the vendor's close foundry partner TSMC, according to...
Monday 1 August 2022
MacBook series to outshine other PC brands in 2H22
MacBook series could be the only bright spot for PC sales in the second half of the year amid a persisting market downturn, with assemblers and components suppliers all poised to...
Thursday 28 July 2022
SK Hynix posts record 2Q22 sales but sees challenges ahead
SK Hynix has reported record-high sales for the second quarter of 2022 but warned of a slow second half of the year for the memory market.
Monday 11 July 2022
Notebook ODMs enjoy rising shipments in June
Notebook ODMs saw June revenues rise from a month ago thanks to the lifting of the COVID-19 lockdowns in eastern Chinese cities and the related upstream supply chain will be fully...
Thursday 30 June 2022
IPC maker Getac expects revenue growth in 2022
Rugged PC maker Getac remains cautiously optimistic about performance in the second half of 2022, owing to the implementation of government budgets and pull-in orders from channel...
Monday 20 June 2022
Component makers cautious about orders for 2H22
Notebook component makers are turning conservative about orders for the second half as impacts from the war between Ukraine and Russia and China's COVID lockdowns are expected to...
Friday 17 June 2022
Notebook shipments rebound in May with China COVID lockdowns easing, says DIGITIMES Research
The global top-5 notebook brands saw combined shipments rebound 34% in May from a month ago with the lifting of COVID lockdowns in eastern China, but the volumes still went down compared...
Friday 17 June 2022
Device assemblers keen to expand smart manufacturing amid labor shortage
Labor shortage has become a new normal at manufacturing industries worldwide in the post-pandemic era, and this is driving device assemblers including notebook ODMs and network device...
Friday 17 June 2022
IC distributor Weikeng eyeing sales rebound in 2H22
IC distributor Weikeng Industrial expects its sales to rebound in the second half of 2022 thanks to an easing of COVID-induced lockdowns and related restrictive measures in China,...
Friday 10 June 2022
Adata expects sales to pick up in 2H22
Memory module maker Adata Technology expects its sales to hit bottom for 2022 in the second quarter before picking up in the third and fourth quarter.
Friday 10 June 2022
Laster restores 90% of car lighting module production in Shanghai
LED automotive lighting module maker Laster Tech has restored 90% of production capacity at its Shanghai plant in China, and is stepping up fulfilling its backlog of orders, according...
Thursday 9 June 2022
Sercomm customers more concerned about China lockdown than chip shortages
Customers of network device maker Sercomm are more concerned about the impact of COVID-induced lockdown restrictions in China than chip shortages, according to company chairman James...
Wednesday 8 June 2022
Quanta striving to accelerate production in Shanghai for MacBook production
Quanta Computer, reportedly a supplier for the new MacBook Air, is striving to boost production at its Shanghai manufacturing site to pre-lockdown levels, according to industry sou...
Tuesday 7 June 2022
China smartphone SoC shipments fall
Only 17.6 million smartphone SoC solutions were shipped for models rolled out in China in April 2022, down 21.6% on month and 12.1% on year, according to data compiled by CINNO Res...