Large-size display driver ICs (DDI) demand is unlikely to pick up until the end of 2022, as continuous inventory adjustments at clients and production reductions by panel makers are...
PCB manufacturer HannStar Board expects a ramp-up in demand for game consoles and servers to offset a slowdown in demand for Chromebook and other consumer notebooks in 2022.
Asustek Computer expects to post flat to slight growth in notebook shipments in 2022 compared to 2021 when the company shipped a record-high 20 million notebooks.
Brand notebook vendors have cut back orders with suppliers in 2022, particularly orders for Chromebooks, and have also revised downward annual shipment targets, according to sources...
IC design houses, particularly those specializing in chips for handsets and other mass-market device applications, are under pressure to lower their prices amid sluggish end-market...
Taiwan-based Parade Technologies, a supplier of mixed-signal ICs for display and high-speed interface standards used in computers, consumer electronics and display panels, remains...
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to slip at least 10% on year in 2022 due to a drastic drop in Chromebook demand from the education segment, while the PC supply chain in China...
Chip demand for Chromebooks has been falling rapidly, whereas demand for business notebooks is relatively stable, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Taiwan-based Elan Microelectronics, specializing in touchscreen controllers for PC applications, expects its newly developed large-size TDDI chips for notebooks to start contributing...
Brand vendors, downstream memory module makers and distributors have all turned cautious about end-market demand prospects this year, judging from disappointing sales of consumer...
Supply-side constraints, rather than demand weakening, are challenging the global supply of education-use notebooks and tablets including Chromebooks and Microsoft's Surface Go series,...
Probably not many people know that the world's first Android-native smartphone and the world's first Chromebook were both born in Taiwan. Taiwan also currently contributes to the...
Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision), Pegatron and Quanta Computer are all poised to generate sequential sales increases in the fourth quarter of 2021 as they start fulfilling...
With pure-play foundries initiating another price hikes to reflect their continued tight fab capacities, many Taiwan-based IC design houses are finding it increasingly difficult to...
