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Tuesday 16 November 2021
Taiwan IC design houses see gross margins come under downward pressure
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...
Tuesday 2 November 2021
Taiwan notebooks, 3Q 2021

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Monday 25 October 2021
Chromebook gaining ground beyond education segment
Demand for education-use Chromebooks has waned significantly in most markets except for the US, but overall Chromebook shipments are expected to maintain a stronger momentum than...
Monday 18 October 2021
Chipmakers cautious about overbooking for consumer applications in 4Q21
Shipments of display driver ICs (DDI) for Chromebook and large-size TV applications are apparently slowing down on seasonality in the fourth quarter, but the supply of networking...
Monday 27 September 2021
Chromebook demand overly reduced, says AUO chairman Peng
Price of 11.6-inch panels is falling amid softening demand for Chromebooks, but AU Optronics (AUO) chairman Paul Peng stays positive about notebook demand in the coming years, saying...
Thursday 23 September 2021
Chromebook demand turns to 15-inch models
Chromebooks with 14- to 15-inch displays are currently having the worst shortages as orders from the education segment are shifting from the elementary to middle school levels - which...
Thursday 23 September 2021
DRAM contract prices to see larger-than-expected drop in 4Q21
DRAM contract prices will post a larger-than-expected drop in the fourth quarter of 2021, as spot prices have been fluctuating widely, according to market sources.
Wednesday 22 September 2021
NAND supply likely to turn tight in 2H22, says Silicon Motion
NAND flash prices are expected to stay stable in 2022, but the supply of such chips is likely to turn tight in the second half of next year, according to Wallace Kou, president of...
Friday 10 September 2021
Quanta, Compal post shipment drops in August
Quanta Computer shipped a total of 5.5 million notebooks in August, down 6.8% sequentially, while fellow company Compal Electronics saw its notebook shipments dip 4.1% on month to...
Thursday 9 September 2021
Wistron, Inventec enjoy shipment growth in August but may post disappointing performance in 3Q21
Notebook ODMs such as Wistron and Inventec may experience lower-than-expected shipments in the third quarter of 2021, due mainly to the ongoing IC shortages disrupting their deliveries,...
Wednesday 25 August 2021
Brand vendors eye Chromebook demand from consumer and enterprise segments in 2H21
Notebook brand vendors are expected to turn their focus to promoting Chromebooks in the enterprise and consumer segments in the second half of 2021 and will mainly push 14-inch and...
Tuesday 24 August 2021
Chromebook demand remains strong, says Acer chairman
Chromebook demand remains strong, with sales set to outperform the overall PC sales in terms of growth, according to Acer chairman and CEO Jason Chen.
Monday 16 August 2021
Quanta expects single-digit drop in 3Q21 notebook shipments due to Chromebooks
Quanta Computer expects its third-quarter notebook shipments to slip a single-digit percentage sequentially, due to weakening demand for Chromebooks from the education segment.
Thursday 12 August 2021
Asustek PC supply continues lagging behind demand
Asustek Computer continues to see its PC supply fall short of demand with clear order visibility through the end of this year, according to company co-CEO SY Hsu.