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Tuesday 11 February 2020
TSMC continues to see supply run tight despite coronavirus outbreak
TSMC continues to see its supply remain tight, with no cutbacks in orders from its major fabless clients such as Huawei's HiSilicon, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Uncertainties in employee returns may disrupt Foxconn production
Uncertainties in employee returns due to the coronavirus outbreak have become a challenge for Foxconn Electronics, a key Apple supplier with assembly facilities in Chinese cities...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Pegatron hit by low labor return rates
With China locking down Shanghai to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Pegatron's plant in the city only saw a limited number of workers return to their posts on February 10,...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Memory chip supply to become tight, says Winbond president
The supply of DRAM and NAND flash memory chips is set to fall short of demand in the second half of 2020, although a pick-up in end-market demand may arrive later than expected, according...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
Epidemic impacts on supply chains to become clearer in two weeks
Manufacturing plants in China are gradually resuming operations starting February 10, but the following two weeks will be a key observation period for assessing impacts of the coronavirus...
Tuesday 11 February 2020
LCD panel oversupply to remain in long term
While the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak on the display industry remain uncertain and there will be an adjustment in the supply and demand of panels in the near term, the long-term...
Monday 10 February 2020
Coronavirus outbreak impact: Many have yet to return to work in China
Many factories in China resumed work today after an extended Lunar New Year break, but many Taiwanese IT firms expected a low return rate of workers amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak,...
Monday 10 February 2020
MediaTek slightly lowers global 5G handset sales projection for 2020
MediaTek has adjusted downward its 2020 projection for the world's 5G handset shipments to 170-200 million units from over 200 million due to the coronavirus outbreak, with the Chinese...
Monday 10 February 2020
Silicon Motion expects sales drop in 1Q20
NAND flash device controller specialist Silicon Motion Technology expects to post a revenue decrease of 10-15% sequentially in the first quarter of 2020, with gross margin ranging...
Monday 10 February 2020
Outbreak impact on Taiwan industries and exports still uncertain, says MOEA
While the World Health Organization has declared widespread coronavirus outbreak around China as Public Health Emergency of International Concern, it is still difficult to assess...
Monday 10 February 2020
TSMC revenues up in January, VIS down
TSMC has reported consolidated revenues for January 2020 increased 32.8% on year and 0.4% sequentially to NT$103.68 billion (US$3.45 billion), while revenues at specialty IC foundry...
Monday 10 February 2020
ASE Technology sets 1Q20 capacity utilization at 75-80% despite epidemic
Taiwan's leading backend service provider ASE Technology Holding expects to register an average capacity utilization of 75-80% for the first quarter of 2020 and is optimistic that...
Monday 10 February 2020
Global server shipments to drop nearly 10% in 1Q20 due to outbreak, says Digitimes Research
Global server shipments went up 13.4% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2019 thanks to rising demand from US large datacenter companies and China's server market. However, shipments...
Monday 10 February 2020
Less than 20% of employees expected to return to work in China
Less than 20% of Chinese factory employees would return to work after an extended Lunar New Year break due to the coronavirus outbreak, and many components plants in China have decided...
Monday 10 February 2020
Outbreak impact on Foxconn production for Apple remains uncertain
The impacts of the coronavirus outbreak on Apple's supply chain remains uncertain, but Apple's share prices managed to rally in the US stock market. Investors believed that Apple's...