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Friday 4 December 2020
Taiwan LCD TVs – 3Q 2020
Taiwan's TV shipments arrived at 8.46 million units in the third quarter of 2020, up 34.7% sequentially and up 11.9% on year.
Friday 4 December 2020
Dynabook launches new notebooks
Dynabook Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sharp, has launched notebooks covering different market segments during the IT Month trade show in Taiwan.
Tuesday 1 December 2020
Sharp CEO worries about lopsided supply chain
The prolonging coronavirus pandemic has triggered drastic changes in the global economy, and the resultant impacts are troublesome to most industries, including the flat panel industry,...
Monday 30 November 2020
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 3Q 2020
Ahead of the new US trade sanctions against Huawei taking effect on September 15, Hannstar had geared up its handset panel shipments to the Chinese vendor, which helped boost Taiwan's...
Thursday 5 November 2020
Taiwan notebooks – 3Q 2020
Taiwan's third-quarter 2020 notebook shipments grew 4.3% sequentially and picked up 31.3% on year to arrive at 44.46 million units, a new high since the second quarter of 2012.
Monday 2 November 2020
Japan panel makers see capacity utilization rates keep improving
Japan-based LCD panel makers including JDI and Sharp, a unit of Foxconn Electronics, have seen capacity utilization rates at their fabs improve significantly thanks to a robust panel...
Tuesday 27 October 2020
Global smartphone shipment forecast, 2021 and beyond
Following three consecutive years of declines in 2018-2020, global smartphone shipments are expected to grow by a double-digit rate or 150 million units in 2021.
Wednesday 16 September 2020
Sharp to not take sides in G2 supply chains, says chairman
The global tech sectors are heading towards a split into two ecosystems serving China and the US separately, but there will be no need for Sharp, now under the Foxconn Technology...
Wednesday 19 August 2020
Global tablet market – 2Q 2020
Second-quarter 2020 global tablet shipments amounted to 39.65 million units, surging 60.5% from a quarter ago and 21.4% from a year ago, outperforming expectation.
Wednesday 12 August 2020
China smartphone AP shipments – 2Q 2020
Second-quarter 2020 smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors amounted to 169.9 million units, down 20.6% year-over-year but up 25.8% quarter-over-quarter.
Tuesday 11 August 2020
China smartphone market and industry – 2Q 2020
Smartphone shipments to the China market in second-quarter 2020 were doubled sequentially, as the coronavirus pandemic in China was eased, while the economy was benefited by the re-opening...
Tuesday 21 July 2020
IC analysis lab iST posts sharp profit surge in 1H20
IC materials analysis specialist Integrated Service Technology (iST) saw its profits for the first half 2020 exceed those for all of 2019, driven by strong demand for advanced fabrication...
Tuesday 2 June 2020
Taiwan LCD monitors – 1Q 2020
Taiwan's PC monitor shipments in the first quarter of 2020 went down 20.5% sequentially.
Thursday 28 May 2020
Global tablet market – 1Q 2020
Global tablet shipments are forecast to climb 45.5% sequentially and 9.9% on year in the second quarter of 2020 thanks to a recovery in the related supply chain's capacity in China...
Monday 25 May 2020
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 1Q 2020
Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments totaled 47.69 million units in the first quarter of 2020, down 19.3% sequentially and 12.3% on year.