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Friday 13 September 2024
Apple signals flexibility on App Store policies to maintain Chinese market share
At Apple's product launch event on September 10, the company dedicated a segment of the presentation to announce that Tencent's latest game, "Honor of Kings: World" is scheduled to...
Friday 13 September 2024
Apple's cautious AI rollout: supply chain anticipates iPhone 16 3Q24 sales impact
Apple unveiled its AI feature, Apple Intelligence, at its product launch event on September 10, announcing a US rollout in October. However, support for languages such as Chinese,...
Friday 13 September 2024
Momentum for mass NB growth limited by AI PC surrogate marketing
Sunrex, a major notebook (NB) keyboard manufacturer and one of Apple's main Magic Keyboard suppliers, has been actively developing products such as touch modules and backlight modules...
Friday 13 September 2024
PANJIT achieves record automotive revenue in 3Q24, expands global presence
Despite recent disruptions in the automotive supply chain and varying perspectives on the automotive market among industry players, PANJIT, a major power semiconductor and integrated...
Thursday 12 September 2024
iPhone 16 fixes long-standing hardware woes; missing AI spark may stall upgrade frenzy
Apple recently unveiled the iPhone 16 at its latest event. The most notable hardware update is the introduction of a dedicated camera button, while other changes involve standard...
Thursday 12 September 2024
Samsung postpones new Exynos Auto chip while MediaTek accelerates automotive investments
There are reports of Samsung Electronics (Samsung) delaying the R&D of the automotive chip Exynos Auto and instead focusing on the development and mass-production of items including...
Thursday 12 September 2024
Isuzu accelerates self-driving initiatives, aims for level 4 autonomy by 1Q28
Japan-based automotive manufacturer Isuzu Motors (Isuzu) has set an ambitious goal to industrialize Level 4 self-driving trucks and buses by the end of March 2028 at the latest, with...
Thursday 12 September 2024
Dixon signs MoU with HP for PC manufacturing in India
Padget Electronics, a subsidiary of India-based Dixon Technologies, has signed an MoU with HP to manufacture notebooks, PCs, and all-in-one PCs as part of India's initiative to encourage...
Thursday 12 September 2024
IC distributor GMI warns of still-high inventory in China
IC distributor GMI Technology has cautioned about persistently high inventory levels in China. Still, it remains optimistic about semiconductor demand in communications, AI, and automotive...
Thursday 12 September 2024
Ultra-large LCD TVs now dominate the market price war
As emerging technologies and changing lifestyles impact consumer behavior, fewer people are choosing to watch TV at home. This has led to a decline in global TV shipments, urging...
Thursday 12 September 2024
IC design houses brace for weak 4Q24 demand, pin hopes on 2025 recovery
As the traditional year-end peak season approaches, the usual surge in chip demand will clearly not materialize this year, aligning with earlier predictions in the industry. With...
Thursday 12 September 2024
AI PCs fail to boost 2H24 notebook shipments despite launch
Despite the launch of AI PCs, their impact on the peak season effect for the second half of 2024 is limited. The notebook (NB) supply chain estimates that shipments in the second...
Wednesday 11 September 2024
AMD shifts focus to mid-range GPUs, targets 40-50% market share
In the gaming graphics processing unit (GPU) market, Nvidia currently holds an 88% market share, while AMD accounts for only 12%. An AMD senior executive stated during an interview...
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Taiwan's trade surplus with US hits record high on AI server export surge
Taiwan's trade surplus with the US reached an all-time high of US$42.26 billion in the first eight months of 2024, surpassing the US$35.6 billion total for all of 2023. This significant...
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Walsin affiliate opens new PCB plant in Penang
Elna Printed Circuits, a subsidiary of PCB manufacturer Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) under Walsin Technology Group, has inaugurated a new PCB facility in Penang, Malaysia.