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Monday 9 August 2021
India may increase incentives for foreign investments in IT products
India plans to ramp up its production linked incentive scheme (PLI) for IT hardware as suppliers criticized the current budget is too low to satisfy domestic demand, according to...
Monday 9 August 2021
Advantech to establish 15 AIoT emerging business units by yea-end 2025
Industrial computing devices and solutions supplier Advantech, to cope with fast growing global demand for AI+IoT (AIoT) software platforms and solutions, will set up 15 AIoT-specific...
Monday 9 August 2021
Ennoconn enters third-stage development, says chairman
Industrial motherboard, POS (point of sale/service) device and kiosk maker Ennoconn has started its third-stage development since the beginning of 2021, according to company chairman...
Monday 9 August 2021
India roundup: First Solar to build PV module plant in India; Realme to export locally-made handsets
US-based First solar has unveiled a plan to build a PV module plant in India, emphasizing that none of its production occurs in China. Meanwhile, Chinese brand Realme is looking to...
Monday 9 August 2021
Views from Taiwan (10): The structure of the server sector
With manufacturing advantages inherited from Taiwan's notebook industry, Taiwan's server shipments account for over 90% of the global server market. Server suppliers such as Wistron's...
Friday 6 August 2021
Global server market, 2Q 2021
Global server shipments grew only 9.2% sequentially in the second quarter of 2021.
Friday 6 August 2021
Global 2Q21 server shipment growth constrained by chip shortage
Global server shipments grew only 9.2% sequentially in the second quarter of 2021, weaker than Digitimes Research's estimation of 14% growth made in April, due to shortages of components...
Friday 6 August 2021
Views from Taiwan (9): Taiwanese firms as IT powerhouses
The industry community is aware that Huawei has been hoarding components so as to secure supply to sustain its production line, especially high-end parts. On top of that, China is...
Thursday 5 August 2021
China smartphone vendors see combined shipments fall in 2Q21
China-based vendors shipped a total of 160 million smartphones worldwide in the second quarter of 2021, down 16.4% sequentially and 3.2% on year. But shipments will rebound to a 14%...
Thursday 5 August 2021
Views from Taiwan (8): MediaTek becomes largest supplier of handset APs to Samsung
According to DIGITIMES Research analyst Stella Weng's study, MediaTek's application processors (AP) were used in only 8% of Samsung's handsets in 2019, but the proportion shot up...
Thursday 5 August 2021
India handset vendors still keen on 2G phones
India-based Reliance has been encouraging local consumers to swtich from feature phones to smartphones, but several other brands such as Realme and HMD Global are instead releasing...
Wednesday 4 August 2021
Unisoc raises smartphone chip prices
China's Unisoc has raised its smartphone chip prices by about 25% with the new pricing becoming effective starting August, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 4 August 2021
Ennoconn sees challenge from supply-side constraints
The ongoing shortage of crucial chips and components will be challenging industrial PC maker Ennoconn in the second half of 2021, according to the company president Nelson Tsai.
Wednesday 4 August 2021
Views from Taiwan (7): India to cash in on China's setbacks?
As the second largest handset market next to China, India sees its suppliers mainly carrying Chinese brands. Is India facing a fundamental change in market structure? Smartphone brands...
Tuesday 3 August 2021
Highlights of the day: Notebook shipments to see weak growth in 3Q21
Global notebook shipments wee weaker than expected in second-quarter 2021, thanks to components shortages. Global notebook...