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Styrene gas leak at LG India Chemical Plant! At least 9 people died and more than 300 people were taken to hospital
Feb
According to foreign media reports, a South Korean LG Chem polymer plant in Visakhapatnam, southeast India, had a styrene gas leak in the early morning of the 7th, killing at least 9 people and sending more than 300 people to the hospital. As many as 3,000 people were evacuated to a safe place.
According to reports, around 3:30 a.m. local time, the poison gas spr…
SEP ban demands high licensing fees, Sharp is suspected of intellectual property abuse
Feb
Recently, many domestic companies have complained to the China Mobile Alliance for Sharp's unreasonably high prices and abuse of lawsuits in patent licensing negotiations. The China Mobile has reported to the national regulatory agency that Sharp is suspected of abusing intellectual property rights to exclude and restrict competition.
In fact, China's mobile phon…
MediaTek's revenue in April was 20.546 billion Taiwan dollars, and it is optimistic about the future market operation
Feb
According to Taiwan Media Central News Agency, MediaTek announced on April 8 revenue of NT $ 20.546 billion (the same applies below), a year-on-year decrease of 4.67% and a decrease of 10% from the previous month.
Regarding the outlook for the market, MediaTek expects strong demand for 5G mobile phone chips. Revenue in the second quarter will increase by 2% to 10…
Intel, AMD, NVIDIA give up participating in this Taipei Computer Show
Feb
Affected by the epidemic, the 202 Taipei Computer Show (Computex 2020), which was originally scheduled to be held on June 2-6, was postponed to September 28-30. The venue was arranged in the second hall of Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei, China, but many companies Decided not to participate in this PC annual event. Prior to this, board and storage brands such as B…
The impact of the epidemic is too big! Taiyo Yuden: Expected operating profit to drop by 70% in the first fiscal quarter
Feb
According to Juheng.com, Taiyo Yuden announced its latest financial report on Tuesday.
The report shows that the full-year operating profit for 2019 increased by 5.5% to 37.1 billion yen. It is estimated that operating profit in the first fiscal quarter will decrease by 68.7% to 3 billion yen.
Taiyo Yuden said that despite the weakening of demand in Asia and E…
Google and Samsung have rebuilt their relationship? The next-generation Pixel phone is rumored to use Samsung's 5nm processor
Feb
The Korea Times reported that Samsung is working with Google to develop the next-generation Pixel smartphone, which will be released as early as this year.
Samsung plans to provide Google with a customized 5-nanometer Exynos processor chip that will be used in the next generation of Pixel smartphones. Samsung declined to confirm these reports.
The new Exynos p…
Mainland China resumes work and strives for 5G commercial use, MediaTek will become an inevitable beneficiary
Feb
According to Taiwan media reports, the market in mainland China has resumed work, and the industry has followed suit. As the three major operators publish the "5G News White Paper" and strive for large-scale 5G commercial transfers, there will be a wave of replacements, and MediaTek will of course become an inevitable beneficiary.
Taiwan media pointed out that ma…
The epidemic impacted the sales of Samsung S20 series, which affected many manufacturers in the supply chain
Feb
Under the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, Samsung Galaxy S20 sales may be halved compared to expectations, and may only sell 20 million units throughout the year. It is reported that Samsung has cut the supply chain by 30%, and Taiwanese factories such as Daliguang, Shuanghong and Chaozhong have been affected.
Samsung launched its flagship new S20 …
Toshiba shut down in full! Phison: This Toshiba is not the other "Toshiba", NAND supply is not affected
Feb
In the evening of yesterday (15), according to Kyodo News reported that affected by the expansion of the COVID-19 epidemic, Toshiba decided to target approximately 76,000 people in all locations in Japan and temporarily suspend work from 20th to May 6th.
Regarding Toshiba's full shutdown, according to Juheng.com, the flash memory control chip maker Phison said th…
TSMC responds to Huawei's turn to order SMIC: does not think SMIC expands market share
Feb
According to the Economic Daily News, in response to reports that Huawei is gradually shifting the production of internally designed chips from TSMC to SMIC, TSMC said that it does not think that SMIC's market share has expanded, and TSMC has not lost its market share.
Wei Zhejia, CEO of TSMC, said that TSMC provides the best technology and services in all region…
Apple looking for a diversified supply chain finds this NAND startup ...
Feb
According to Korean media reports, some insiders revealed that Fadu, a Korean semiconductor startup, is undergoing Apple ’s supplier qualification certification.
On April 16, the source pointed out that Fadu is seeking to provide NAND flash memory controller for Apple's cloud data center. The report pointed out that if the company can obtain Apple's supplier qu…
In order to expand the production capacity of the second plant in Xi'an, Samsung Electronics negotiated with the Chinese government to send engineers to China
Feb
According to businessKorea, Samsung Electronics is negotiating with the Chinese government, hoping to send about 200 semiconductor engineers to China, so that the expansion plan of the second factory in Xi'an will proceed as scheduled.
Earlier, since 08:00 on March 28, China has banned all foreigners from entering China to prevent the entry of foreign cases. If t…
Gradually transfer capacity out of mainland China? iPhone SE rumored to be assembled in Foxconn Brazil
Feb
According to 9To5Mac, there is evidence that Apple plans to assemble a new iPhone in Brazil, the iPhone SE. On April 16, Apple released an iPhone SE, a smartphone with a price of $ 399, which lowered the starting price of the mobile phone product line.
When Apple announced the launch of the new iPhone SE, some pictures of the iPhone were displayed on the Brazilia…
Under the epidemic, the server-driven semiconductor industry grew by more than 10%
Feb
COVID-19 has caused panic disasters in the world, and the anti-epidemic policies introduced by various countries, such as the closure of the country and the prohibition of foot, have caused weak demand for technology products such as mobile phone sales and automotive electronics. However, due to changes in living habits caused by the COVID-19 epidemic, the demand fo…