TrendForce has looked at the major markets in the electronics industry and come up with an assessment of how the coronavirus will affect them in Q1. Semiconductors Most clients of the global IC design companies placed orders ahead of time, with some of the orders having been fulfilled and shipped already. As such, IC design ...
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The progress of the 5G standards-setting programme is to be delayed which will affect the pace of the infrastructure roll-out. The responsible body – 3GPP — says it will delay work on Stage 3 of Release 16 and that Release 17 would also be delayed. Consequently Stage 3 will not be set as a standard ...
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The market for microphones, audio ICs and microspeakers is expected to increase from $14.1 billion in 2018 to Sp$20.8 billion in 2024 with a 6.6% CAGR, says Yole Developpement. The consumer MEMS microphone market is expected to be worth $1.6 billion in 2024, up from $1.2 billion in 2018. For MEMS microphones, Knowles and Goertek are ...
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Kyocera is buying all of NEC’s shares in Showa Optronics Co., Ltd., an optical components manufacturer (SOC). After the share transfer is completed, Kyocera will own 93.53 % of SOC’s shares; SOC will begin operating as a subsidiary of Kyocera on June 1, 2020, under the name Kyocera Showa Optronics Co., Ltd. (KSO). With its highly advanced ...
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Following talks with the government, the UK’s major internet service and mobile providers, namely BT/EE, Openreach, Virgin Media, Sky, TalkTalk, O2, Vodafone, Three, Hyperoptic, Gigaclear, and KCOM have all agreed the following commitments, effective immediately: All providers have committed to working with customers who find it difficult to pay their bill as a result of ...
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Softbank-backed satellite manufacturer OneWeb of London has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. “OneWeb has been building a truly global communications network to provide high-speed low latency broadband everywhere,” says OneWeb CEO Adam Steckel, “our current situation is a consequence of the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis. We remain convinced of the social and economic ...
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Radxa has announced the ROCK Pi SATA HAT, a series of SATA expansion targeting at the NAS solution for Raspberry Pi 4 and ROCK Pi 4. The ROCK Pi SATA HATs come in 3 models: Dual/Quad SATA HAT Penta SATA HAT The Dual/Quad SATA HAT is designed for Raspberry Pi 4 as well as ROCK Pi ...
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myDOQ, a smart wall socket, opens its Indiegogo campaign tomorrow. With an early bird 40% discount, over 8,000 supporters have already pre-registered their interest, says makers Lansdowne Technology. “I’m delighted by the initial response that we have received”, said Neil Rosen, Founder and CEO of Lansdowne, “we are inundated with correspondence from people informing us ...
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100 fabs have been closed or repurposed in the last decade, says IC Insights. Figure 1 shows the number of fabs closed by geographic region while Figure 2 shows a distribution of those fabs by wafer size and year. Figure 1 Japan and North America, have accounted for most of the wafer fab closures since 2009. ...
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A US proposal to tighten the screw on chip supplies to Huawei would be to control sales by foreign chip companies, reports Reuters. At the moment it is only a proposal, and President Trump has declined to implement the idea in the past but, with anti-China rancour growing in Washington, it could be revived, The ...
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