Smartphone manufacturers shipped 345.5 million units in the first quarter, up 25.5 percent from 275.2 million units a year earlier, as demand continues to rise, market research firm International Data Corp (IDC) said in a report last week.
Even accounting for a low basis of comparison due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which made last year’s first quarter one of the worst in smartphone history, and despite the impacts of the ongoing semiconductor shortage, first-quarter shipments were still impressive as demand exceeded expectations, IDC said on Wednesday last week.
“The recovery is proceeding faster than we expected, clearly demonstrating a healthy appetite for
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Hon Hai EV platform signs up 635 members
Staff writer, with CNA
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) on Saturday said 635 companies have so far joined its open electric-vehicle (EV) development platform, which provides hardware and software to other automakers.
Participants in the MIH Open Platform are to start supplying products by the end of April, Hon Hai chairman Young Liu (劉揚偉) said at an online weiya (尾牙) year-end event for the company’s employees.
The firm has been pushing its “three plus three” plan to expand from manufacturing into hardware and software integration, he said.
An open platform for an electric vehicle frame, dubbed MIH by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, is pictured in Taipei yesterday. The company on Saturday said 635 companies have so far joined its MIH electric car development platform, which provides hardware and software to other automakers.
SK Hynix optimistic on chip demand after tripling fourth-quarter earnings
Bloomberg
Memorychip maker SK Hynix Inc’s fourth-quarter earnings more than tripled after lockdowns and stay-at-home orders boosted demand for PCs and purchases from Chinese smartphone makers.
The supplier of silicon to Apple Inc struck a more optimistic tone than rival Samsung Electronics Co, which had a day earlier warned of weakness in its first quarter.
Hynix yesterday said that it expects the memory market to recover, but warned of uncertainty over disruptions to supply from the COVID-19 pandemic and a tightening in global chipmaking capacity.
“Demand this year is going to be much more positive than the supply side,” Hynix DRAM marketing vice president MS Park said. “Both the market and customers appear to be upwardly adjusting their outlook.”
MediaTek unveils new 5G processors
MOBILE SMART: The Dimensity 1200 is 22 percent better in terms of performance than its predecessor, and 25 percent more power-efficient, the handset chip designer said
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
MediaTek Inc (聯發科) yesterday unveiled its premium 5G processors the Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100 as it vies for a larger slice of the world’s rapidly growing 5G smartphone market.
Manufactured using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (台積電) 6-nanometer process technology, the Dimensity 1200 processor performs 22 percent better than the previous generation Dimensity 1000+ processor, and is 25 percent more power-efficient, MediaTek said.
Chinese smartphone brands Xiaomi Corp (小米) and Realme Mobile Telecommunications (Shenzhen) Co (銳爾覓移動通信) are to be the first adopters of the latest Dimensity chips, the companies said during a virtual media briefing.