Casualties in US-China Tech Conflict

Chinese server CPU designer Hongjun Microelectronics Technology is reportedly preparing to lay off up to half of its workforce, reflecting the escalating challenges Chinese semiconductor firms face due to geopolitical tensions.

At least a bit

Beancounters at Digitimes Research have added up some numbers and divided them by their shoe size and decided that notebook sales have slightly increased.

 
Mirroring fall in handsets 

Shipments of small to medium size LCD panels dropped by a lower than expected 1.1 percent to 314 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to beancounters at Digitimes Research.

Thanks to improved margins

The goodly souls at Digitimes have been interviewing their typewriters and industry sources and discovered that Intel and MediaTek should have much better results in 2018.

New models coming

The global tablet market is set for a rebound in 2018 as major IT players including Amazon, Huawei, Microsoft and Google all plan to launch new models in the coming year.

3.2 times more by 2025

Beancounters at Digitimes Research have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and worked out that the sensor market will grow by 2.5 times by 2025.

After three years of slump

Analysts are predicting that All-in-one PC sales will pick up a bit this year after a dismal performance for the last three years.

But still no recovery

Global tablet shipments are expected to bounce back a little bit, but there are still no signs that the product is recovering.

More than 44 per cent of the world's total

Beancounters working for Digitimes Research have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and worked out that chinese vendors shipped 145.9 million smartphones globally in total during the second quarter of 2016.

Writing on the wall

White box tablet makers are seeing sales fall 15.3 percent from last year.