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Taiwan component makers give priority to Apple on strong iPhone 13 demand
Amid strong demand for Apple’s new iPhone 13 lineup worldwide, Taiwan-based makers of VCMs (voice coil motors), wire winding and other…
Apple extends list of terms censored in China to Hong Kong and Taiwan
The researchers found that part of Apple’s mainland China political censorship bleeds into both Hong Kong and Taiwan. Much of this censorship…
Apple supplier TSMC gets green light for 2nm chip production by 2024
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has received final approval from the taiwanese government to build a 2nm chip plant…
TSMC and Foxconn to buy 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Taiwan
Taiwan will allow Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Foxconn to buy 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on behalf…
Taiwan Apple supplier says global chip shortage will worsen without COVID-19 vaccines
A Taiwan Apple supplier has warned that the global chip shortage will worsen without a large and timely increase in COVID-19 vaccinations in…
Taiwan says working hard to get vaccines, COVID-19 infections fall
Taiwan is working hard to get the almost 20 million COVID-19 vaccines it has ordered as soon as possible even in the face of global shortages…
Apple partners with TSMC to develop ultra-advanced displays
Apple has partnered with TSMC to develop ultra-advanced display technology at a secretive facility in Taiwan…
Apple supplier TSMC puts isolates Taiwan employees over COVID-19 outbreak fears
A new report explains that Taiwan is being hit by another round of COVID-19 cases. Apple supplier TSMC is implementing strict new…
Apple assembler Foxconn to build $270M factory in Vietnam, likely for MacBook and iPad
The government of Vietnam on Monday awarded a license to a unit of Taiwan’s Foxconn to build a $270 million plant to produce…
Foxconn to shift some Apple production to Vietnam to decrease China risk
Foxconn is moving some MacBook and iPad assembly to Vietnam from China at the request of Apple as the U.S. firm diversifies production to…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple’s next-gen iPad Pro to be first to sport mini-LED display
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that the initial batch of mini-LED displays arriving through the end of 2020 will be for an iPad Pro …
Growth of Taiwan export orders hits two-year high on strong tech demand
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced millions of people around the world to work from home, Taiwan’s export orders grew at their fastest pace in nearly two…
TSMC secures government subsidies and picks site for $12 billion U.S. plant
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.) has secured government subsidies for a planned $12 billion U.S. chip plant to be built in…
Little-known data show signs of a tech rebound from COVID-19 shutdown
Buried in a set of little-known data are early signs that the hardware side of the tech sector may be showing a rebound from the pandemic-driven plunge…
Taiwan’s 2020 GDP expected to drop to 5-year low amid pandemic
Taiwan’s economic growth is likely to drop to its lowest point in five years in 2020 as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic hurts domestic consumption and…
U.S.-China fight over chipmaker TSMC rattles tech industry
On Friday, the Trump administration banned TSMC and rival chipmakers using American equipment from supplying China’s Huawei Technologies Co. without …
TSMC expands U.S. manufacturing with $12 billion chip fabrication plant
Last week, TSMC announced last week that is expanding its manufacturing footprint within the U.S. The new facility will be built in Arizona…
Apple supplier TSMC to build multibillion-dollar chip plant in Arizona with Trump admin backing
In a potential realignment of global trade, TSMC is planning to build a multibillion-dollar chip plant in Arizona with Trump administration backing…
Apple urges Chinese supplier to challenge Foxconn in bid to step up competition
Apple has made a move the company hopes will create a formidable alternative to another of its longtime suppliers, Taiwan’s Foxconn …
Apple investing $334 million in new Mini-LED and microLED display factory in Taiwan
Apple is reportedly planning to expand its investment in Taiwan by building a new plant in the Longtan section of Hsinchu Science Park, northern Taiwan …
U.S. Senate, Google ban use of Zoom teleconferencing service
Both the U.S. Senate and Google have banned members and employees from using video conferencing service Zoom. The moves come after two weeks…
Governments, companies ban use of Zoom over security concerns
Taiwan has joined Elon Musk’s SpaceX and New York City’s Department of Education in barring all official use of Zoom, becoming one of the first…
Apple iPhone assembler Foxconn secures enough workers for all China factories
Foxconn issued a statement Sunday night in which it said the company has secured enough workers to meet “seasonal demand” at all major China factories …
As expected, Taiwan exports fell in February, but at a far slower pace
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan’s export orders in February fell for a second month, but at a far slower pace than they did in January…
Apple adjusts due to coronavirus to keep next-gen iPhones on track
Apple is course correcting for the coronavirus in order to keep next-gen iPhones and other products on track. Apple is showing no signs of changing…
Apple moves some production from China to Taiwan due to coronavirus
Amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in China, Apple moves production of some of its top devices from China to Taiwan in order to diversify…
Coronavirus outbreak could disrupt Apple’s MacBook plans
Chinese assemblers of notebooks, including Apple MacBooks, face the possibility of component shortages due to the coronavirus outbreak …
Ming-Chi Kuo: Foxconn moves some iPhone assembly from China to India and Taiwan due to coronavirus
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says some Foxconn iPhone assembly has been moved from China to India and Taiwan due to the coronavirus impact on production…
Foxconn pledges to start up Wisconsin electronics plant this year
Foxconn founder Terry Gou pledged to start up a long-delayed electronics plant in Wisconsin this year. Gou said the plant will drive his company’s vision…
Much at stake Saturday in Taiwan’s presidential, parliamentary elections
Aside from its key role in the global supply chain as a high-tech manufacturer, mostly notably as an Apple Inc supplier, Taiwan is in a strategic location…
Apple doubles AirPods Pro production from 1 million to 2 million units per month amid strong demand
Apple has asked little-known Luxshare-ICT to double production of AirPods Pro earphones at its Chinese facilities to 2 million units a month…
Apple kowtows to China by censoring Taiwan flag emoji
In a recent update to iOS 13.1, Apple’s iPhone operating system, Apple reportedly removed the Taiwanese flag emoji from its keyboard…
iPhone 11 sales beat market expectations in Taiwan; robust sales expected in the coming months
Initial sales of Apple’s iPhone 11 lineup in Taiwan have beat market expectation and are expected to continue enjoying robust sales…
Foxconn’s Terry Gou quits Taiwan’s KMT, paving way for independent presidential bid
Terry Gou, the founder of Apple supplier Foxconn, quit Taiwan’s main opposition party on Thursday…
Apple is developing rooftop solar in Taiwan for soy sauce facility
Apple Inc. is developing rooftop solar arrays with Taiwan’s Wan Ja Shan Brewery Co., best known for its popular soy sauce…
Trump admin tariff threats spur exodus of manufacturers from China
Electronics makers are shifting manufacturing from China in order to side-step Trump administration tariffs…
Morgan Stanley: Apple has multiple options to lower potential import tariff impact
Morgan Stanley analysts believe that Apple will take multiple steps to mitigate tariffs on Chinese imports to the United States, including employing non-Chinese assemblers and suppliers…
China-friendly Taiwan mayor beats Foxconn’s Terry Gou in opposition’s presidential primary
A China-friendly mayor in Taiwan on Monday won the opposition party’s nomination for the 2020 presidential election, beating Foxconn founder Terry Gou…
Gene Munster: Timing of Apple production shift out of China is suspicious
Loup Ventures Managing Partner Gene Munster discusses Apple Inc.’s possible production shift out of China…
U.S.-China trade deal or not, Apple has reasons to cut Chinese manufacturing exposure
Though trade tensions might be the immediate catalyst behind Apple’s reported efforts to explore moving a meaningful portion of iPhone production out of China…
Foxconn founder Terry Gou urges Apple to move production out of China
The billionaire founder of Apple Inc.’s largest supplier asked the U.S. company to move part of its sprawling production chain from China to neighboring Taiwan…
