Despite lingering handset sales uncertainty, mobile SoC vendors MediaTek and Qualcomm continue to roll out new high-end offerings, while Apple remains keen on developing high-performance chips in house for its devices, providing stable opportunities for Taiwan’s suppliers of high-speed, high-frequency customized IC test interface solutions, according to industry sources.

Taiwan’s optical communication devices vendors including EZconn and Browave are poised to gain new growth momentum in the second half of the year from growing penetration of higher-specs solutions in optical communication infrastructure projects and datacenters in the US and Europe, according to industry sources.

Connector and cable maker Foxlink (Cheng Uei Precision Industry) is setting up production lines at an existing factory in Arizona, the US, with production to gradually begin in the second half of 2022, according to the company.

Taiwan-based server ODM Wiwynn has broken ground on the second phase of its new site in Johor, Malaysia. The focus of the new facility is to expand its server motherboard production line.