Samsung Electronics reportedly will stop using its own Exynos mobile SoCs for next-generation flagship smartphone model Galaxy S23, and instead will adopt Qualcomm’s new-generation Snapdragon flagship mobile AP, apparently looking to bolster its smartphone sales rather than its SoC brand, according to industry sources.
Taiwan recorded exports of US$42.20 billion for June 2022, the second highest-ever monthly level with growth of 0.3% sequentially and15.2% on year, while the corresponding imports totaled US$37.56 billion, the third highest-ever monthly figure, decreasing 5.3% sequentially but increasing 19.2% on year, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF).
Volkswagen Group broke ground on its first of six battery plants in Europe last week, marking progress in vertical integration. Moreover, the automaker has been expanding the software team in China as one way to fulfill its ambition. CEO Herbert Diess said that the company is considering “big moves” in the country.
Samsung Electronics has started slowing down its pace of chip and component orders particularly TV-related display driver ICs (DDI) and SoCs, impacting its supply chains in which Novatek Microelectronics, MediaTek, and other Taiwan-based IC design houses are involved, according to industry sources.
Taiwan-based IC materials suppliers are optimistic about their business outlook for the second half of 2022, and they are improving their product mixes to cash in on robust demand for automotive and industrial applications, according to market sources.
LED maker Everlight Electronics has seen customers become cautious about placing orders, affected by a comprehensive correction in demand for consumer electronics, TV and notebook applications.
Taiwan-based backend firms have seen capacity utilization rates for OLED display driver IC (DDI) testing slip recently, according to industry sources, noting that inventory adjustments are “more severe than expected.”
Taiwan’s PV power generation has failed to meet its installation capacity targets, with its current 8.34GWp falling 2.91GWp short of its goal of 11.25GWp for year-end 2022, according to Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
At a time when Indian EV sales keep increasing, Mahindra & Mahindra, the fourth-largest passenger vehicle brand in India, has established an EV subsidiary and reportedly may source batteries from LG Energy Solution (LGES).