Samsung Electronics has confirmed that it is preparing for the trial production of flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) in Vietnam and plans to start mass production in July 2023 at its factory in Thai Nguyen province, northern Vietnam at a meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi on August 5, 2022.

ODM Wistron has disclsed plans to expand server production capacity in Taiwan and Mexicon.

Major PC core chips suppliers Intel, AMD and Nvidia have all revised downward their 2022 shipment or revenue projections along with brand device vendors successively lowering their sales goals for the year, but Apple remains the only vendor that may sustain growth momentum for MacBook series even into the first half of 2023, benefiting its main foundry partner TSMC and other supply chain makers, according to industry sources.