Highlights of the day: Huawei slows down handset output
DIGITIMES employees
Huawei, hit laborious by the US commerce ban that’s depriving it of help from varied semiconductor firms, together with TSMC, has slowed down its tempo of orders to its handset ODMs. Huawei now stands to lose a significant portion of its shares to its opponents in China’s smartphone market. The handset model shouldn’t be the one Chinese agency troubled by the US commerce ban. Foundry startup HSMC’s destiny is in limbo after its traders – reportedly with connection to China’s navy – suspended funding, cautious of doable US sanctions. The 5G period could not have seen a flying begin, because of the coronavirus pandemic, however optical elements makers anticipate order momentum from the 5G sector to begin selecting up in fourth-quarter 2020.
Huawei slows down orders to handset ODMs: Huawei has slowed down the tempo of its orders to handset ODMs in China, because the affect of the most recent US commerce ban in opposition to the Chinese model intensifies, in line with sources at China-based handset ODMs.
China foundry startup going through unsure future: Wuhan Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (HSMC), a logic IC foundry based in late 2017, has had its out there manufacturing services left idle with its enlargement mission placed on maintain because of monetary points, in line with sources aware of the matter.
Order momentum for 5G, datacenter optical elements to choose up in 4Q20: Demand for optical elements from the datacenter and 5G sectors has been gradual in third-quarter 2020, however order momentum could begin selecting up within the fourth quarter, in line with business sources.
