Highlights of the day: Record pocket book shipments in 3Q20
DIGITIMES employees
The mature pocket book market has seen sturdy demand due to stay-at-home wants within the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Third-quarter 2020 pocket book shipments hit a file excessive, pushed by better-than-expected schooling procurement orders catering to back-to-school demand, in keeping with Digitimes Research. The server sector is one other beneficiary of pandemic-triggered demand this yr. Microsoft has simply introduced plans to construct an Azure datacenter in Taiwan with goals to show the nation into the agency’s Asian operations hub. And Taiwan’s LCD panel makers are anticipated to see shipments for IT purposes keep in excessive gear in foruth-quarter 2020.
Notebook shipments hit file excessive in 3Q20, says Digitimes Research: Worldwide pocket book shipments climbed 8.6% sequentially to succeed in a file within the third quarter of 2020, in keeping with Digitimes Research.
Microsoft to construct Azure datacenter, cloud {hardware} R&D crew in Taiwan: Microsoft has introduced plans to construct an information middle in Taiwan and develop an area crew devoted to the event of Azure cloud {hardware} and infrastructure, which is anticipated to speed up the clustering of a datacenter server provide chain within the nation.
Taiwan IT panel shipments to stay in excessive gear in 4Q20: Taiwan’s panel makers will have the ability to preserve their cargo momentum for IT panels within the fourth quarter of 2020 though their mixed ratio to world shipments is more likely to edge down barely within the quarter as a consequence of off-peak season results and tight provide of some IC elements akin to CPUs, energy administration (PWM) and driver ICs, in keeping with Digitimes Research.
