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Super-svelte body, fast chip, high capacity battery and big camera make it some of the best phone-tablet hardware Russia orders state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on new phones Critics say Max, a WhatsApp rival, could be used to track... [1]

TAIPEI -- MediaTek, the largest mobile chip supplier to China, on Friday posted the lowest margins in the Taiwanese company's history for the January-March period, amid ferocious market competition. [2]

Restrictions on Huawei to hit domestic semiconductor production Energy producers slip after global oil prices tumble Company plans to charge annual fee on restaurant-management system Chinese carmakers, insurers drag down A300 Index Lenovo tumbles am... [3]

TAIPEI -- Apple and Nvidia are set to be two of the first customers for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s new plant in Arizona, which is slated to begin making some of the world's most advanced chips as early as the end of next year. [4]

TAIPEI -- Compal Electronics, a supplier to Dell and Amazon, is halting production at its factory in northern Taiwan for a week after several employees tested positive for COVID-19 as the latest wave of the omicron variant spreads in Taiwan. [5]

GUANGZHOU -- Huawei Technologies is cancelling the launch of its newest laptop, with the beleaguered Chinese tech behemoth citing the U.S. blacklist against procuring components and software. [6]

TAIPEI -- Microsoft, HP and Dell are rushing to prepare as many electronics components as possible before January in expectation that Donald Trump will hike tariffs on Chinese goods when he returns to the White House. [7]

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[1] MM www.theguardian.com · 2026-03-11 · 31% match

Tablet computers | The Guardian

Super-svelte body, fast chip, high capacity battery and big camera make it some of the best phone-tablet hardware Russia orders state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on new phones Critics say Max, a WhatsApp rival, could be used to track

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-28 · 33% match

MediaTek sees a tepid Q2 amid sluggish China smartphone demand

TAIPEI -- MediaTek, the largest mobile chip supplier to China, on Friday posted the lowest margins in the Taiwanese company's history for the January-March period, amid ferocious market competition.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-05-24 · 32% match

Nikkei Markets

Restrictions on Huawei to hit domestic semiconductor production Energy producers slip after global oil prices tumble Company plans to charge annual fee on restaurant-management system Chinese carmakers, insurers drag down A300 Index Lenovo tumbles am

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-12-05 · 32% match

Apple, Nvidia to be first customers of TSMC Arizona chip plant

TAIPEI -- Apple and Nvidia are set to be two of the first customers for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s new plant in Arizona, which is slated to begin making some of the world's most advanced chips as early as the end of next year.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-01-18 · 31% match

Dell, Amazon supplier halts Taiwan production amid omicron fear

TAIPEI -- Compal Electronics, a supplier to Dell and Amazon, is halting production at its factory in northern Taiwan for a week after several employees tested positive for COVID-19 as the latest wave of the omicron variant spreads in Taiwan.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-06-14 · 31% match

Huawei cancels launch of new laptop as US sanctions bite

GUANGZHOU -- Huawei Technologies is cancelling the launch of its newest laptop, with the beleaguered Chinese tech behemoth citing the U.S. blacklist against procuring components and software.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-11-27 · 30% match

Microsoft, HP and Dell ramp up China parts output before Trump's return

TAIPEI -- Microsoft, HP and Dell are rushing to prepare as many electronics components as possible before January in expectation that Donald Trump will hike tariffs on Chinese goods when he returns to the White House.

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