Monthly Archives: April 2023

Three Highlights from the TrendForce Panel Seminar You Need to Know

Industry trend & Price trend IT panel industry is expected to see a peak season in the second half of the year. Indicators such as channel inventory and brand inventory have improved from the slump last year, and a rebound …

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Micron Targets Low-Priced Products to Halt Memory Price Decline: TrendForce

Amid a prolonged market downturn and persistent weakness in end demand, the world’s top three memory chipmakers – Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron – have implemented production cuts in an effort to control the continuing decline in memory prices through …

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Cell and Module Prices Temporarily Stabilized as Polysilicon Widened in Price Reduction

Polysilicon Polysilicon prices had enlarged in reduction this week, where mono-Si compound feedings and mono-Si dense materials were concluded at a respective mainstream price of RMB 178/kg and RMB 175/kg under an average drop of roughly 7.8%. The drop of …

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Apple Dominates the Refurbished Phone Market: What’s Driving its Success?

According to TrendForce’s research, the global production volume of smartphones in 2022 is projected to reach 1.192 billion units, a YoY decrease of 10.6%, exceeding even the decline seen in the pandemic year. However, the market for refurbished smartphones is …

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Chiplet Design: A Real Game-Changer for Substrates

In the post-Moore’s Law era, chiplet design has been burgeoning as the mainstream architecture. With the widespread adoption of EUV technology by foundries on process nodes of 5nm and below, the cost of semiconductor fabrication has skyrocketed. The cost of …

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