9-9 Week: It is another busy week, and let’s take a look at this week summary–Samsung battery problem, iPhone 7 launched, Xiaomi Foxconn new assembly fab in India, Apple Foxconn talks about manufacturing in India; etc.

2016-09-10

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It is another busy week, and let’s take a look at this week summary:

Headlines:

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall due to battery issue estimates costs Samsung around USD1 billion or less
Apple reportedly has issued a request for quotation (RFQ) to MediaTek recently for wireless charging chips
Apple and Foxconn to look at the possibility of making the iPhone in India in the next 2~3 years.
LG’s next G series handset will also come sporting a modular design too
LG says it is “aggressively investing” in robots
Xiaomi is setting up its second assembly plant in partnership with Foxconn in India
TSMC and other pure-play foundries will see their capacity utilization to fall in 4Q16
TSMC’s 7nm technology is scheduled to volume production in 1Q18
Intel acquires computer vision startup Movidius to build up its RealSense platform
GlobalFoundries uncorked its 12FDX platform, incorporating a 12nm FDSOI process technology
Mainland China is shifting high-end mobile phone panel production, decreasing the supply of a-Si panel
BOE only has one G5 LCD production line, and it is still operating
Canon has developed a new CMOS sensor equipped with a global shutter function

Numbers:

It is estimated an annual increase of 31.6% for 2017 total LTPS panel capacity
Global market size of biometrics technology in 2020 will grow to USD2.5 billion
Market size of face recognition could grow to USD2.4 billion by 2020
In 2Q16, China wearable shipment has reached 9.54 million units
OTT (including smart TV and box) shipment expects by 2020, it would reach 400 million units
Huawei has already sold over 6 million P9 units globally since launched in April 2016