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Taiwans exports to China (including Hong Kong) were only US$34.3 billion from January to March 2023, a 30.6% decrease from the same period the previous year, according to Taiwans Ministry of Economic Affairs. Aside from decreasing demand due to terminal inventory concerns, the US broader export restrictions targeting Chinas high-tech industry may have had an impact.

Global refurbished smartphones saw growth in 2022 despite supply bottlenecks. India became the largest refurbished market in the year due to the effects of the pandemic in China.

Apple has embarked on massive investments in India, the worlds most populous country with high economic growth potential. However, the protectionist mindset rooted in the South Asian country may pose a risk for Apple in the long term.

Samsung Electronics saw shipments increase 15% on year in the first quarter of 2023, benefitting from good midrange mobile application processor (AP) sales performance.

Following the launch of satellite communication-capable phones by Apple and Huawei in Q3 2022, other mobile phone companies have expressed interest in introducing similar phones or products. A growing range of collaborations between satellite operators, mobile phone manufacturers, and telecom operators have become highly anticipated. It is expected that more brands will join the party in 2023.

Marvell Technology has demonstrated high-speed, ultra-high bandwidth silicon interconnects manufactured using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Companys (TSMC) 3-nanometer (3nm) process. Marvells industry-first silicon building blocks in this node include 112G XSR SerDes (serializer/de-serializer), Long Reach SerDes, PCIe Gen 6/CXL 3.0 SerDes, and a 240 Tbps parallel die-to-die interconnect, according to the chip vendor.

Realtek Semiconductor expects the penetration rates of Wi-Fi 6 in PCs to rise to 70% and routers to 60% in 2023, each up 10pp from a year ago, while products supporting Wi-Fi 7 are unlikely to begin volume shipments until 2024-2025 as the standard is still being certified.

The midair explosion of a SpaceX Starship rocket soon after launch in a test flight has come as a setback to the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite market though it remains rosy in the long term.

With iPhones accounting for four of the top-five models in terms of unit sales in the first quarter of 2023, Apple is undoubtedly the most popular brand in the OLED smartphone business, according to media reports.

Broadband communication technologies such as LTE Cat.1bis and 5G NR-Light are gaining the attention of IoT chip developers for their new products with the phasing away of 2G and 3G networks, while IoT chips with RISC-V architecture have grown popular among Chinese chip suppliers, according to DIGITIMES Researchs latest finding in the IoT chip industry.