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Huawei Suppliers: Memory chip prices will increase in 2020
The chairman of Taiwan Wanghong Electronics expects the market to recover strongly in 2020. He pointed out that even if China invests a lot of capital to develop the semiconductor industry, it will take at least 20 years to bring in the top position. Macronix, a major supplier of Nintendo, Sony, Huawei, and Apple memory chips, predicts that memory chip prices will change in 2020.
Wang Min, Chairman and CEO of Wanghong, said in an interview with Nikkei Asian Review: ” We think 2020 is a relatively strong year. Given the supply and demand situation, we think there is room for memory prices to rebound. ” He also said “As a leading indicator, the chip industry is like a duck in a river, knowing that spring is coming before anyone else.”
Shanghai-based research company CINNO said that Wanghong, founded in 1989, is a leader in the dedicated NOR-Flash market, with a market share of 21%, and NOR flash is an essential part of almost all electronic equipment a storage component.
Wanghong’s customers include Nintendo, Microsoft, Huawei, Sony, Apple, DJI, etc. Wanghong also provides specialized NAND flash memory chips but does not directly compete with global storage giants such as Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron, and Kioxia Holdings (formerly known as Toshiba Memory).
The Hsinchu, Taiwan-based memory chip maker’s revenue in 2018 increased 8.1% year-on-year to NT $ 37 billion, and net profit surged 63% to nearly NT $ 9 billion (the company’s second-highest ever). However, as the trade conflict dragged down the market, Wanghong reported a 7% drop in revenue in the first 11 months of 2019.
Huawei officially started the sale of its new Smart Screen S5 Pro. The latest smart screen comes with three sizes of 65/75/85 inches and supports Huawei Lingxi pointing remote control, 4K super projection and other functions.
Huawei Smart Screen S5 Pro sale price
- 65 inches 6499 yuan
- 75 inches 8499 yuan
- 86 inches 11999 yuan
The entire Huawei Smart Screen S5 Pro series supports Lingxi pointing remote control , which can realize operations such as sliding, tapping, dragging, circling and jumping; the smart screen supports the super desktop function, which can realize large-screen operation of mobile phone apps.
Huawei Smart Screen S5 Pro is equipped with a 4K flagship main core + AI vision chip, which can realize functions such as smooth portrait tracking, AI fitness, children’s sitting posture and distance reminders, AI somatosensory games, ambient light perception, etc.; it has 3 pre-installed HDMI2.1 interfaces, standard 4GB+128GB storage combination, and supports dual-band Wi-Fi 6.
The Huawei Smart Screen S5 Pro series is equipped with a four-unit audio system as standard, which supports surround stereo effects. Users can cast 4K video content from apps such as Huawei Video, Bilibili, Mango TV, Tencent Video, Youku Video, and iQiyi to the smart screen , with a frame rate of 60FPS and a delay of about 80 milliseconds.
Huawei is expected to release a new MateBook GT 14 laptop. The device appeared on the Huawei Smart Life App in May this year. The 3C certification information shows that the computer model is ENZH, produced by Wuxi Dengyuan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., and is equipped with the same 140W power adapter as the MateBook X Pro 2024.
As per the Geekbench benchmark database, the ENZH laptops have three processor versions: Intel Core Ultra 5 125H / Ultra 7 155H / Ultra 9 185H .
In addition, the launch of Hongmeng Smart S9 and Huawei’s all-scenario new products has been officially announced to be held on August 6, which will bring a variety of products such as headphones, mobile phones, smart screens, etc.
Huawei Smart Screen S5 Pro is all set to go on sale tomorrow. It has now appeared in the Huawei Smart Life App and has three size versions to choose from.
Huawei Smart Screen S5 Pro has three sizes, all equipped with 4 speakers as standard , and no ads when turned on by default. Huawei Smart Screen S5 Pro series sizes are 65 inches, 75 inches and 86 inches.
The screen material is LCD, supports 120Hz/240Hz refresh rate, and the entire series is standard with 4 speakers and 4GB+128GB memory combination, and supports dual-band WiFi 6 and HDMI 2.1.
