Highlights of the day: Intel CPU shortages heap pressure on notebook ODMs

DIGITIMES staff

Preparations for the year-end shopping season and extra inventory build-ups at clients to avoid extra US tariffs are heaping strong pressure on notebook ODMs who are not receiving sufficient support from Intel. They thought the Intel processor shortfall had eased, only to find out that 14nm Intel CPUs are again falling short of demand. The PC CPU maket has been dominated by US suppliers, but in the mobile processor market, Taiwan-based MediaTek has a strong presence. Now China's move to reduce reliance on US supplies is giving MediaTek an even stronger role in the 5G market.

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