Foxconn

Foxconn is ecstatic you're all going gaga for AI servers

Keep that hype train rolling, please

AI + ML01 Jun 2023 | 1

Foxconn founder Terry Gou again bids to become Taiwan’s president

Manufacturer’s close ties to China match the party position, perhaps not the public mood

Offbeat19 Apr 2023 | 4

Chinese state media hails Tesla megafactory in Shanghai as sign foreign business is on board

ASIA IN BRIEF Also: India gets an Apple store; ZTE sells next-gen servers outside China; Foxconn invests in EVs; and more

Personal Tech11 Apr 2023 | 6

Foxconn expands Vietnam factories, perhaps to help Apple diversify beyond China

Zhengzhou is lovely this time of year, Bac Giang could be nicer still

Personal Tech16 Feb 2023 | 5

Nvidia chips and sensors to feature in Foxconn electric vehicles

CES Foxconn targets EV portfolio growth and brings Nvidia along for the ride

Systems04 Jan 2023 |

Taiwan to Foxconn: Selling stake in Chinese chipmaker? We’ll still fine you

A notable misstep as the iPhone supplier looks to grow its chip-making footprint

Systems20 Dec 2022 | 2

Foxconn sinks $500m into India for iPhones, semiconductors

Colosso-conglomerate Tata Group also wants some of Delhi's substantial silicon subsidies

Systems09 Dec 2022 | 2

Foxconn factory chaos means more iPhone delays over the holiday period

Protests in Zhangzhou may equate to 15-20 million fewer Pro models in Q4, says analyst Ming-Chi Kuo

Personal Tech30 Nov 2022 | 5

Foxconn workers protest over pay and lockdowns at iPhone factory in China

Updated Contractor apologizes for 'technical error occurred during the onboarding process'

Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 28

Foxconn fears Q4 flop due to COVID complications

Other than that, results are some of the least bad news about hardware sales we've read in weeks

Personal Tech08 Nov 2022 | 1

Apple warns of slow iPhone 14 Pro shipments as COVID hurts production in China

Buyers told of longer wait times for shiny new phones that don't do a lot more than last year’s model

Personal Tech07 Nov 2022 | 5

iPhone factory workers bussed home to avoid COVID, Foxconn urges them to stay

Don't the factory workers of China know that the season of huge shopping sprees starts next week?

Personal Tech02 Nov 2022 | 4

Foxconn's largest iPhone factory back under COVID lockdown

Bad news for Apple maybe; bad news for China's tech sector definitely

Personal Tech26 Oct 2022 | 2

Foxconn shows off pair of EVs, boasts of bulk orders for last year's model

Now selling vehicles others can brand, plus software any auto-maker can access

Offbeat18 Oct 2022 | 26

China's Chongqing manufacturing hub extends factory power cuts indefinitely

PC component manufacturers won't get priority as area faces fires and heatwaves

Personal Tech25 Aug 2022 | 3

Supply chain worries heat up again as China shuts down factories to cool its citizens

Scorching weather sees scarce juice diverted to aircon instead of laptops and lithium

Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 13

Foxconn will have to forget about investing in Tsinghua Unigroup

International relations are hot as chips, and Taiwan cannot afford to empower China

Systems10 Aug 2022 | 5

Foxconn faces fine for unsanctioned Chinese chip investments

Taiwan gov is threatening a — checks notes — 0.1 percent fine. Yeah, that'll teach em

Systems15 Jul 2022 | 5

Shanghai lockdowns to end, perhaps easing tech supply chain woes

China needs this as much as the rest of the world

Personal Tech30 May 2022 | 21

Foxconn factory fiasco could leave Wisconsinites on the hook for $300m

What's Mandarin for 'Where's my money?'

On-Prem25 May 2022 | 60

Foxconn forms JV to build chip fab in Malaysia

Can't say when, where, nor price tag. Has promised 40k wafers a month at between 28nm and 40nm

Systems18 May 2022 | 2

European tech businesses cool on China due to coronavirus lockdowns

Oops. Beijing wants zero COVID, not zero foreign investment

Channel06 May 2022 | 13

Foxconn factories near Shanghai cease operations over COVID-19 cases

Factories were operating in 'closed loop,' now parts are being made in 'backup' facilities

On-Prem25 Apr 2022 | 8

Foxconn takes Delhi's cash, commits to India chip plant

Taiwanese giant teams up with Vedanta for fab project

On-Prem14 Feb 2022 | 3

Foxconn buys chip factory off Macronix in bid to break into the electric vehicle market

Electronics giant must conquer its supply chain as US eyes domestic production

On-Prem06 Aug 2021 | 7

TSMC and Foxconn sign on dotted line to buy 10 million Pfizer vaccines for Taiwan

Foxconn's Terry Gou says deal had no guidance nor interference from Beijing

Offbeat12 Jul 2021 | 2

Foxconn builds stuff for everyone. Now it finds vaccines for Taiwan, and TSMC's chipped in, too

President blames China for blocking government purchases as tech titans say they'll find five million doses

Legal21 Jun 2021 | 20

Dell, Foxconn sign up for Indian servers-and-PCs manufacturing subsidies

India wanted five global players. And it got only five applications from qualifying companies

On-Prem05 May 2021 | 2

Foxconn's showcase Wisconsin LCD factory becomes aspirational 'manufacturing ecosystem'

$10bn investment now $672m, jobs promised now 1,454 instead of 13,000

Personal Tech21 Apr 2021 | 38

Foxconn and Wisconsin reach new deal to do something different at Donald Trump's favourite (flop of a) factory

Speculation of shift to EVs swirls as governor who once said $3bn subsidy plan was a con now thinks it 'works for taxpayers'

On-Prem20 Apr 2021 | 19

Foxconn reports booming revenue – and a baby boom among staff

A whole new dimension of social responsibility as Taiwan’s population falls while demand for stuff it makes surges

Personal Tech05 Feb 2021 |

Let’s check in with that 30,000-job $10bn Trump-Foxconn Wisconsin plant. Wow, way worse than we'd imagined

Surreal tales from the Midwest

Science20 Oct 2020 | 181

iPhone soon to be Hecho en Mexico? Taiwan's Foxconn, Pegatron mulling going south of the US border – report

Plus other gadget makers, too, we're told, amid China trade fears

Personal Tech26 Aug 2020 | 10

Made in China? Not for much longer, reckons Foxconn boss

Chairman of iPhone maker tells investors local markets will grow their own manufacturing ecosystems

On-Prem13 Aug 2020 | 38

Foxconn signals Indian expansion to make ... something it will reveal eventually

Seems sensible to assume it's going after India's new electronics investment incentives

On-Prem24 Jun 2020 | 3

Four-year probe finds Foxconn's Apple 11 factory 'routinely' flouts Chinese labour laws

Fruity firm denies abuses uncovered by undercover staff

Legal09 Sep 2019 | 50

Alexa, can you tell me how many Chinese kids were forced into working nights to build this unit?

Updated Your wondrous Amazon smart speaker may be tainted with the paw prints of child labour

Personal Tech09 Aug 2019 | 97

So how'd this go again... A sea goddess told you in a dream to run for president of Taiwan? OK, Mr Foxconn boss

Founder Terry Gou steps down for new life in political limelight

Bootnotes18 Apr 2019 | 21

Foxconn denies it will ship Chinese factory serf, er, workers into America for new plant

Trump-heralded deal proving to be an expensive mistake

On-Prem06 Nov 2018 | 46

Foxconn embiggens footprint with nearly a BEEELLION for Belkin

Linksys, Wemo brands come along for the ride

On-Prem27 Mar 2018 | 8

Foxconn spins out a slice of itself to fund cloud, IoT and 5G push

Seeks $4bn to build glorious workers palaces and diversify beyond boring old iPhones

On-Prem13 Feb 2018 | 1

Wisconsin advances $3bn bribe incentives package for Foxconn

And only $230,000 a head out of the public purse!

On-Prem18 Aug 2017 | 44

Toshiba spared delisting after finally getting 2016 accounts approved

Back to the drawing board with Foxconn and WDC

Storage10 Aug 2017 |

Foxconn, Amazon, Apple join Toshiba chip plant feeding frenzy

Meanwhile, Tosh shoves WDC's stake back, mutters 'keep it'

Storage05 Jun 2017 | 3

WDC flirting with Japan funds to bolster bid for Toshiba's memory biz

Pursuing extra financial firepower to see off rivals

On-Prem21 Apr 2017 | 1

Foxconn, Apple, big biz circle Toshiba's memory biz cash cow – rumors

So far, the highest bid is $27bn, it is claimed

Storage18 Apr 2017 | 5

Foxconn outbids WD with ¥3 TRILLION offer for Tosh memory biz

Exactly what the Japanese government doesn't want

On-Prem07 Apr 2017 | 5

Google opens patent pool for Android

Protects against trolls maybe. But not Google

Legal04 Apr 2017 | 1

Japan fires shot warning off risky bidders for Toshiba's memory biz – report

+Comment 'National security' apparently an issue

Storage13 Mar 2017 | 5

USA! USa! Udia! India! India! Apple nudges iPhone production base

Only 8,500 miles off, President Snowflake

Legal03 Feb 2017 | 26

'Pork Explosion' flaw splatters Foxconn's Android phones

Full compromise over USB bacon-ed in to smartmobes

Security14 Oct 2016 | 17

Sharp's new CEO warns of job losses amid 'optimization'

New guy bows to FoxConn demands

On-Prem22 Aug 2016 | 1

Foxconn to slurp loss-making Smart Technologies for $200m

Interactive display firm latest to go Chinese

Channel27 May 2016 | 2

How Nokia is (and isn't) back in the phone business today

Analysis Who owns what and how it'll all work

Personal Tech18 May 2016 | 53

Foxconn pays £2.5bn to swallow Sharp in cut-price takeover deal

Hon Hai hooks up with alternative to flattening mobe markets

On-Prem30 Mar 2016 | 12

HPE's CloudLine gains some weight – blows up from 72TB to 640TB

Who's down with OCP? This Foxconn-made server line

Systems09 Mar 2016 | 7