Motherboard shipments of Taiwan players from 2006-2013

Mar 9, 14:25

Taiwan's motherboard industry remains dominated by four main players – Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems...

Taiwan market: Asustek launches touchscreen Transformer AIO series

Mar 8, 12:12

Asustek Computer on March 7 unveiled the Transformer AIO, a tablet which can be docked into a pad to become an all-in-one (AIO) PC, for launch in the Taiwan market. The AIO pad features...

HP, Acer, Asustek to ship 2.0, 1.7, 1.1 million notebooks in March, say Taiwan makers

Mar 8, 11:23

Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer and Asustek Computer will ship two million, 1.7 million and 1.1 million notebooks in March, growing over 27%, nearly 20% and 17-18%, respectively, according...

Retail channel motherboard inventory levels too high due to overstocking

Mar 7, 19:42

In order to hit their 2012 shipment targets, motherboard vendors significantly increased shipments in November-December 2012 although market demand did not rise, and consequently...

Asustek aims to lead touchscreen notebook market in 2013, says CEO

Mar 5, 22:03

Asustek Computer has set a goal of attaining the largest global market share for touchscreen notebooks, and the second-largest for all types of notebooks and tablets in 2013, company...

CeBIT 2013: Asustek, Gigabyte to have no booth

Mar 4, 16:05

Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology will not have any booth at CeBIT 2013, which will be hosted from March 5-9 in Hannover, Germany. The two companies have instead rented conference...

Notebook shipments stagnant in Brazil due to tax dispute

Mar 1, 12:31

With production capacity for notebooks rising fast in Brazil, state governments in the South American country have run into a dispute between themselves over tax rates for notebook...

Asustek aims at third largest market share for notebooks, tablets in Spain and Portugal in 2013

Feb 26, 21:22

Asustek Computer has scored points in tapping Spain and Portugal and aims to hike its market share for notebooks and tablets in the markets from the sixth largest currently to the...

MWC 2013: Asustek announces Fonepad priced at US$249

Feb 26, 19:09

Asustek Computer has announced several new products at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013 including the Fonepad, a handset tablet; the PadFone Infinity, the latest model of its PadFone...

Asustek reports strong January sales

Feb 19, 12:28

Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$40.11 billion (US$1.35 billion) for January, up 35.78% on year, mainly due to strong tablet and notebook shipment growth. However, the...

Asustek, Gigabyte together share over 50% of own-brand motherboard market in 2012

Feb 7, 20:42

Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology shipped 22 million and 19 million motherboards respectively for own-brand sale in the global DIY market in 2012, together occupying 51.3%...

Asustek to add in-house 3D motion sensing technology into Haswell products

Feb 6, 22:18

Asustek Computer plans to add its in-house developed 3D motion sensing technology into its upcoming high-end Haswell-based PC products including all-in-one PCs and notebooks.

Asustek likely to unveil 7-inch Fonepad at 2013 MWC

Feb 6, 12:31

Asustek Computer may unveil the Fonepad, a 7-inch Android 4.1 tablet equipped with voice communication functions at the 2013 Mobile World Congress (MWC) to take place in Barcelona,...

Nearly 1 million units of Asustek Padfone 2 sold globally, say Taiwan makers

Feb 1, 10:19

Asustek Computer launched Padfone 2, a hybrid smartphone/tablet model, three months ago and nearly one million units have been sold globally, with shipments continuing, according...

Google to cooperate with Asustek for second-generation Nexus 7

Jan 28, 23:02

Google is set to announce its second-generation Nexus 7 tablet in May with the cooperation of Asustek Computer. The combined shipments of the company's first- and second-generation...

Asustek aims to ship 24 million notebooks in 2013

Jan 28, 14:39

Asustek Computer has set goals of shipping 24 million notebooks and 12 million tablets in 2013, hiking 26.3% and 90.5% respectively from 2012, according to the company.

Taiwan motherboard makers to enjoy 4 million motherboard shipments from Intel

Jan 23, 22:14

As Intel has released information that it will gradually phase out from the branded motherboard market, sources from motherboard players expect Intel's four million units of motherboard...

Asustek, Gigabyte look to flat growth in motherboard shipments in 2013

Jan 22, 21:52

Asustek Computer is expected to ship 21.5-22 million motherboards in 2013 compared to 22-22.2 million units shipped in 2012, while fellow company Gigabyte Technology aims to ramp...

Cooling module makers to benefit from smartphone and tablet orders in 2013

Jan 21, 22:42

Cooling module makers, which used to mainly focus on supplying notebook products, are expected to benefit from orders from smartphone and tablet products in the second quarter of...

Google happy to see Acer, Asustek launch inexpensive tablets to hike Android penetration, say Taiwan makers

Jan 17, 19:31

As Acer and Asustek Computer will soon launch 7-inch tablets for sale at about US$149, Google, although having cooperated with Asustek to develop the Nexus 7, is not worried about...

LCD monitor vendors to continue releasing more value-added products, say sources

Jan 16, 16:00

LCD monitor vendors are expected to continue releasing more value-added large-size monitors in 2013 aimed at niche markets as a way to keep up their profits, according to industry...

HP, Lenovo expected to see 1Q13 notebook shipments fall 20% sequentially

Jan 16, 12:16

Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Lenovo are expected to see their notebook shipments drop about 20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013, higher than an average 10% decline anticipated...

Worldwide PC shipments decline over 6% on year in 4Q12, says IDC

Jan 14, 16:11

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 89.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, down 6.4% compared to the same quarter in 2011 and worse than the forecast decline of 4.4%, according...

Asustek to aim for rapid sales growth in North America in 2013

Jan 9, 22:26

Asustek Computer saw strong sales performance in North America in 2012 and is set to challenge an exponential sales growth target in 2013, according to Asustek North America's vice...

PC industry will face a difficult year in 2013

Jan 9, 15:51

As TV and related innovative applications become the spotlights of CES 2013 and attract the most attention, PC players are concerned that the trend will lead to 2013 becoming a difficult...

More brands launching devices supporting latest Google TV but Samsung yet to follow

Jan 9, 13:44

While more hardware brands including Asustek Computer, Hisense, TCL and Netgear have rolled out LCD TVs or STBs supporting the latest Google TV platform, Samsung Electronics has not...

Netbook market to end at the end of 2012

Dec 26, 22:20

With Asustek Computer recently announcing an end to its Eee PC product line from the end of 2012, while Acer also has no plans to release more netbook products, the netbook market...

Lenovo, HP January 2013 notebook shipments expected to be higher than Acer, Asustek

Dec 26, 15:38

Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are expected to see better shipment performance than Acer and Asustek Computer in January 2013 mainly because Lenovo will see strong demand in China...

Intel likely to figure a way to keep LGA design for CPUs, says Asustek executive

Dec 21, 14:40

Commenting on Intel's reported plans of abandoning CPU socket designs and changing to directly soldered CPUs after two years, Asustek Computer vice president and general manager of...

Asustek forms health cloud computing alliance

Dec 20, 13:40

Asustek Computer on December 19 formed a health cloud computing alliance through cooperation with Taiwan-based Show Chwan Health Care System to establish a cloud computing ecosystem...

Asustek, Gigabyte expect 2013 motherboard shipments to slip, be flat

Dec 13, 18:56

Asustek Computer expects motherboard shipments in 2013 to decrease by 2.3% from 2012 to 21.5 million units, while fellow maker Gigabyte Technology expects 2013 shipments to be the...

Asustek achieves record November revenues; Pegatron, ASRock see growth

Dec 10, 22:32

Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$39.64 billion (US$1.36 billion) for November, a new monthly record with growths of 11.5% on month and 32.7% on year, while the company's...

Asustek refutes rumors about adopting ARM platform from VIA

Dec 10, 22:27

Commenting on a recent market rumor that Asustek Computer considers to adopt entry-level ARM-based platform from WonderMedia, a subsidiary of VIA Technologies, for an US$99 7-inch...

Asustek predicts slight decrease in 2013 motherboard shipments

Dec 6, 20:45

Asustek Computer projects that its motherboard shipments in 2013 will decrease from 2012 to 21.5-22 million units due to shrinking motherboard demand on increasing competition from...