Asustek outsources 50% of motherboard shipments to Taiwan-based GBM

Aug 21, 15:34

Asustek Computer has recently raised its motherboard outsourcing volume to Taiwan-based Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) to about one million units per month, allowing the maker to...

Rumored US$199 price for Windows RT Surface expected to squeeze PC vendors out of the market

Aug 16, 01:05

As Microsoft is reportedly considering selling its Windows RT-based Surface tablet PC at US$199, sources from notebook players are concerned that if the rumor is true, notebook brand...

Asustek to release component purchasing authority to notebook ODMs

Aug 14, 01:20

Asustek Computer, which used to handle most component purchasing itself, is currently considering to release the authority to its upstream ODM partners such as Quanta Computer and...

Asustek, Pegatron see sequential drops in July revenues

Aug 10, 11:48

Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$30.207 billion (US$1.01 billion) for July 2012, declining 16.14% on month and 5.18% on year. For the January-July period, revenues amounted...

Notebook ODMs shipments may stay weak in August

Aug 9, 01:05

Taiwan notebook ODMs may see their shipments in August stay flat on month and will not have a chance to recover until September, according to sources from notebook makers.

Asustek may not benefit from booming sales of Nexus 7

Aug 1, 16:16

While global sales of the Nexus 7 have been better than expected, and the model has provided Asustek Computer with access to the North and Europe markets, it may not add to Asustek's...

Motherboard players may see single-digit percentage growth in 3Q12 shipments

Jul 24, 01:30

With the Europe and the US markets still suffering from economical turmoil, and summer demand from China's PC DIY market still not yet fired up as expected, motherboard players are...

Asustek reportedly considers acquisition to expand in motherboard market

Jul 19, 01:25

As the global motherboard market has been seeing weak growth since 2005, Asustek Computer reportedly is considering acquisitions to further expand its economic scale in the motherboard...

Commentary: Is Nexus 7 launch a blessing or a curse for other Android tablet vendors?

Jul 18, 15:38

Google has begun shipping its Nexus 7 and the initial response to the tablet seems to be positive, with industry sources indicating that the platform vendor will be able to ship 2.5-3...

Global LCD monitor shipments drop 7% in first half of this year

Jul 10, 01:25

The global LCD monitor industry has seen a 7% drop in shipments during the first half of this year due to increasing sales with mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets, according...

Compal expects strong shipment performance in 2H12

Jul 5, 01:40

Compal Electronics expects its notebook shipments to achieve a sequential growth of a double-digit percentage in the third quarter with the volume to continue rising in the fourth,...

Asustek achieving 2012 target shipments of 3.0 million tablet PCs hinging on sales performance of Nexus 7

Jul 3, 01:15

As Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer in early 2012 set a target shipment goal of 3.0 million tablet PCs for 2012 and shipped 1.4 million units in the first half of 2012, whether...

Asustek lowers tablet PC shipment target for 2Q12, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 29, 14:36

Asustek Computer has lowered its shipment target for tablet PCs for the second quarter of 2012 from 1.2 million units to 800,000 units, as 400,000 units of Google's Nexus 7 tablets...

Motherboard vendors lower shipment growth forecast for 3Q12

Jun 29, 12:04

Some motherboard vendors, in view of lower than expected demand in the China market, have downward adjusted their forecast shipment growth for the third quarter of 2012, a traditional...

Pegatron turns conservative about 3Q12

Jun 28, 01:40

Pegatron Technology, seeing the weak global economy, while consumers have halted their purchase plans to wait for Windows 8, has turned conservative about the PC market in the third...

Google to unveil Nexus 7 at Google I/O 2012, say sources

Jun 28, 01:35

Google is expected to unveil its new own-brand tablet PC, the Nexus 7, during Google I/O 2012 which opens on June 27. Market sources indicate that Google will outsource production...

Notebook battery makers to enjoy 30-50% shipment growth in 2H12

Jun 28, 01:25

Notebook battery makers are expected to see shipment growths of 30-50% in the second half of 2012 as the notebook industry is entering the third quarter, the traditional peak season,...

Quanta to manufacture Toshiba notebooks at Chongqing plants from July

Jun 28, 01:15

Toshiba, the sixth-largest notebook vendor worldwide, will have its notebooks from Quanta Computer shifted from Quanta's Songjiang plants to plants in Chongqing starting July, according...

Microsoft Surface blurs boundary between tablet and ultrabook

Jun 26, 01:15

Microsoft's announcement of Wintel-based Surface tablet PCs have blurred the boundary between tablets and ultrabooks as Microsoft's tablet PC adopts an Ivy Bridge processor that is...

Demand for high resolution notebook panels expected to increase, says panel maker

Jun 13, 01:25

Apple has introduced the new MacBook Pro with 15.4-inch display and resolution at 2880 by 1800 pixels. Panel makers expect increasing demand for high resolution panels as non-Apple...

Taiwan graphics card shipments from 2006-2012

Jun 9, 15:55

The discrete graphics card market in 2008 was dominated by two major GPU players – AMD with its ATI Radeon HD series and Nvidia with its GeForce series.