Wistron receives desktop orders from Acer, says paper

Newswatch - May 31, 16:32

Wistron reportedly has received desktop orders from Acer which are expected to help Wistron achieve its estimated desktop shipment goal of 10 million units for 2010, according to...

Acer-Founder cooperation may benefit Acer notebook partners

May 31, 16:30

Cooperation between Taiwan-based PC vendor Acer and China-based Founder Group may benefit Acer's notebook manufacturing partners such as Quanta, Compal and Wistron, according to sources...

Computex 2010: Shuttle to showcase a tablet PC and 14 new notebooks

May 31, 16:26

Shuttle will showcase a tablet PC and 14 new notebooks featuring either AMD or Intel platforms from its notebook alliance and will promote its notebook alliance's standard PCB assembly...

Acer chairman demands higher margins; launching new internet devices

Apr 30, 16:51

Acer has posted a 9.7% gross margin and 2.7% operating margin for the first quarter of 2010, but company chairman JT Wang indicated that Acer's margins need to increase to over 10%...

Taiwan market: Asustek ranks top in enterprise desktop market in 2009

Apr 9, 16:50

Asustek Computer ranked top in Taiwan's enterprise desktop market in 2009 with a 27% market share, mainly due to significant orders from government and enterprise projects, according...

Micron says no plans to expand DRAM capacity for 2010

Mar 23, 11:02

Micron Technology has said it has no intention to expand DRAM capacity in 2010, echoing recent remarks made by Samsung Electronics and Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC). Micron...

Intel and AMD update desktop CPU lineups

Mar 22, 12:29

Intel and AMD have both recently updated their desktop processor lineups and will launch several new CPUs including six-core and low- voltage processors, according to sources from...

Intel sees chipset demand from motherboard makers exceed CPU shipments by 20%, say sources

Mar 19, 15:26

Motherboard clients of Intel have been increasing orders for chipsets recently, causing chipset shipments to rise to a level 20% higher than processor shipments, according to sources...

HDD market to maintain momentum in 2010, says The Information Network

Mar 16, 16:03

Hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturers repositioned themselves in this Great Recession, managing to show growth in 2009, according to a recently published report by The Information Ne...

PC market rebound to drive double-digit growth through 2014, says IDC

Mar 16, 13:52

After a severely constrained first half, steeply discounted PCs along with improving economic conditions steered the global PC market back into the black in the latter half of 2009...

Wistron non-notebook product lines to see strong shipment growth in 2010

Mar 11, 12:33

Wistron's non-notebook product lines including desktops and LCD TVs are expected to start seeing strong growth in the second quarter despite expectations notebook shipments will drop...

Demand for PC related chips from desktop and graphics card segments declining

Feb 25, 11:38

Taiwan-based PC related IC design houses have seen their orders from desktop PC and graphics card makers declining due to seasonality, but demand for chips from the notebook and server...

Intel updates notebook and desktop lineups

Feb 24, 17:01

Intel plans to announce a new notebook platform – Huron River – in the first quarter of 2011 as well as launching several new desktop CPUs later in 2010, according to...

Western Europe PC market grew 4% in 4Q09, says Gartner

Feb 22, 12:24

PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 20.2 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009, an increase of 4% from the same period in 2008, according to Gartner. In 2009, PC shipments...

Shuttle expects desktop shipments to reach 300,000 units in 2010

Feb 5, 15:49

Shuttle expects its desktop shipments will grow from 200,000 units in 2009 to 300,000 units in 2010, according to chairman David Yu.

LCD monitor production highest in January since mid-2008, says DisplaySearch

Feb 2, 16:29

January LCD monitor production for top PC and monitor brands - about 85% of the market - was 12.5 million units, the highest level in more than a year, according to DisplaySearch...

AMD and Intel preparing to launch six-core processors

Jan 29, 16:36

AMD plans to launch three six-core desktop processors (Thuban) under its new Phenom II X6 1000T series in May 2010, while Intel plans to launch its six-core desktop processors (Gulftown)...

AMD introduces sub-US$100 desktop CPUs

Jan 26, 14:15

AMD has expanded its AMD Phenom II and AMD Athlon II processor families for desktop with several new processors targeting mainstream consumers.

PC market returns to growth with double-digit gains through 2013, says IDC

Dec 22, 13:59

Worldwide PC shipments returned to positive growth in the third quarter of 2009 buoyed by strong back-to-school demand with an increase of 2.3% after three consecutive quarters of...

Quanta hits new high, Wistron sees on-month drop in November 2009 revenues

Dec 9, 15:32

Quanta Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$93.3 billion (US$2.88 billion) for November 2009, the highest monthly figure on record and up 8.5% on month and 36.6% on year;...

Foxconn purchase of Dell PC plant unlikely to impact notebook makers in the short term

Dec 4, 11:39

Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) acquisition of Dell's PC plant in Poland is unlikely to help boost its notebook shipments significantly in the short term since...

Global PC shipments to grow 2.8% in 2009, revenues to drop 11%, says Gartner

Nov 25, 16:45

Accelerating mobile PC shipments will drive the worldwide PC market to grow again in 2009, according to Gartner's preliminary fourth-quarter forecast. The new forecast predicts worldwide...

AMD readies 2 desktop platforms for May 2010

Nov 4, 16:52

AMD plans to announce a new high-end desktop platform (Leo) and mainstream platform (Dorado) in May of 2010, according to sources at motherboard makers.

AMD updates CPU schedules

Nov 2, 16:41

AMD has updated schedule to phase out several Phenom II X4 900 series CPUs, while launch a new model in 2010, according to sources at motherboard makers.

China becomes top LCD monitor market for 1H09, says DisplaySearch

Oct 12, 16:49

LCD desktop monitor shipments rose almost 6% sequentially in the second quarter of 2009 to 40.5 million units, with China becoming the world's largest market for the quarter and for...

Worldwide PC shipments on pace to decline 2% in 2009, says Gartner

Sep 24, 16:31

The worst may be over for the PC industry, as worldwide PC shipments are on pace to reach 285 million units in 2009, a 2% decline from 2008 shipments of 291 million units, according...

Netbooks salvage PC volumes, but take a toll on shipment value, says IDC

Sep 18, 14:59

Worldwide PC shipments fell 2.4% on year in the second quarter of 2009, while shipment value was down 19.1% over the same period, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.