Pegatron lands notebook orders from HP

Feb 9, 01:10

Pegatron Technology has recently landed notebook orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP). With its existing orders from Toshiba and Acer for 2012, the company's shipments are expected to...

Standalone transceiver chips to dominate the smartphone market, says Petrov Group (part 1)

Oct 21, 16:36

Transceivers are essential to the performance of mobile devices. They are designed to detect weak signals at a specific frequency when receiving and to send signals at a specific...

Fujitsu Semiconductor, Sequans team up for LTE

Oct 21, 14:16

Sequans Communications announced on October 20 it has established a technology and marketing collaboration with Fujitsu Semiconductor for the purpose of providing customers with a...

Chunghwa Telecom cooperates with Fujitsu in cloud computing solutions

Oct 20, 11:02

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has announced that it has signed an MOU with Japan-based Fujitsu for cooperation in developing and marketing cloud computing solutions.

Electronics supply chain to fully recover from Japan disaster in 3Q11, says IHS iSuppli

Jun 30, 14:38

With some companies having already recovered from the earthquake in Japan, the entire electronics industry is expected to complete its rebound from the disaster by the end of the...

HP, Acer set eyes on the enterprise PC market

Jun 21, 01:15

First-tier global PC brand vendors Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer are both placing their focus on the enterprise market in the second half of 2011 with HP recently launching 22 new...

Fujitsu to launch 7-inch Android tablet PC in 3Q11

May 19, 01:00

Japan-based notebook brand Fujitsu has recently launched its self-developed 10.1-inch LifeBook TH40/D tablet PC featuring Windows 7 in Japan, the US and Europe, and the company is...

Samsung sees growth in 1Q11 notebook shipments, the only vendor among top-10

Apr 26, 01:00

Top-10 notebook brand vendors worldwide saw their notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2011 drop sequentially with the only exception being Korea-based Samsung Electronics,...

Computex 2011: Lenovo, Fujitsu and Samsung to showcase Oak Trail-based tablets

Apr 8, 01:25

Lenovo, Fujitsu and Samsung Electronics will showcase a number of tablet PCs built on Intel's Oak Trail platform at the Computex Taipei trade fair in June, while Micro-Star International...

Japan earthquake impacts auto industry, says IHS

Mar 24, 14:51

The earthquake and subsequent tsunami have impacted the entire automotive industry supply chain in Japan, including the infotainment segment, according to IHS iSuppli. This will have...

Taiwan market: Fujitsu launches new Sandy Bridge notebooks

Mar 24, 01:05

Japan-based notebook vendor Fujitsu has launched several new Intel Sandy Bridge-based notebooks including 15.6-inch LifeBook AH531 and LH531, 17.3-inch LifeBook NH751 in Taiwan; although...

Japan earthquake suspends supply of raw materials used in 25% of global chip production, says IHS iSuppli

Mar 22, 15:00

The Japan earthquake has resulted in the suspension of one-quarter of the global production of silicon wafers used to make semiconductors, according to IHS iSuppli. The 25% reduction...

Notebook vendors show no interest in Oak Trail

Jan 13, 01:30

Because Acer and Asustek Computer have both shown their unwillingness to launch Oak Trail-based tablet PCs, Intel has recently been aggressively trying to persuade these vendors with...

Zenitron points to touch panel IC and USB 3.0 as main growth drivers in 2011

Dec 15, 14:43

IC distributor Zenitron expects touch panel IC and USB 3.0 products to be the main revenue growth drivers in 2011.

Fujitsu negotiating outsourced production of servers with Inventec

Oct 6, 17:06

Japan-based PC vendor Fujitsu has recently been in negotiations with Taiwan-based PC maker Inventec for OEM production of servers at Inventec's plants in Taiwan, as the products tagged...

Fujitsu aims to ship 10 million notebooks in 2012

Oct 6, 01:15

Japan-based Fujitsu expects to ship five million notebooks in 2010 and aims to increase shipments to 10 million units in 2012, according to Fujitsu Taiwan.

Thirty billion power conversion ICs enable power management applications, says Petrov Group

Aug 24, 13:53

The analog power conversion IC segment dominates the power management market; it accounts for about 30 billion units and US$11 billion revenues with a forecast average growth rate...

Toshiba, Sony and Fujitsu to increase notebook outsourcing to Taiwan makers in 2011, sources say

Aug 17, 11:36

Japan-based brand notebook vendors Toshiba, Sony and Fujitsu are all expected to increase the ratios of outsourced notebooks to Taiwan-based ODM makers in 2011 in order to strengthen...

Fujitsu to rely more heavily on Taiwan partners in the future

Jul 29, 15:55

As Fujitsu plans to push US$400-600 notebooks in North America and Asia Pacific markets, and increased its outsourcing proportion to Taiwan makers from only 30% in 2009 to close to...

Acer, Asustek rank second, sixth globally in 2Q10 notebook shipments

Jul 28, 16:09

Acer shipped 8.1 million notebooks in the second quarter globally, the second largest next to Hewlett-Packard (HP) with 8.51 million units, while Asustek Computer ranked sixth with...

Taiwan government touts WiMAX investment from 3 Japan-based firms

Jul 26, 11:09

Taiwan's minister without portfolio Yiin Chii-ming, former Minister of Economic Affairs, on July 25 led a delegation of government officials to visit 11 enterprises in Japan for business...

Taiwan IC design houses see strong demand from smartphone sector in 3Q10

Jul 21, 12:03

Taiwan-based handset design houses, including Elan Microelectronics, Egalax-empia Technology (EETI), Capella Microsystems and Prolific Technology, are all expecting strong demand...

Asustek and Fujitsu see no change in 2009 notebook ASPs, says IDC

Mar 29, 15:17

Some global top-10 notebook vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell in 2009 dropped their notebook ASPs by over 8%, while Acer only had a less than 6% drop. But Asustek Computer...

Acquiring Fujitsu notebook business fastest way for Acer to surpass HP, say watchers

Mar 1, 15:06

An acquisition would be the fastest way for Acer to surpass Hewlett-Packard (HP) in terms of global notebook shipments, since Acer will need to see more than 40% on-year growth in...

Optical touchscreens to feature in 70% of Quanta all-in-one PCs in 2010

Dec 1, 14:46

Quanta Computer's optical touchscreen-based all-in-one PCs are estimated to account for more than 70% of the company's four million total shipments in 2010, according to market wat...

Toshiba increases market share on Fujitsu hard drive takeover

Newswatch - Oct 22, 16:31

Toshiba is estimated to have grabbed a 13.2% share of the global hard disk drive (HDD) market following its takeover of Fujitsu's hard drive operations, according to industry sourc...

Color e-book readers to become mainstream in 2011, says Digitimes Research

Oct 13, 14:06

Color e-book readers will account for 4-5% of the total global e-book reader shipments in the second half of 2010, and will become mainstream in 2011, according to Digitimes Resear...

Quanta reportedly gains all-in-one PC orders from Fujitsu, Acer and MSI

Sep 24, 15:07

Quanta Computer has reported received all-in-one PC orders from Fujitsu, Acer and Micro-Star International (MSI) and will start shipping products soon, according to industry source...