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...

WiMAX licensee Global Mobile to start selecting CPE suppliers in September

Sep 1, 14:17

Taiwan-based WiMAX licensee Global Mobile completed interoperability testing (IOT) with CPE (customer premise equipment) suppliers in August and will start selecting suppliers in...

E-paper display revenues to exceed US$9 billion by 2018, says DisplaySearch

Aug 27, 16:38

The global e-paper display market will grow to 1.8 billion units and US$9.6 billion in revenues in 2018, from 22 million units and US$431 million in revenues in 2009, for a CAGR (compound...

Fujitsu Microelectronics and TSMC cooperate on 28nm

Aug 27, 14:53

Fujitsu Microelectronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on August 27 announced that they have agreed to collaborate on 28nm process technology targeting foundry...

Fujitsu says no plans for Taiwan e-book manufacturing facility

Aug 21, 16:08

Fujitsu Frontech does not have plans to set up a cholesteric liquid crystal color e-book reader plant in Taiwan or set up production lines incorporating both front-end and back-end...

Fujitsu to set up color e-book reader production plant in Taiwan

Aug 18, 15:43

Japan-based Fujitsu will work with a Taiwan-based company to set up a plant in Taiwan to produce cholesteric liquid crystal color e-book readers, according to Liao Chi-Chang, manager...

MSI has chance to become global top-10 notebook vendor in 3Q09, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 11, 15:44

Micro-Star International (MSI) will have a chance to enter the global top-10 notebook vendor list in the third quarter of 2009 as market demand for the company's notebook is turning...

Taiwan market: Fujitsu launches color e-book reader

Aug 4, 16:06

Japan-based Fujitsu has launched its color e-book reader, the ELEPia, in the Taiwan market, targeting the sports marketing segment initially. The ELEPia has an 8-inch screen with...

A dozen operators to launch LTE services in 2010, says ABI Research

Jun 17, 16:43

The tally of wireless operators committed to deploy LTE networks and offer LTE-based services to their subscribers in 2010 has climbed to at least 12, according to ABI Research. By...

Fresco Logic demonstrates multi-vendor USB 3.0 system-level interoperability

May 22, 16:14

Fresco Logic, a fabless semiconductor company focused on SuperSpeed connectivity solution, demonstrated the system-level interoperability between Fresco Logic's SuperSpeed USB extensible...

Japan handset vendors eye expanding global sales

Jan 15, 17:06

A number of Japan-based handset vendors have stepped up their contact with Taiwan OEM/ODM handset makers with an aim to expand sales by introducing more models for international markets,...

FET looking at expanded cooperation with Fujitsu in handset sales

Jan 15, 17:02

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has said that it will continue to introduce mid- and low-cost handsets from Fujitsu after having introduced the vendor's high-end F905i handset...

Fujitsu to market its handsets in Asia, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 14, 13:51

Fujitsu plans to offer its mobile phones in some of the markets in Asia as the domestic market in Japan is projected to remain weak, the Chinese-language Commercial Times...

Nichicon acquisition of Fujitsu capacitor business has limited impact on prices

Nov 11, 16:43

Taiwan solid capacitor makers are happy to see Nichicon's acquisition of Fujitsu's capacitor business, as the buyout will help consolidate the industry. However, it has had a limited...

Japan-based passive component supplier Nichicon to acquire Fujitsu's solid capacitor business, says Zenitron

Nov 7, 16:31

Fujitsu's distributor Zenitron indicated that Japan-based Nichicon is going to acquire Fujitsu's capacitor business, while market watchers commented that the acquisition of Nichicon...

Fujitsu outsources notebook manufacturing to Inventec and FIC

Sep 10, 15:15

Japan-based notebook vendor Fujitsu has outsourced its L-series entry-level consumer notebook orders to Inventec, while it has given First International Computer (FIC) netbook orders,...

Fujitsu and Nanya sign licensing agreement to settle DRAM patent dispute

Sep 2, 15:53

Fujitsu Microelectronics and Nanya Technology have announced that they have signed a patent license agreement containing licensing terms with financial arrangements to resolve patent...

Fujitsu and Taiwan-based III commence operations at joint venture targeting WiMAX market

Aug 4, 12:23

Fujitsu Global Mobile Platform Inc.(FMPI), a joint venture established based on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Fujitsu's former LSI business divisions (currently a separate...

Pricing of Japan-made solid capacitors expected to drop in 2009

Jul 25, 15:24

With the patents owned for producing solid capacitors that use PEDT (polyethylene dioxythiophene) as the solid electrolyte set to expire in the second quarter of 2009, Japan-based...

Foxconn maybe to manufacture low-cost notebook for Sony, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 22, 12:19

With the low-cost notebook market starting to pick up, Japan-based PC vendors including Sony, Toshiba, Fujitsu and NEC are all planning to launch their own low-cost notebooks, and...

Fujitsu launches Mobile WiMAX chipsets

Jun 27, 09:30

Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited (FML) recently announced its new mobile WiMAX chipset optimized devices such as smart phones and PDAs. Sample shipment will start in August 2008....

Fujitsu Microelectronics mulls roll out of WiMAX module chips

Jun 11, 15:41

Fujitsu Microelectronics, a major supplier of semiconductor products, including WiMAX solutions, has teamed up with a number of Taiwan makers for the production of PC related mobile...