Intel China symposium to focus on hardware design and software ecosystem

Aug 2, 01:35

Intel will host an Ultrabook Ecosystem Symposium in Shenzhen, China on August 2, inviting mostly second-tier IT players, and will focus on topics such as hardware design and software...

Foxconn refutes rumors about entering Taiwan cable TV channel market

Aug 2, 01:05

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), commenting on a recent rumor that the company is preparing to enter Taiwan's cable TV channel market, has said it is aiming to work...

Intel executive hosts pre-show conference detailing ultrabook symposium

Jul 31, 01:35

Intel general manager of mobile platform business Navin Shenoy at a pre-show conference before the company's Ultrabook Ecosystem Symposium on July 31 in Taiwan, pointed out that the...

Quanta chairman reportedly may invest in VMware

Jul 31, 01:25

Quanta Computer chairman Barry Lam has recently sold shares totaling a 1.67% stake in Quanta through global depositary receipts (GDR) for a price of US$150 million, accounting for...

Intel to promote new panel technology at ultrabook ecosystem meeting in Taiwan

Jul 27, 14:41

Intel has invited Taiwan-based ultrabook supply chain makers to attend an Ultrabook Ecosystem Symposium on July 31 in an attempt to propose various solutions to improve performance-cost...

Digitimes Research: Notebook ODMs to see mixed shipment performance in 2H12

Jul 26, 14:08

Although global notebook shipments in the second half of 2012 are only estimated to grow 12% compared to the first, several notebooks ODMs are expected to see their shipment growth...

Hirose completes lithium iron phosphate powder plant

Jul 26, 01:40

Hirose Tech, a Taiwan-based maker of flat panel display inspection and measurement equipment, has completed construction of a new plant for the production of lithium iron phosphate...

Compal lands over 30% of Acer notebook orders for 2013

Jul 26, 01:00

Compal Electronics, after acquiring 70% of Dell's 2013 notebook orders, has also recently received 36% of Acer's total notebook orders for 2013 with an estimated volume of about 10.8...

Taiwan June manufacturing production index down

Jul 23, 16:37

Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2006 as base year) of 131.39 for June 2012, decreasing by 5.41% on month and by 2.31% on year, according to statistics released by...

Chongqing government turning strict over subsidy qualifications

Jul 23, 16:08

Subsidies that the government of Chongqing, China has promised to the notebook supply chain to attract them to invest in the city, are reportedly seeing qualifications become more...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers 2H12 digital camera shipments to fall 21.7% on year

Jul 23, 11:48

Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical will ship a total of 21.738 million digital cameras in second-half 2012, decreasing by...

Taiwan June unemployment rate slightly up sequentially

Jul 23, 10:57

Taiwan had 477,000 jobless citizens in June 2012, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 4.21% which rose by 0.09 percentage point on month but fell by 0.14 percentage point on year,...

IDT to deliver mixed signal solutions for tablet PC applications in 2H12

Jul 20, 13:37

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) is scheduled to deliver a mixed signal semiconductor solution which will include IDT's timing and power management ICs for tablet PC applications...

Foxconn evaluating investment in Indonesia

Jul 20, 10:26

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly plans to invest US$1 billion to set up production facilities in Indonesia targeting domestic demand. Foxconn stated that...

Foxconn reportedly in disagreement with Brazil government

Jul 19, 01:40

Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) investment in Brazil reportedly is facing some issues as the two sides are currently having disagreements over investment projects...

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...

Notebook brand vendors delay orders from July to late August

Jul 17, 14:27

Notebook brand vendors, seeing uncertainties in the US and Europe, have decided to postpone some of their July orders to late August in order to gain more time and flexibility to...

Chassis makers Ju Teng and Catchers expected to benefit from 7-inch tablet PCs

Jul 17, 01:25

Ju Teng and Catcher Technology are expected to see strong performances in the second half of the year since Ju Teng is reportedly the chassis supplier of Google's Nexus 7 and strong...

Low-end Google Nexus 7 carries US$152 BOM, IHS teardown reveals

Jul 12, 14:33

The entry-level 8GB version of Google's new Nexus 7 media tablet carries a bill of materials (BOM) of US$151.75, according to preliminary findings from the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis...

All-in-one PC shipments to outpace traditional desktops with double-digit growth, says IHS

Jul 12, 12:38

With their shipments projected to surge this year and beyond, all-in-one PCs will help prop an ailing market for overall desktop PC systems, according to the IHS iSuppli.

Foxconn June revenues down sequentially

Jul 12, 01:05

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on July 10 reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$236.83 billion (US$7.91 billion) for June, decreasing 1.76% on month but increasing...

Microsoft Surface chassis suffers low yields

Jul 9, 13:27

Microsoft reportedly planned to adopt unibody magnesium-aluminum chassis for its Surface tablet PCs originally, but affected by chassis makers' limited capacity, the company has instead...

Digitimes Research: Non-Apple brand vendors unlikely to surpass Apple in ultra-thin battle in 2012

Jul 5, 13:15

Although many notebook brand vendors have been aggressively investing resources into the development of notebook products that feature ultra-thin design (ultrabook) as well as support...

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,...