Taiwan market: IT services valued at NT$35 billion in 2H11, says IDC

May 16, 11:34

Providers of information technology services in the Taiwan market generated total revenues of NT$35 billion (US$1.17 billion) during the second half of 2011, growing by 7.1% on year,...

Shipments of new MacBooks to surge starting June

May 14, 14:59

As Apple reportedly will announce its new MacBook series notebooks in June, the company's upstream suppliers will start raising their shipments to Apple significantly in the month...

Acer regains second-rank for 1Q12 notebook shipments, says IDC

May 9, 15:12

Acer regained the status of the second-largest notebook vendor in terms of shipments in the first quarter of 2012, according to IDC.

IDC raises 2012 chip market growth forecast

May 3, 01:05

IDC has raised its prediction for the 2012 global chip market to 6-7% annual growth from the 3.1% increase estimated previously.

PC Market returns to positive growth, though gains remain small, says IDC

Apr 12, 15:35

The worldwide PC market saw a slight increase in volume during the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same quarter in 2011, with shipments rising 2.3%, according to the IDC Worldwide...

PC shipments expected to have strong 2H12, says IDC

Mar 20, 16:20

Worldwide PC shipment growth for 2011 ended on a slightly positive note, growing to 1.8% on the year, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. While the first half of...

Tablet PC shipments outpace 4Q12 targets, says IDC

Mar 15, 14:48

Worldwide media tablet shipments into sales channels rose by 56.1% on a sequential basis in the fourth quarter of 2011 to 28.2 million units, according to IDC. Shipments represented...

Taiwan market: Server shipments up 9.3% sequentially in 4Q11, says IDC Taiwan

Mar 14, 15:42

There were 19,608 servers shipped in the Taiwan market during the fourth quarter of 2011, increasing 9.3% on quarter but decreasing 12.8% on year, while the corresponding shipment...

Taiwan market: 2.15 million handsets shipped in 4Q11, says IDC

Mar 7, 16:01

There were 2.15 million handsets shipped in the Taiwan market in the fourth quarter of 2011, increasing 12.1% sequentially but decreasing 7.5% on year, according to International...

Despite a 7.2% decline in 4Q11, worldwide server revenues increase 5.8% in 2011, says IDC

Mar 1, 15:37

According to the IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenues in the worldwide server market decreased 7.2% on year to US$14.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011...

Taiwan market: PC shipments decline in 4Q11, says IDC

Feb 22, 12:30

There were 705,448 desktop and notebook PCs shipped in the Taiwan market during the fourth quarter of 2011, slipping by 17.0% on quarter and by 2.9% on year, according to IDC Taiwa...

Nokia maintains largest global handset market share in 2011, says IDC

Feb 3, 01:20

Nokia sold 417.1 million feature phones and smartphones together to maintain the largest global handset market share of 27% in 2011, but dropping 5.6pp from 2010, according to International...

Media tablet shipments miss 3Q11 targets, says IDC

Dec 16, 16:45

Worldwide media tablet shipments into sales channels rose by 23.9% on a sequential basis in the third calendar quarter of 2011 to 18.1 million units, according to the IDC. That represents...

Taiwan market: 3Q11 server shipments down sequentially, says IDC Taiwan

Dec 6, 16:33

There were 17,933 servers shipped in the Taiwan market during the third quarter of 2011, decreasing 11.2% on quarter but increasing 13.8% on year, while the corresponding shipment...

Taiwan market: 1H11 IT services valued at NT$32.77 billion, says IDC

Nov 25, 11:41

Providers of business-use IT services in the Taiwan market generated total revenues of NT$32.77 billion (US$1.13 billion) during the first half of 2011, growing 6.4% on year, according...

Cloud computing player Wyse acquisition of Trellia to benefit Inventec

Nov 24, 01:00

Cloud client computing solution player Wyse Technology's recent acquisition of cloud computing infrastructure management player Trellia is expected to benefit its major ODM partner...

Shipment forecast for HDD and PC lowered because of Thailand floods, says IDC

Nov 11, 15:21

Widespread flooding is bringing unprecedented devastation to the people and economy of Thailand. With operations disrupted at more than a dozen hard disk drive (HDD) factories, damage...

Worldwide PC processor revenues in 3Q11 rise over 12% sequentially, says IDC

Nov 3, 12:14

Worldwide PC microprocessor revenues in the third calendar quarter of 2011 rose to US$10.7 billion, up 12.2% compared to the second quarter and up 16.1% compared to the third quarter...

Asustek and Acer quibble over notebook vendor rankings in China and Europe

Nov 1, 01:00

Asustek Computer, citing figures from research firm IDC, pointed out that the company's notebook shipments in China have already surpassed Acer and it has become the second largest...

Taiwan market: Epson takes nearly 50% of 1080p household projector segment in 2Q11, says IDC

Oct 20, 16:39

Epson continued to rank as the top vendor of 1080p household projectors in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2011 with shipments totaling 766 units for a 46.5% share, according...

Lenovo rises to the second largest PC brand in 3Q11, says IDC

Oct 14, 14:59

Worldwide PC shipments increased by 3.6% in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter in 2010, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. The results are up...

Taiwan market: Server shipments up 11.6% sequentially in 2Q11, says IDC

Sep 21, 16:56

There were 20,128 servers shipped in the Taiwan market during the second quarter of 2011, increasing 11.6% on quarter and 14.4% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.

Tablet market beats 2Q11 target; 2011 forecast raised, says IDC

Sep 16, 11:31

Worldwide media tablet shipments rose by 88.9% on a sequential basis and 303.8% year over year in the second calendar quarter of 2011 to 13.6 million units, according to IDC. Based...

Taiwan market: Smartphones account for 50% of handset shipments in 2Q11, says IDC

Sep 15, 16:22

Smartphone shipments in the Taiwan market were up 145% on year to 990,000 units in the second quarter of 2011, accounting for over 50% of all handset shipments in the quarter, according...

PC vendors tapping Argentina market

Sep 7, 15:57

PC vendors, including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell, Acer, Asustek Computer, Lenovo and Samsung Electronics, have begun tapping the Argentina market, the second-largest next to Brazil...

Worldwide server market revenues increase 17.9% in 2Q11, says IDC

Aug 24, 17:05

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenues in the worldwide server market increased 17.9% on year to US$13.2 billion in the second quarter of 2011....

China surpasses US to become largest PC market in 2Q11, says IDC

Aug 24, 16:58

Final results from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker show that PC shipments in the China market exceeded those of the US in the second quarter of 2011. Approximately 18.5 million...

Taiwan market: Projector shipments up over 19% sequentially in 2Q11, says IDC

Aug 5, 10:55

There were 25,817 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during the second quarter of 2011, increasing 19.3% on quarter but decreasing 6.5% on year, according to IDC Asia/Pacific.

Worldwide mobile phone market grew more than 11% in 2Q11, says IDC

Jul 29, 17:02

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 11.3% on year in the second quarter of 2011, despite a weaker feature phone market, which declined for the first time since the third quarter...

Taiwan Mobile to set up IDC

Jul 29, 15:32

Telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will invest NT$3 billion (US$104 million) to have its subsidiary Taiwan Fixed Network set up an Internet data center (IDC) in Taipei, with completion...

HP, Asustek surpassing Acer in Europe, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 28, 12:33

First-tier notebook vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) in the second quarter saw its notebook market share (including netbook) in Western Europe rise from 20.3% in the first quarter to 24%,...

Global chip market to grow at 6% CAGR by 2015, says IDC

Jul 22, 14:23

Worldwide semiconductor revenues will achieve a CAGR of 6% for the 2010-2015 forecast period, according to IDC. Coming from a strong recovery in 2010, semiconductor revenues will...

Acer ranks as top-2 vendor in Asia pacific PC market in 2Q11, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 21, 13:56

Acer ranked as the number two vendor in the Asia Pacific PC market in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the fourth position it held previously, according to a Chinese-language...

Media tablet shipments to double in 2011, Android to triple in Australia and New Zealand, says IDC

Jul 1, 16:43

After a strong end to 2010 and in anticipation of new device launches, media tablet shipments across Australia and New Zealand shrank by 34% on quarter to slightly above 200,000 units...

Taiwan market: Over 18,000 servers shipped in 1Q11, says IDC

Jun 30, 09:56

A total of 18,039 servers were shipped to the Taiwan market in first-quarter 2011, dropping 19.7% sequentially but rising 11.2% on year, according to IDC Asia/Pacific.