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.

Public IT cloud services spending to reach US$72.9 billion in 2015, says IDC

Jun 21, 16:54

Cloud computing will continue to reshape the IT landscape over the next five years as spending on public IT cloud services expands at a CAGR of 27.6%, from US$21.5 billion in 2010...

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...

Slowing consumer demand reduces PC growth for 2011, to remain growing for long term, says IDC

Jun 7, 16:52

Worldwide PC shipments are now expected to grow by just 4.2% in 2011, down from a February forecast of 7.1%, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. A combination of...

Taiwan market: 1Q11 projector shipments down, says IDC

May 6, 10:39

Projector shipments to the Taiwan market reached 21,637 units in first-quarter 2011, declining 28.8% sequentially and 16.7% on year, according to IDC Asia/Pacific.

Worldwide PC processor shipments up 7.4% on year in 1Q11, says IDC

May 5, 16:49

Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments in the first quarter of 2011 grew 1.6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2010 and 7.4% on year, according to the latest PC microprocessor market...

HP, Acer lose ground in global notebook market in 1Q11, IDC data show

Apr 29, 14:43

Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer saw their shares in the global notebook market decline to 18.5% and 14.8%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2011, down from 20.2% and 14.9% in the...

Global chip market to see 6-8% growth in 2011, says IDC

Apr 21, 16:56

Worldwide semiconductor revenues increased more than 24% on year to US$282 billion in 2010, according to IDC. Device applications, such as smartphones, media tablets and e-readers,...

Global PC market contracts in 1Q11, but swaths of growth remain, says IDC

Apr 14, 14:12

A myriad of factors contributed to the first contraction in the worldwide PC market since the end of the recent recession. Global PC shipments declined 3.2% during the first quarter...

Tablet and e-book reader semiconductors boom, says IDC

Apr 7, 16:00

Worldwide revenues for media tablet and e-book reader semiconductors grew over 2,000% to US$3.3 billion in 2010 as semiconductor suppliers enabled OEMs to bring new products to market...

FET subsidiary, Pacnet to cooperate on submarine cable connectivity, IDC

Apr 1, 13:58

Taiwan mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications' (FET) subsidiary New Century InfoComm Tech (NCIC) on March 31 signed with Pacnet, Asia's leading provider of submarine...

Nearly 18 million media tablets and 12 million e-book readers shipped in 2010, says IDC

Mar 11, 12:35

According to the IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker, 10.1 million media tablets were shipped in the fourth quarter of 2010, more than double the 4.5 million...

Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments flat on year in 4Q10, says IDC

Feb 24, 14:15

Worldwide PC microprocessor shipment growth in the fourth calendar quarter of 2010 slowed notably, compared to both the third quarter of 2010, a drop of 0.04% on quarter, and to the...

Worldwide IT spending outperformed expectations in 2010, reaching US$1.5 trillion, says IDC

Feb 10, 15:44

Global spending on information technology (IT) surged to its fastest rate of growth since 2007 in 2010, driven by pent-up demand for hardware upgrades and infrastructure investment...

Taiwan market: Over 27,000 projectors shipped in 4Q10, says IDC

Feb 1, 12:54

There were 27,642 projectors shipped to the Taiwan market in the fourth quarter of 2010, increasing 16.55% on quarter but decreasing 51.75% on year. The shipments of 104,422 projectors...

Acer PC shipments decline in 4Q10, trailing HP and Dell, says IDC

Jan 14, 01:35

Acer shipped 9.775 million PC products in the fourth quarter of 2010, down 17% on quarter and 15% on year due to a slowdown in netbook shipments, according to IDC. As a result, Acer's...

Taiwan market: LED monitors account for 25% of overall monitor market in 3Q10, says IDC

Dec 17, 01:15

Through promotion from LCD monitor vendors such as Chimei and ViewSonic, LED-backlit LCD monitor sales in the third quarter of 2010 in Taiwan reached 125,000 units, accounting for...

Acer remains number one in Russia PC market despite losing top spot in desktops in 3Q10, says IDC

Dec 6, 16:58

Taiwan-based Acer retained its leadership in Russia's PC market in the third quarter of 2010, although the top position in the desktop segment was grabbed by the world leader Hewlett-Packard...

Cloud services, mobile computing, social networking to mature and coalesce in 2011, says IDC

Dec 3, 12:03

Transformation has been a recurring theme in the annual IDC predictions over the past several years. During this time, a wave of disruptive technologies has emerged and evolved, forged...

Worldwide processor shipments and revenues rise modestly in 3Q10, says IDC

Nov 11, 11:29

Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments and revenues in the third calendar quarter of 2010 increased 2.1% and 2.5%, respectively, compared to the second quarter, according to the latest...

Mini notebook market to be down, but not out, says IDC

Nov 10, 11:35

One year ago, mini notebook PCs, or netbooks, were seen by many as the device that would fundamentally reshape the PC industry. Today, that expectation is being laid upon the media...

Worldwide smartphone market grows 89.5% on year in 3Q10, says IDC

Nov 5, 14:13

The worldwide smartphone market reached a new milestone during the third quarter of 2010, with the leading vendors posting double- or even triple-digit on-year growth, according to...

China market: Asustek ships 1 million notebooks in 3Q10

Nov 4, 13:53

Asustek Computer shipped one million notebooks and Eee PCs combined in China in the third quarter of 2010, up 17% sequentially; however, due to seasonality, the company's shipments...

Lenovo ships 5.46 million notebooks in 3Q10

Nov 2, 01:50

China-based notebook vendor Lenovo shipped 5.46 million notebooks worldwide in the third quarter of 2010, making it the fourth largest vendor in the quarter and only 600,000 units...

IDC expects 12 million tablet PC shipments in 2010 and 18 million in 2011, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 16, 01:00

Research firm IDC expects tablet PC shipments in 2010 to reach 12 million units with volumes in 2011 to reach 18 million, a growth of 50% on year, according to a Chinese-language...

Taiwan market: Netbook proportion in notebook shipments rise in 1H10

Sep 14, 01:15

Looking at end-user demand for notebooks in the local Taiwan market in the first half of 2010, the netbook proportion reached 25% and 28% in the first and second quarter, respectively,...

Worldwide smartphone market projections raised 10% for 2010, says IDC

Sep 9, 09:01

The worldwide market for smartphones is expected to grow 55.4% this year compared to 2009 amid greater-than-expected demand for the devices. This is 10% higher than the previous forecast...

Acer tops desktop and notebook PC markets in Russia in 2Q10, says IDC

Sep 1, 11:44

Taiwan-based Acer grabbed top-spot positions in both desktop and notebook segments of the Russian PC market in the second quarter of 2010, said International Data Corporation (IDC)...

Worldwide PC processor shipments and revenues rise in 2Q10, says IDC

Aug 19, 15:40

Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments and revenues in the second calendar quarter of 2010 increased 3.6% and 6.2%, respectively, compared to the first quarter, according to the latest...

CHT to set up flagship IDC in line with government plan

Aug 17, 11:57

In line with the government's plan to establish a major IDC (Internet data center) as part of a project to attract multinational enterprises to set up operations on the island, Chunghwa...

Taiwan market: Front projector shipments up 80% on year in 2Q10, says IDC

Aug 12, 17:06

Taiwan front projector shipments in the second quarter of 2010 totaled 27,600 units, up 3.2% sequentially and 80.6% on year, according to IDC data.