China market: Taiwan projector vendors face strong pressure from local brands

Jul 19, 11:04

While demand for projectors in the China market is on the rise due to government procurement projects for educational applications, Taiwan-based vendors including BenQ, Vivitek, Optoma...

Lenovo pushes oversea acquisition to expand PC market share

Jul 19, 01:20

With China-based PC vendor Lenovo successfully surpassed Acer and became the third largest PC vendor worldwide in the second quarter, Lenovo CFO Wong Wai Ming pointed out that the...

Apple defies decline in smartphone market, says IHS iSuppli

May 10, 15:05

Bucking a rare downturn in the burgeoning smartphone business, Apple in the first quarter achieved double-digit-percentage growth in iPhone shipments and posted the best performance...

Standalone application processors are wining in mobility markets, says Petrov Group (part 1)

Mar 8, 15:40

Several years ago there was a widely accepted expectation that application mobile processors would be fully integrated with baseband processors on a single chip. However, today we...

Surging demand changes small- to medium-size panel industry

Mar 2, 01:35

Amid the surging demand for smartphones and other applications for small- to medium-size panels, the overall small- to medium-size industry is changing with NEC to turn wholly owned...

NEC-Lenovo PC joint venture unlikely to affect order status at Taiwan contract makers

Jan 28, 13:50

The Lenovo-NEC PC joint venture is unlikely to affect current order status at the two companies' PC contract makers in Taiwan, with Micro-Star International (MSI) in particular having...

Lenovo announces joint venture with NEC

Jan 28, 11:55

China-based PC vendor Lenovo, on January 27, announced it will establish a joint venture, NEC Lenovo Japan Group, with NEC. Lenovo will hold a 51% stake in the newly formed company...

Asustek expects a slight drop in 1Q11 revenues

Jan 25, 01:10

Asustek Computer CFO David Chang recently pointed out that the company's revenues in the fourth quarter of 2010 met expectation though total was not a record as hoped. As for the...

Lenovo-NEC cooperation could change notebook industry lineup

Jan 24, 16:51

Despite that Japan-based PC vendor NEC has already clarified that the company has not yet made any official announcement and has not yet made any decision about a merger with China-based...

USB 3.0 chipmakers to push into new AMD platform

Jan 3, 16:11

USB 3.0 chipmakers have recently started to push their chips in AMD's new Ontario and Zacate platform, which do not support USB 3.0 natively, and since AMD will not launch a platform...

NEC to continue supporting WiMAX development in Taiwan, says NEC China president

Nov 15, 16:31

NEC has been helping Tatung InfoComm with its WiMAX operation, and will continue its support for WiMAX development in Taiwan, including additional investment in line with Taiwan government's...

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...

NEC to cut USB 3.0 chip prices in 4Q10

Jul 23, 12:25

To counter competition from Taiwan-based USB 3.0 chipmakers, Japan-based chipmaker NEC reportedly plans to significantly cut prices for its first- and second-generation USB 3.0 chips...

Taiwan market: Front projector shipments up 81% sequentially in 4Q09

Feb 5, 16:54

Front projector shipments in the Taiwan market reached 57,300 units in the fourth quarter of 2009, up 81% sequentially and 150% on year, mainly due to government procurements for...

Intel, NEC to develop supercomputer technologies

Nov 17, 16:35

Intel and NEC have agreed to jointly develop High Performance Computing (HPC) system technologies that they claim will push the boundaries of supercomputing performance.

Taiwan IC distributor Aeco Technology to offer LucidPort USB 3.0 chips

Sep 23, 15:32

Taiwan-based IC distributor Aeco Technology will begin to supply USB 3.0 chips developed by US-based LucidPort Technology and manufactured at Japan-based NEC's fabs in October 2009,...

NEC Electronics and Renesas agree to merge

Sep 17, 12:16

NEC Electronics and Renesas will integrate their operations and generate synergies to specialize in microcontroller unit (MCU), system-on-chip (SoC) and discrete products, according...

ECS, Foxconn, Pegatron competing for Lenovo all-in-one PC orders

Jul 29, 16:07

Lenovo is set to release second-round ODM orders for all-in-one PCs, and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron Technology are all set to compete for...

Huawei remains top vendor in Asia optical network hardware market, says Infonetics Research

Jul 14, 14:49

"Optical network hardware markets grew at a fast pace throughout the Asia Pacific region in 2008, led by India (up 35% from 2007), Japan (up 25%), and China (up 12%). For comparison,...

NEC to reduce number of Taiwan component suppliers, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 10, 17:12

Japan-based notebook vendor NEC has recently said it will change its purchasing strategy in Taiwan, which will reduce the number of Taiwan component suppliers in its supply chain...

Foxlink sees revenues up in June; lands fingerprint identification device orders from NEC

Jul 9, 15:49

Taiwan-based connector maker Foxlink has posted consolidated revenues of NT$3.36 billion (US$101.82 million) for June, up 9.4% on month but down 7.7% on year, according to a company...

MSI lands netbook orders from NEC, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 19, 16:19

Micro-Star International (MSI) recently landed netbook orders from Japan-based NEC, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report.

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...

LCD commercial display and digital signage up 67% on year in 1Q09, says DisplaySearch

Jun 16, 12:04

Global shipments for larger-size (26-inch and larger) flat panel displays (FPDs) used in commercial applications for out-of-home environments grew 2% on year, but dropped 10% sequentially...

Renesas and NEC merger expected to benefit Taiwan IC distributors

Newswatch - Apr 17, 15:50

Japan-based NEC Electronics is speculated to merge with Renesas Technology, to become the biggest microcontroller unit (MCU) supplier worldwide, according to market sources.

Driver IC packaging firms to reach full utilization by end of 2Q09

Apr 8, 16:33

Taiwan-based LCD driver IC packaging and testing houses are expected to see their fabs running at full capacity by the end of the second quarter, as more Japan-based IDMs have begun...

HHNEC and SMIC land IC card orders for Shanghai World Expo

Newswatch - Apr 2, 17:09

Pure-play foundry Huahong NEC Electronics (HHNEC) has landed orders for the production of IC cards to be used with the intelligent entrance systems deployed during the 2010 Shanghai...

NEC procurement from Taiwan to drop 10-20% in 2009

Jan 21, 12:16

NEC's procurement of Taiwan-made products in 2009 is expected to decrease in total value by 10-20% from 2008 mainly because of the global economic recession, according to NEC Taiwan...

Quanta to supply monthly shipments of 800,000 all-in-one PCs to Apple in 1Q09, says paper

Newswatch - Dec 23, 16:33

The Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) has cited sources inside the component supply chain as saying that Apple plans to launch a new iMac all-in-one PC in the first...

NEC to launch netbook in November

Oct 20, 11:49

Japan-based PC vendor NEC is planning to launch a 8.9-inch netbook, the LaVie Light, in Japan in November this year, according to company president Kaoru Yano.

Bureau Veritas ADT completes certification testing of mobile WiMAX devices for NEC

Sep 1, 16:14

Bureau Veritas ADT (Advanced Data Technology) has completed certification testing of a batch of 2.5GHz mobile WiMAX (802.16e Wave 2) devices from NEC, helping the Japan-based vendor...

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...