China market: 4Q12 smart device shipments up 7.2% sequentially, says IDC

Feb 25, 11:57

There were 90.65 million smart terminal devices shipped in the China market during the fourth quarter of 2012, increasing 7.2% sequentially, according to IDC China.

Mobility reigns as the smart connected device market rises 29.1% in 2012, says IDC

Feb 25, 10:28

When looking at a holistic view of smartphones, tablets, and PCs, one thing is clear: smartphones and tablets are driving mobility growth. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly...

Ilitek driver IC, touch controller shipments to pick up soon

Feb 22, 11:41

LCD driver IC vendor ILi Technology (Ilitek) is expected to see shipments for its two major product lines - small- to medium-size driver ICs and touch controller ICs - start gaining...

GIS expected to bump up touch panel lamination shipments for iPad mini

Feb 22, 11:27

Touch screen maker GIS, a subsidiary of the Foxconn Group, is expected to bump up its monthly shipments of touch panel lamination products for use in the iPad mini to two million...

Taiwan PS4 supply chain makers to begin shipments in 2Q13, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 22, 10:31

Taiwan-based supply chain participants for the PlayStation 4 (PS4), the latest Sony game console unveiled on February 20, including power supply maker Delta Electronics, connector...

AMOLED TV panel market to see limited shipments in coming years, says Displaybank

Feb 21, 16:17

Although AMOLED TVs headlined the January 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), shipments of these high-end panels will remain limited in the coming years, according to research firm...

January 2013 large-size panel shipments drop 10.4% on month, says WitsView

Feb 21, 16:12

Large-size panel shipment volume reached 65.16 million units in January 2013, declining 10.4% on month but jumping 27% on year, according to research firm WitsView.

MediaTek smartphone solution shipments to return to track in March

Feb 19, 21:18

Sales of smartphone solutions from MediaTek are expected to be back to the right track starting March as smartphone vendors in China have begun to renew their orders for dual- and...

Acer expects shipment growth for tablets, notebooks and smartphones in 2013

Feb 19, 18:48

Acer will focus on pushing its tablet, notebook and smartphone shipments in 2013 and is aiming to ship more than five million tablets in the year, according to company president Jim...

Quanta ships 3.3 million notebooks in January

Feb 19, 15:36

Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$70.24 billion (US$2.38 billion) for January with notebook shipments reaching 3.3 million units, down from 3.8 million in...

Worldwide large format printer shipments decline 3% in 4Q12, says IDC

Feb 19, 14:44

Most regional markets posted on-quarter growth in the worldwide large format printer (LFP) market during the fourth quarter of 2012 while on-year sales declined, according to the...

Radiant January BLU shipments sequentially down 3%

Feb 18, 22:52

Taiwan-based Radiant Opto-Electronics shipped 10.997 million backlight units (BLUs) in January, slipping on month by 3%, according to the company.

Innolux January TFT-LCD panel shipments down on month, up on year

Feb 18, 15:56

Taiwan-based Innolux shipped 11.062 million large-size TFT-LCD panels and 37.117 million small- to medium-size panels in January, with the former decreasing 16.4% on month but increasing...

Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments to suffer 20% drop in 1Q13

Feb 8, 16:17

Worldwide brand tablet shipments are estimated to reach 33.8 million units in the first quarter of 2013, down 21.8% sequentially, but up 75.8% on year, according to Digitimes Research...

Android powers a third of all mobile phones shipped in 4Q12, says Canalys

Feb 8, 15:24

Canalys has published its final mobile phone shipment estimates across the 50 plus countries that it tracks. The total mobile phone market, at 438.1 million units, was flat on year,...

Nuvoton expects double-digit growth for 32-bit MCU shipments in 2013

Feb 8, 14:34

Nuvoton Technology expects shipments of its ARM Cortex M-based 32-bit MCUs to continue to grow by a double-digit rate in 2013 after the MCU shipments were doubled in 2012, according...

Mobile and cloud computing spur tripling of micro server shipments in 2013, says IHS

Feb 7, 15:54

Driven by booming demand for new data center services for mobile platforms and cloud computing, shipments of micro servers are expected to more than triple in 2013, according to an...

AMOLED TV panel market to see limited shipments in coming years, says IHS

Feb 7, 15:32

Although AMOLED TVs headlined Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013, shipments of the high-end panels will remain limited in the coming years, according to research firm IHS iSuppli...

One in 6 PCs shipped in 4Q12 was an iPad, says Canalys

Feb 7, 13:54

Worldwide PC shipments increased 12% on year in the fourth quarter of 2012 to reach 134 million units, with pads accounting for over a third. Apple continued to lead the PC market,...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan-based LCD TV shipments total 10.51 million in 4Q12

Feb 5, 19:34

Taiwan-based LCD TV makers shipped 10.51 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, up 6.4% on quarter, according to Digitimes Research.

Tablet shipments soar to record levels during strong holiday quarter, says IDC

Feb 5, 14:03

Worldwide tablet shipments outpaced predictions reaching a record total of 52.5 million units worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to research firm International Data...

Upstream supply chain sees good profit from Intel Classmate PC shipments

Feb 4, 21:39

Despite fierce competitions within the notebook and the tablet markets, netbook and tablet products are currently still seeing good demand in the education segment, especially Intel's...

ASRock to ship more than 8 million motherboards in 2013

Feb 4, 16:08

Motherboard brand vendor ASRock is set to achieve shipments of more than eight million units in 2013, up from 7.7 million units in 2012, and will maintain its gross margin as well...

Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 23% in 4Q12, says Digitimes Research

Feb 4, 15:05

Shipments of LCD driver ICs by Taiwan-based IC design houses increased 23.4% from a year ago to NT$22.09 billion (US$747 million) in the fourth quarter of 2012, mainly pushed by demand...

Touch screen shipments expected to reach 1.8 billion in 2013, says Displaybank

Feb 1, 16:05

The touch screen market in 2012 saw shipments of over 1.34 billion, up 39.4%, and is expected to climb 34% in 2013 to 1.8 billion units followed by 2.75 billion units in 2016 largely...

Digitimes Research: Branded tablet shipments hit 109 million in 2012

Feb 1, 15:30

Global branded tablet shipments enjoyed better than forecast growth, rising 63% sequentially and 100.3% on year, to 43.22 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to...

Taiwan market: 4Q12 projector shipments up on quarter, down on year, says IDC

Jan 31, 10:11

There were 24,607 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market in fourth-quarter 2012, increasing 6.4% sequentially but decreasing 8.6% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.

Digitimes Research: Taiwan large-size TFT LCD panel shipments to drop 8.1% in 1Q13

Jan 30, 21:22

Taiwan-based makers' shipments of large-size (9-inch and above) TFT LCD panels are expected to reach 61.74 million units in the first quarter 2013, down 8.1% on quarter and down 1.9%...

Windows 8 Pro Surface tablet to see initial shipments of 1 million units

Jan 30, 13:52

Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro-based Surface tablet, which is set to release on February 9, will only have an initial shipment volume of one million units, far lower than the four million...

Windows RT shipments less than half of targets, say Taiwan makers

Jan 29, 21:43

There have been about two million Windows RT tablets shipped globally, fewer than the 4-4.5 million units originally expected to be shipped as of the end of 2012, and actual sales...

Google to cooperate with Asustek for second-generation Nexus 7

Jan 28, 23:02

Google is set to announce its second-generation Nexus 7 tablet in May with the cooperation of Asustek Computer. The combined shipments of the company's first- and second-generation...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD monitor shipments expected to decline 6% in 1Q13

Jan 28, 21:05

Taiwan-based LCD monitor makers' shipments are expected to decline 6% on quarter during the first quarter 2013 to 23.45 million units largely as a result of a rise in channel inventory...

Ledlink Optics to begin large-volume shipments of casings used in LED light bulbs in May-June

Jan 28, 21:03

Ledlink Optics, a Taiwan-based makers of optical lenses used in LED lighting, has extended production to plastic casings used in omni-directional LED light bulbs and it expects to...

CCI sees strong vapor chamber shipments in 2012

Jan 28, 16:17

Taiwan-based cooling module maker Chaun-Choung Technology (CCI) is estimated to have shipped about five million vapor chambers in 2012, up significantly from about two million units...

Amtran hopes to bump up LCD TV and LCD monitor shipments by 20% in 2013, says chairman

Jan 28, 15:59

Amtran Technology hopes to reach LCD TV and LCD monitor ODM/OEM shipments of seven million in 2013, according to company chairman Alpha Wu.