CES 2012: ViewSonic and Lenovo showcase 7-inch tablet PCs

Jan 12, 01:10

With many non-Apple players turning aggressively to the 7-inch tablet PC segment, ViewSonic and Lenovo are both showcasing their latest 7-inch models at CES 2012.

Intel to announce 40 new server processors in 1H12

Jan 3, 01:25

Intel is set to launch 40 new processors including those for its upcoming Romley platform, in the first half of 2012 with the company to release 20 models each quarter, according...

Acer, Lenovo to launch quad-core tablet PCs

Nov 29, 01:15

Acer and Lenovo are set to launch quad-core tablet PCs featuring Google's Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Nvidia's Tegra 3 in the first quarter to compete against Asustek Computer,...

Pegatron may see future iPhone 4S orders drop

Oct 6, 01:00

Pegatron Technology, despite already having landed orders for 10 million iPhone 4Ss from Apple, may see its future iPhone 4S order volumes start dropping as consumer demand for the...

Intel launches new CPUs and drops old CPU prices to defend market share from AMD

Sep 6, 01:15

CPU maker Intel has recently launched several new Sandy Bridge-based processors, while has also reduced the price of some existing CPUs to defend from AMD's competition with APUs.

Taiwan market: HTC to unveil dual-core HTC Sensation smartphone

May 27, 01:30

HTC will unveil its HTC Sensation smartphone in the Taiwan market on May 27 in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT). The dual-core model is powered by a Qualcomm 1.2GHz Snapdragon...

VIA new dual-core Nano X2 E series processors debut at ESC

May 2, 17:05

VIA Technologies has announced that it will unveil its new family of low power dual-core VIA Nano X2 series processors at the Embedded System Conference (ESC), held at the McEnery...

More dual-core smartphones on launch list

Apr 8, 12:38

Following players including Motorola, LG Electronics (LGE) and HTC, more and more brand handset vendors are going to launch dual-core smartphones in 2011, according to industry sou...

Players to announce Android 3.0 tablet PCs in near future; concerns for OS support remain

Mar 22, 01:25

Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Asustek Computer is set to announce its Android 3.0-based 10.1-inch tablet PC on March 25 with Acer, Samsung Electronics and High Tech Computer...

Asustek to launch US$200-250 netbook in June

Mar 17, 01:05

Asustek Computer is set to launch a new netbook priced at US$200-250 in June in cooperation with Intel, and hopes to achieve its goal of shipping six million netbooks in 2011, according...

Taiwan market: Dual-core Atom netbook prices drop to around NT$10,000

Feb 21, 16:29

Prices for Intel dual-core Atom CPU-based netbooks in Taiwan have recently dropped to around NT$10,000 (US$341) in order to separate the devices from tablet PCs in terms of price,...

More handset makers to launch dual-core models

Jan 27, 01:20

Most major handset makers all plan to launch dual-core smartphones in 2011 as Nvidia, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Texas Instruments (TI) and Broadcom have come out with dual-core...

CES 2011: Nvidia announces new phones powered by dual-core Tegra 2 CPU

Jan 6, 10:57

Nvidia has announced that its Tegra 2 dual-core CPU is now ready to power the so-called super phone category.

CES 2011: Nvidia to ship at least 15 million Tegra series processors in 2011

Jan 6, 01:30

Nvidia, with orders from tablet PCs, smartphones and car electronics, is expected to have already landed orders for about 15 million Tegra-based processors in 2011. Tegra will become...

Taiwan market: Netbook price dropping to a new low

Dec 28, 01:30

Strong tablet PC demand continues to impact netbook market and several brand vendors in Taiwan have dropped their netbook price further to attract consumers.

AMD introduces new six-core and dual-core desktop processors

Dec 7, 16:37

AMD has announced two new Black Edition processors including a new flagship six-core desktop processor. These processors join AMD's 8-series chipset and recently launched ATI Radeon...

AMD not expected to suffer much from delay of Radeon HD 6990, say sources

Nov 16, 01:35

Although the launch of AMD's new dual-core Radeon HD 6990 GPU (Antilles) was delayed until the first quarter of 2011, sources from graphics card makers believe the issue is unlikely...

Taiwan market: Dual-core netbooks drop to around NT$10,000

Nov 15, 15:54

As growth of netbook shipments is still being impacted by sales of tablet PC products, vendors have already dropped the price of their Intel Atom N400 series netbooks to around NT$9,000-10,000...

Dual-OS to become a standard for Acer dual-core netbooks

Oct 7, 01:10

Acer, at its new netbook launch press conference, noted that the company plans to adopt dual-operating systems (Windows 7 and Android) as one of the standard specifications for its...

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,...

HP aims for second place in netbook market in 2011

Sep 3, 16:19

As Intel has recently supplied Hewlett-Packard (HP) a large volume of its dual-core Atom N550 processor with a price of only US$65, 25% lower than Intel's official quote of US$86...

Acer dual-core netbook will not hit the US and Taiwan markets until September

Aug 27, 16:08

Acer's netbook with Intel's latest dual-core Atom N550 processor is not expected to hit the US and Taiwan markets until September, as vendors are conservative about netbook sales...

Intel announces dual-core Atom CPU for netbooks

Aug 24, 15:14

Intel has announced that a dozen new netbooks based on its new mobile dual-core Atom processors are available in stores today. The netbooks, available now and through the end of the...

Intel aims to phase out Celeron processors in 2011

Jul 9, 12:30

Intel has informed its notebook partners about plans to gradually reduce the production of Celeron processors and will replace the product line with its Pentium and the dual-core...

Qualcomm ships dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon chipsets

Jun 1, 17:02

Qualcomm has begun sampling its first dual-CPU Snapdragon chipsets that integrate two CPU cores running at up to 1.2GHz, according to the company. Targeted high-end smartphones, the...

Intel to lift panel-size restrictions for dual-core Atom netbooks

May 19, 16:48

Intel plans to launch a dual-core Atom processor, the Atom N550, in the second half of 2010, and will also lift restrictions on the panel sizes of netbooks using the CPU, meaning...

Taiwan market: Asustek cuts Windows 7-based netbook prices

Apr 1, 12:04

Asustek Computer has recently dropped its Eee PC 1001HA with Windows 7 to NT$9,999 (US$314) in the Taiwan market and the company has also reduced the price of its dual-core Intel...

Intel to launch two overclockable processors in June and July

Mar 24, 16:35

Intel plans to launch two processors - Core i7-875K and Core i5-655K - that have unlocked multipliers and are targeting the gaming market, according to sources from motherboard mak...

Intel and AMD update desktop CPU lineups

Mar 22, 12:29

Intel and AMD have both recently updated their desktop processor lineups and will launch several new CPUs including six-core and low- voltage processors, according to sources from...

Intel to launch three Arrandale CPUs for ultra-thin notebooks in 1H10

Nov 12, 15:08

Intel plans to launch three 32nm dual-core Arrandale CPUs (Calpella platform), the Core i7-640UM (1.2GHz), Core i7-620UM (1.06GHz) and Core i5-520UM (1.06GHz) with price in thousand-unit...

AMD adds new dual-core CPUs to embedded BGA client platform

Aug 12, 16:57

AMD has announced immediate availability of two new dual-core, 18W TDP processors for the scalable ASB1 BGA embedded client platform, the Turion Neo X2 processor Model L625 and the...