Replacement demand from the consumer sector, in addition to Chromebooks, will be driving the overall notebook market growth in 2021, according to Acer chairman and CEO Jason Chen.

Notebook shipments are expected to grow over 20% on year in 2020 thanks to demand from stay-at-home activities in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Microsoft has rolled out its new-generation Surface series, which will be buoying shipments at suppliers including assemblers Quanta Computer and Pegatron, chassis maker Ju Teng International...

China-based CPU developer Loongson has announced its in-house developed 3A4000 series processors, which the company claimed were created without using intellectual properties (IPs)...

Foxconn Technology Group is gearing up to promote its AGV (automated guided vehicle) solutions in Taiwan through its affiliated Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) and FHnet to help manufacturers...

Unity Operating System (UOS), an in-house developed operating system by China-based software designers including NewStart, Wuhan Deepin Technology and stated-owned CEC, is expected...

China's homegrown processor makers will be ready for commercial shipments of their newly developed CPUs and GPUs in 2020, according to industry sources.

Taiwan-based component makers, despite seeing shrinking demand for notebooks, have found new opportunities from emerging businesses such as foldable smartphones, foldable-screen notebooks...

Huawei has set no clear-cut timetable for the launch of its own handset operating system, dubbed Hongmeng OS, which could also be known as ARK OS globally, according to the firm's...

Huawei has recently asked its notebook supply chain partners to suspend deliveries, and has also halted all its new notebook projects, according to sources from the related upstream...

Qualcomm is taking the lead to incorporate its Snapdragon 850 series mobile chips into thin and light notebooks adopting Microsoft Windows operating system, and other handset SoC...

Microsoft is planning to release its new Windows Server 2019 operating system worldwide in October and will completely stop support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 in 2020.

The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market declined 5% on year to US$20.2 billion in 2017, while the tablet AP market grew 3% to US$2 billion, according to Strategy...

Microsoft reportedly is mulling adjusting its current Windows licensing plan and is expected to charge more fees on models with higher-end specifications. The move is expected to...

Manufacturers today are looking to transform traditional production systems as they struggle to addresses challenges associated with shortening product life cycles, rising labor costs...

Siemens Taiwan has unveiled its open Internet of Things (IoT) operating system MindSphere in Taiwan and announced to invest NT$60 million (US$2.04 million) to establish a digital...

Zhaoxin Semiconductor, a leading China maker of x86 processors, expects its annual CPU sales to double for two consecutive years in 2017-18 due to its successful penetration into...

As part of its efforts to enhance its presence in the CPU sector, China tech giant Alibaba Group has invested in Hangzhou-based C-Sky Microsystems, an IC design house dedicated to...

Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to maintain positive growth through 2021, according to IDC, which expects shipments to grow from 1.47 billion in 2016 to just over 1.7...

Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 366.2 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a 6.7% increase over the second quarter of 2016, according to Gartner. In the smartphone...

China-based Alibaba and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have announced the HP YunOS Book 10 G1 2-in-1 device featuring YunOS operating system developed by Alibaba at Mobile World Congress (MWC)...

Despite weakening worldwide notebook demand, Inventec still expects its notebook shipments to grow on year in 2016 thanks to stable shipments to the enterprise sector; however, revenues...

A growing list of vendors, a proliferation of devices, experiences, and price points, and steady consumer adoption will fuel growth in the worldwide market for wearable devices. According...

Startup company Endless, an operating system developer, has participated at Computex 2015 showcasing its first product, the Endless PC, priced from US$169-229, targeting mainly developing...

IC design house Spreadtrum Communications has successfully completed the integration of Tizen operating system (OS) with its WCDMA chipsets, according to the China-based company....