117 news items tagged region
Western Digital expects growth in surveillance HDD demand
Tuesday 25 March 2014Western Digital expects demand for surveillance hard disc drives (HDD) to grow 10% within the next 3-5 years and the growth will be contributed mainly by the Asia Pacific market,...
Asia-Pacific region to account for half of global solar PV demand in 2014, says Solarbuzz
Thursday 2 January 2014Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand in 2014 will be dominated by the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, which will account for approximately 50% of all new solar PV demand during the year. According...
Microsoft and Sony competing over local multimedia content services on PS4 and Xbox One
Tuesday 24 December 2013Microsoft has recently signed contracts with four multimedia content providers in the Greater China region, aiming to provide related services for its Xbox One and Xbox 360 game consoles,...
Public cloud services in MENA region on pace to total US$534 million in 2013, says Gartner
Thursday 19 December 2013The public cloud services market in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) is on pace to grow 24.1% in 2013 to total US$534 million, an increase of US$103 million from the...
Americas region remains leader in industrial chip purchases but emerging countries gain ground, says IHS
Tuesday 19 November 2013Despite years of outsourcing and offshoring, the Americas region continues to lead the world in terms of spending on semiconductors for industrial electronics, although emerging economies...
Americas region remains largest market for pure-play foundry sales, says IC Insights
Friday 27 September 2013Customers in the Americas region (primarily the US) are expected to account for nearly two-thirds of pure-play foundry sales in 2013, a slight increase from 2012, according to IC...
Micro-server vendors push into the Asia Pacific region
Monday 2 September 2013In addition to Hewlett-Packard (HP) and IBM, Dell recently launched its latest micro-server, the PowerEdge T20, targeting small enterprises and personal studios. Since these types...
Solar demand in Asia Pacific region to reach 13.5GW in 2013, says NPD Solarbuzz
Monday 18 February 2013Solar demand from the Asia Pacific (APAC) region is forecast to grow to 13.5GW in 2013, growing 50% on year, according to NPD Solarbuzz.
China Mobile setting up TD-LTE trial network in western China, says report
Wednesday 12 December 2012China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, is establishing a TD-LTE trial network in Chengdu City, western China, with 1,200 TD-LTE base stations to be deployed by...
Notebook ODMs starting to reduce component orders for June
Tuesday 29 May 2012Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, although still maintaining their shipment forecast for the second quarter, have recently started decreasing their orders to upstream component makers and...
Acer, Inventec announce results for 1Q12
Thursday 26 April 2012Acer and Inventec have hosted investor meeting and announced their latest performance in the first quarter.
Xilinx collaboration with TSMC said to extend to 20nm
Tuesday 17 April 2012The successful roll-out of Xilinx devices on 28nm at TSMC has encouraged the FPGA design firm to utilize TSMC's 20nm technology for its next-generation products, with the tape-out...
Taiwan market: Dell launches 12G server
Thursday 8 March 2012Dell has launched its latest 12 generation (12G) server in Taiwan to fulfill market demand for large data processing.
Acer, HP to expand notebook shipments from Chongqing, China in 2012
Thursday 2 February 2012As total notebook shipments from Chongqing, China increased to 15.74 million units in 2011 with production volume also growing more than 1,000 fold to US$5.15 billion, Acer and Hewlett-Packard...
Acer will not give up netbook market, says VP
Tuesday 29 November 2011Commenting on the recent rumors that Korea-based Samsung Electronics will stop producing 10.1-inch netbooks in the first quarter of 2012, leaving the netbook market to the top-2 players...
Asustek and Acer quibble over notebook vendor rankings in China and Europe
Tuesday 1 November 2011Asustek Computer, citing figures from research firm IDC, pointed out that the company's notebook shipments in China have already surpassed Acer and it has become the second largest...
Microsoft Mango system will rise, says HTC executive
Thursday 13 October 2011President of High Tech Computer (HTC) North Asia Jack Tung, commenting on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 Mango system, pointed out that the smartphone industry is developing into an...
Greater China solar spot pricing remains flat this week, says Digitimes Research
Friday 9 September 2011Solar spot pricing remained flat in the Greater China market this week, with the price of polysilicon dropping slightly to US$49.50/kg. The price of solar wafers also showed a slight...
Intel steps up its pace: Interview with Navin Shenoy, general manager, Asia-Pacific region for Intel
Tuesday 31 May 2011One major topic at Computex Taipei this year is the rise of mobile computing devices built on the ARM platform. This trend is pitting multiple semiconductor firms against computing...
Total solar cell production from China/Taiwan region increases 152% from 2009-2010, says Information Network
Wednesday 18 May 2011Greater China continues to increase production of solar cells while exporting more than 90% of its product, according to a recent report by The Information Network.
Southeast Asia may become production hub in the future
Tuesday 3 May 2011Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacture's Association has recently released an investigation report for investment risk and environment of Southeast Asia and India in hoping...
Intel adjusts netbook strategy
Thursday 14 April 2011Intel has recently adjusted its netbook strategy and is set to cooperate with its partners including Asustek Computer and Acer to launch netbook devices priced below US$199 in regions...
AOpen to relocate China factory to Wistron industrial park
Monday 21 March 2011AOpen will invest US$3.5 million to relocate its factory from Zhongshan City, southern China, to an optoelectronics park developed by Wistron also in Zhongshan, according to AOpen.
Asustek to invest US$50 million to set up second China operational headquarters in western region
Monday 21 March 2011Asustek Computer's board of directors on March 18 decided to invest US$50 million to establish a subsidiary, tentatively named Asustek Computer (China), in either Chengdu City or...
Acer signs contract with China-based Sunning to further cut into China market
Thursday 17 February 2011Acer announced on February 16, that the company has signed contracts with China-based IT channel vendor Sunning Appliance for a two year, US$500 million worth sales agreement. Acer...