60 news items tagged Windows 10
Acer expects replacement demand to drive notebook market growth in 2021
Friday 23 October 2020Replacement 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.
Global notebook shipment forecast, 2021 and beyond
Wednesday 14 October 2020Notebook 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.
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to decline in 1Q20
Tuesday 4 February 2020Global notebook shipments were weaker-than-expected in the fourth quarter of 2019 due to Intel's ongoing CPU shortages and major brands stopping stocking extra inventory in the wake...
Global device shipments to grow 0.9% in 2020, says Gartner
Wednesday 22 January 2020Worldwide shipments of devices - PCs, tablets and mobile phones - will total 2.16 billion units in 2020, an increase of 0.9% from 2019, according to Gartner. In 2019, global shipments...
Traditional PC shipments grow 4.8% in 4Q19, says IDC
Thursday 16 January 2020The worldwide market for traditional PCs, inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, finished an impressive 2019 with fourth quarter growth of 4.8% on year, according to...
Acer announces new Spin convertible notebook series
Monday 6 January 2020Acer has debuted the new Spin 5 and Spin 3, updated models in its convertible notebook line that feature slimmer designs, the latest 10th Gen Intel Core processors and Windows 10...
Microsoft unveils plans for Xbox
Tuesday 11 June 2019Microsoft has showcased a lineup of 60 anticipated games for both console and PC in its Xbox E3 Briefing and shared a glimpse of its Project Scarlett, which launches alongside Halo...
Worldwide PC shipments grow for the first time in 6 years during 2Q18, says Gartner
Monday 16 July 2018Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62.1 million units in the second quarter of 2018, a 1.4% increase from the second quarter of 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This...
Increasing PC prices to lead to flat growth of global device shipments in 2018, says Gartner
Thursday 12 July 2018Worldwide shipments of devices - PCs, tablets and mobile phones - are on pace to record 0.9% growth to reach 2.28 billion units in 2018, according to Gartner. The PC and tablet market...
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 850 Mobile Compute Platform for Windows 10 PCs
Wednesday 6 June 2018At Computex, Qualcomm has announced at a joint effort with Samsung Electronics to integrate its Snapdragon 850 Mobile Compute Platform, featuring the Snapdragon X20 and Qualcomm AI...
Digitimes Research: ARM-based models may dominate lower-end PC market
Wednesday 20 December 2017As Microsoft and Qualcomm jointly announced in early December that the first Windows 10 notebooks with ARM-based Snapdragon 835 processors will be officially launched in early 2018,...
AMD launches Ryzen PRO desktop processors for professional-grade performance
Friday 30 June 2017Following the global launch of its new EPYC family of server processors, AMD has added another tier to its enterprise CPU portfolio with the introduction of AMD Ryzen PRO desktop...
Asustek, HP and Lenovo develop mobile PCs powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chips
Thursday 1 June 2017At the ongoing Computex trade show in Taipei, Qualcomm has announced that Asustek Computer, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Lenovo are the first OEMs to develop mobile PCs powered by its...
Acer unveils new 2-in-1 devices
Tuesday 2 May 2017Acer has announced two new 2-in-1 devices under its Switch series, the Switch 5 and 3, both using Windows 10. Both 2-in-1 devices feature Acer’s Active Pen, allowing users to...
Qualcomm, Microsoft to bring ARM notebook back
Friday 28 April 2017ARM has recently revealed that a Snapdragon 835-based Windows 10 notebook will be launched in the market by the end of 2017 and some market watchers believe ARM and Microsoft’s...
Microsoft lowers 2017 Windows 10 licensing rates for low-cost notebooks
Thursday 12 January 2017Microsoft has settled with notebook vendors on Windows 10 licensing rates for models to be launched in 2017, with costs for under 14.1-inch low-cost models lowered from 2016, according...
Taiwan IT players showcasing Windows 10 innovations at WinHEC 2017 Taiwan
Friday 16 December 2016Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) makers and chip designers demonstrated their latest Windows 10 smart solutions at Microsoft's WinHEC Taiwan event from December 14-15.
PC vendors trying out Qualcomm/Windows products
Thursday 15 December 2016With Microsoft's recent announcement of adding support to Qualcomm's processor solutions in Windows 10, sources from the upstream supply chain have pointed out that many brand vendors...
Booming notebook orders to last until 1Q17, say Taiwan makers
Monday 21 November 2016Shipments of notebooks from Taiwan-based ODMs will remain strong in the first quarter of 2017 as some brand vendors have been pulling in more orders on short supply of some key components,...
Microsoft introduces Surface Studio, Windows 10 Creators Update
Friday 28 October 2016Microsoft has unveiled a series of new products, including Surface Studio, Surface Dial and a more powerful Surface Book and plans to launch the Windows 10 Creators Update in early...
Windows 10 new project to benefit Taiwan supply chain, says paper
Tuesday 2 August 2016In addition to releasing an update for its Windows 10, Microsoft is also planning to partner with upstream suppliers to provide enterprises with Windows 10 for a licensing fee of...
Insyde intros flagship UEFI BIOS
Wednesday 1 June 2016Insyde Software has announced that its flagship UEFI product, InsydeH2O, is now ready for system and device manufacturers to test the Windows 10 Anniversary Update targeted to be...
Intel, Microsoft to limit OS support on new processors; to increase IPC players costs
Monday 16 May 2016With Intel planning to have its next-generation processors support only Windows 10, industrial PC (IPC) players are concerned that the move will dramatically increase their costs...
Vendors see stable demand for enterprise notebooks thanks to Windows 10
Wednesday 6 April 2016Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have seen their clients from the enterprise sector aggressively pulling in orders recently, but orders from the consumer sector remain weak, according...
Migration to Windows 10 to be fastest yet, says Gartner
Tuesday 24 November 2015Windows 10 is poised to become the most widely installed version of Windows ever, following on the path of Windows XP and Windows 7 before it, according to Gartner. Gartner predicts...