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Thursday 25 August 2011
Tablet PC fever is already cooling down, says Acer chairman
Acer chairman JT Wang, commenting on tablet PC's impact on the notebook industry, pointed out that tablet PC fever is already starting to cool down and consumers are also being attracted...
Monday 22 August 2011
Ultrabooks and Windows 8 to drive sales momentum for notebooks in 2012, says Wistron chairman
The launch of ultrabooks and Microsoft's Windows 8 OS will serve as growth drivers for the notebook industry in 2012, according to Simon Lin, chairman of Taiwan-based notebook ODM...
Thursday 11 August 2011
Compal sees drop in July revenues and notebook shipments
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$55.95 billion (US$1.93 billion) for July, down 6% on month, with combined consolidated revenues from January to July also...
Tuesday 19 July 2011
ARM to have big slice of notebook market in 2015, says IHS
After more than 30 years of domination by a single microarchitecture - Intel's X86 - the PC microprocessor (MPU) market finally is set for some real competition with shipments of...
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Insyde brings UEFI BIOS to TI OMAP platform supporting next-version Windows
Insyde Software has announced the delivery of UEFI BIOS and engineering services to customers designing ultra-thin laptops, tablets and mobile internet devices based on the ARM-based...
Wednesday 8 June 2011
Windows 8 Preview to bring 4 major factors to mobile device industry, says Digitimes Research
Microsoft's display, at Computex 2011, of the touch controls of Windows 8 using the company's technologies from Windows Phone 7's Metro UI. Digitimes Research believes Microsoft using...
Wednesday 8 June 2011
Microsoft reportedly considers launching own-brand tablet PC
Microsoft is reportedly considering to launch an own-brand tablet PC that features Windows 8 by the end of 2012 with cooperation from Texas Instruments and Taiwan-based OEMs/ODMs,...
Tuesday 7 June 2011
ARM to own 40% share in 2015 notebook market with help from Windows 8, says ARM president
ARM CEO Tudor Brown, during an exclusive interview with Digitimes, pointed out that he estimates that ARM will be able to take a 40% share of the global notebook market in 2015, helping...
Tuesday 7 June 2011
BIOS designer Phoenix readies for tablet PC competition
PC BIOS designer Phoenix Technologies, facing the rise of tablet PCs, has prepared solutions for ARM architectures with expectations to gain a strong market share in the upcoming...
Friday 3 June 2011
Microsoft says companies are welcome to join new OS development
Despite adjustments made in the development process of Windows 8, Microsoft claimed it has reserved space for new partners to join its Integrated Development Program (IDP).
Friday 3 June 2011
Insyde working on EFI BIOS for Windows 8
Taiwan-based Insyde Software has announced that it is working on BIOS solutions supporting the UEFI (unified extensible firmware interface) standard for Microsoft's next version of...
Thursday 2 June 2011
Microsoft previews Windows 8
At 2011 Computex today, Microsoft showed hardware partners the next version of Windows, internally codenamed "Windows 8." As part of this technical preview, Mike Angiulo,...
Thursday 2 June 2011
Microsoft postpones IDP for 2 weeks to re-consult with chip players
Microsoft has postponed its Integrated Development Program (IDP) for Windows 8 as the plan created significant dissatisfaction within the upstream supply chain. Microsoft is set to...
Wednesday 1 June 2011
Taiwan ODMs not feeling the love from Microsoft on Windows 8 development
With a number of ODMs feeling left out due to Microsoft not inviting Taiwan-based IT vendors to participate in its Integrated Development Program (IDP) specifically for developing...
Wednesday 1 June 2011
Call for Taiwan participation in development of Windows 8 goes unanswered
As Microsoft has not invited Taiwan-based IT vendors Acer, Asustek Computer and HTC to participate in its Integrated Development Program specifically for developing Windows 8, Acer...