352 news items tagged desktop
China market: 4Q12 smart device shipments up 7.2% sequentially, says IDC
Monday 25 February 2013There were 90.65 million smart terminal devices shipped in the China market during the fourth quarter of 2012, increasing 7.2% sequentially, according to IDC China.
Mobility reigns as the smart connected device market rises 29.1% in 2012, says IDC
Monday 25 February 2013When looking at a holistic view of smartphones, tablets, and PCs, one thing is clear: smartphones and tablets are driving mobility growth. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly...
Lenovo to set up desktop and notebook assembly lines in the US, say Taiwan makers
Thursday 6 December 2012Lenovo will establish assembly lines to produce desktops and notebooks in small volumes in the US to prepare for the business-use PC market and for government procurement orders,...
Intel updates CPU roadmap for 1Q13
Wednesday 28 November 2012Intel is set to upgrade its entry-level desktop Pentium and Celeron product lines in the first quarter of 2013 with the launch of Ivy Bridge-based 22nm Pentium G2130, G2020 and G2020T...
Mainstream and value PCs rule over high-end performance models, says IHS
Friday 9 November 2012Consumers continue to favor lower-end desktops and notebooks over high-performance models in 2012 and beyond, with top-end systems accounting for only 6% of the market in 2012, according...
Insyde announces profit for 3Q12
Monday 29 October 2012Taiwan-based BIOS designer Insyde Software has announced its third-quarter result with revenues of NT$280 million (US$9.57 million), while its net profit reached NT$34.17 million...
Apple introduces 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display and new iMac systems
Wednesday 24 October 2012Apple has introduced an all-new version of its 13-inch MacBook Pro featuring a Retina display and all flash storage in a new compact design. At 0.75-inch and 3.57 pounds, the 13-inch...
Smartphones, tablets causing the IT supply chain to fall into imbalance
Wednesday 17 October 2012The rapid growths of the smartphone and tablet markets have started to impact demand in other industries such as desktops, notebooks, and digital still cameras (DSC), while causing...
AMD to reduce previous-generation APU prices
Monday 15 October 2012After announcing its latest FM2-based A series APUs (Trinity) on October 1, AMD is set to reduce prices of its previous-generation APUs with the FM1-based A4-3300 to be reduced from...
HP, Dell may see falling global PC market shares in 2013, say Taiwan makers
Friday 12 October 2012Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have seen their global PC market shares slipping from 2011 levels and may see continual drops in 2013, according to sources from Taiwan-based supply...
Intel Haswell processor design may cause motherboard players to exit market
Thursday 27 September 2012Intel is already set to launch its next-generation Haswell-based processors, comprehensively designed for IT products such as tablets, notebooks, ultrabooks, desktops and servers,...
Insyde conservative about revenue performance in 2H12
Thursday 20 September 2012PC BIOS designer Insyde Software chairman Jeremy Wang expects the company's third-quarter revenues to only see a sequential growth of less than 5% due to weaker-than-expected notebook...
AMD 4Q12 revenues to benefit from desktop Trinity APU
Tuesday 18 September 2012AMD is set to announce its latest Trinity APU for the desktop market on October 1 and the new CPU is expected to have chance of boosting the CPU maker's revenue performance in the...
Intel pushes Celeron, Atom CPUs to defend the entry-level desktop market in 2013
Tuesday 18 September 2012Intel plans to maintain supply of its Atom D2550 and D2500 as well as Celeron 847 and 807 processors to defend the entry-level desktop market in 2013 with the CPUs' life-cycles set...
Lenovo acquires CCE in Brazil
Thursday 6 September 2012Lenovo Group has announced the acquisition of CCE, which is a leader in PCs and consumer electronics in Brazil. The acquisition is expected to expand Lenovo's presence in the world's...
Wistron, Inventec suffer on-month revenue drop in July
Thursday 9 August 2012Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$48.84 billion (US$1.63 billion), down 16.32% on month and 5.28% on year, with combined consolidated revenues for the first seven...
AMD reportedly to delay launch of desktop Trinity to October
Friday 13 July 2012AMD has reportedly postponed the launch of its Trinity processors for desktop platforms from August to October in order to make some adjustments to the processors' designs. Downstream...
All-in-one PC shipments to outpace traditional desktops with double-digit growth, says IHS
Thursday 12 July 2012With their shipments projected to surge this year and beyond, all-in-one PCs will help prop an ailing market for overall desktop PC systems, according to the IHS iSuppli.
Supply chain reportedly to start volume shipping products for new iMac in July
Tuesday 3 July 2012Apple's supply chain reportedly will start supplying components for the mass production of Apple's upcoming new iMac all-in-one PC in July with the device's official launch possibly...
Godex introduces new desktop label printer series
Wednesday 6 June 2012Taiwan-based barcode printer maker Godex recently reported revenues of NT$65.55 million (US$2.23 million) for April 2012, an increase of 32.32% on year. Godex debuted on the Taiwan...
Expanding the motherboard market: Q&A with Gigabyte sales and marketing
Tuesday 5 June 2012Following the recent launch of Intel's new Ivy Bridge platform, new announcements from AMD, and the growing anticipation for Windows 8, Computex 2012 will provide PC players from...
Exclusive ECS Z77 Black Extreme Series Boards put gold in the desktop
Monday 4 June 2012Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), the world's top 3 motherboard maker, today reveals their first production of Z77 Black Extreme Series - Golden Limited Edition. Available in two...
AMD readies Trinity APU in May and preparing more CPUs for later
Tuesday 8 May 2012AMD is set to launch its latest A series APUs codenamed Trinity in May and will initially only release models for notebooks with models for desktops to wait until August, while the...
Notebook ODMs enjoy on-month growth in March revenues
Tuesday 10 April 2012Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron have announced their revenues for March, with each of the firms enjoying shipment growth on month.
Launch plans of Intel upcoming CPUs updated
Thursday 15 March 2012Intel is set to announce its next-generation 22nm-based Ivy Bridge processors by the end of April with 11 models including Core i7-3770K, Core i7-3770, Core i7-3770S, Core i7-3770T...
- Intel's debut 6-core Core i9 CPUs could push gaming notebooks past 5GHz speeds (Apr 3) - PC World
- Benchmarks show the next wave of Intel desktop processors are on the way (Mar 21) - Digital Trends
- AMD's leaked road map shows plans for Ryzen, Threadripper processors until 2020 (Mar 9) - Digital Trends
- Google is working on bringing AR to Chrome with downloadable 3D objects (Jan 23) - The Verge
- AMD processor with 28 compute unit based Vega GPU appears in SiSoftware database (Dec 14) - Guru3D
- Intel to assemble Coffee Lake CPUs in Chengdu plant (Nov 17) - Tom's Hardware Guide
- Traditional PC market further stabilizes as top companies consolidate share, says IDC (Oct 10) - Company release
- Intel next generation chip plans: Ice Lake and a slow 10nm transition (Aug 16) - Ars Technica
- AMD's Vega Frontier Edition cards now have prices, and they're not cheap (Jun 15) - Digital Trends
- HP's power-packed Z2 Mini desktop takes on Apple's aging Mac Mini (Nov 15) - Computerworld