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Tuesday 18 February 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ODMs to see decreased 1Q14 digital camera shipments
Taiwan-based ODMs Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical will ship a total of 2.762 million digital cameras in the first quarter...
Monday 17 February 2014
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims to kick off 4G operation in July
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), among the six next-generation (4G) mobile communication licensees, aims to start commercial operation in July 2014 and is expected to be the first one to do...
Monday 17 February 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan top foundries combined revenues to drop 6% in 1Q14
Taiwan's top-three IC foundries will see their combined revenues drop 6.2% sequentially in the first quarter of 2014, due to seasonal factors and continued inventory adjustments at...
Monday 17 February 2014
China crucial to global DIY market, say Taiwan motherboard makers
The China market occupied about 40% of global DIY motherboard shipments in 2013 and 60% of shipments to China were for sale in smaller cities or towns, according to Taiwan-based motherboard...
Friday 14 February 2014
Taiwan market: Samsung, Apple, HTC, Sony Mobile together occupy nearly two-thirds of smartphone sales
Samsung Electronics, Apple, HTC and Sony Mobile Communications are the four largest smartphone vendors in the Taiwan market, with a combined market share of nearly two thirds in terms...
Friday 14 February 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD TV shipments to decline 16% in 1Q14
Taiwan-based makers are expected to ship 7.96 million LCD TVs in the first quarter of 2014, down 16.3% sequentially, according to Digitimes Research.
Friday 14 February 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan touch panel makers expect shipment slowdown in 1Q14
Taiwan touch panel makers' shipments of handset touch panels dropped 3% in the third quarter of 2013. While shipments did stabilize in the fourth quarter, the makers expect another...
Friday 14 February 2014
Taiwan NFC market to take off in 3Q15, says Smart Catch
Demand for smartphone-based NFC services in the Taiwan market is expected to take off in the third quarter of 2015, according to Taiwan-based TSM (trusted service management) platform...
Friday 14 February 2014
Taiwan ODMs shipping more servers to end clients
Taiwan-based ODMs Quanta Computer, Inventec and Wistron have been shipping more servers to direct accounts such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Facebook despite the fact that the...
Friday 14 February 2014
AMD will not launch Kabini in China, say Taiwan makers
AMD is expected to launch its APU platform Kabini at the end of March in emerging markets except China because AMD has already lowered prices for many APU models to compete with Intel...
Thursday 13 February 2014
Taiwan Star Cellular plans to start 4G operations in 3Q14
Taiwan Star Cellular, one of the six next-generation (4G) mobile communication licensees in Taiwan, plans to kick off commercial operations in the third quarter of 2014, according...
Monday 10 February 2014
Taiwan suppliers concerned about competition from China in 2014
With Acer rumored to be planning to outsource its tablet OEM orders to China-based makers, Asustek Computer has reportedly also been seeking partnerships with China component makers...
Monday 10 February 2014
Taiwan January export value down on month, year, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$24.31 billion for January 2014, decreasing by 7.9% on month and by 5.3% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$21.34 billion...
Monday 10 February 2014
LG reportedly looks for compensation from Taiwan panel makers over price-fixing claims
LG Electronics is pursuing claims in Korea-based court that Taiwan-based panel makers have fixed LCD pricing, leading to losses for the company, according to media reports.
Monday 10 February 2014
Taiwan Chinsan to ramp industrial use capacitor shipments in 2014
Capacitor maker Taiwan Chinsan Electronic Industrial is expected to ramp up its capacitor shipments to the industrial sector to 15% by year-end 2014 compared to 10% currently, according...