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Tuesday 21 August 2018
Top-5 notebook vendors see July shipments rise 11% on year, says Digitimes Research
Worldwide top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments (not including detachable models) drop 24% on month in July as they had already completed inventory preparations for back-to-school...
Tuesday 21 August 2018
China makers reportedly enter MacBook chassis supply chain
China-based Shenzhen Everwin Precision Technology and AAC Technologies have reportedly become suppliers of metal-alloy chassis for use in MacBook notebooks, according to industry...
Tuesday 21 August 2018
Acer announces support for Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs on Predator Orion gaming desktops
Acer has announced support for the latest Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs on its Predator Orion series gaming desktops. Thanks to the new GPUs powered by the new Nvidia Turing architecture,...
Tuesday 21 August 2018
Taiwan firms moving to counter growing China presence in Apple supply chains
Apple has kept expanding the presence of China partners in the supply chains for iPhone, iPad and MacBook devices seeking to effectively reduce production cost, prompting Taiwan supply...
Tuesday 21 August 2018
Backend firm GEM enjoys strong demand for mid- and high-voltage MOSFETs
GEM Services has enjoyed a ramp-up of orders for mid- and high-voltage MOSFET chips, as the Taiwan-based backend house is engaged in the supply chain of international IDMs which have...
Tuesday 21 August 2018
Lite-On Tech passes AEC-Q102 certification for automotive LED photo coupler
EMS provider Lite-On Technology has obtained AEC (Automotive Electronics Council)-Q102 certification for automotive LED photo coupler LTX-353, according to automotive electronics...
Tuesday 21 August 2018
USI to buy stake in Poland-based subsidiary of Chung Hong
EMS firm Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), a member of Taiwan's ASE group, has disclosed plans to acquire a 60% stake in the Poland-based subsidiary of Chung Hong Electronics...
Monday 20 August 2018
Diverse power management IC solutions to affect industries through 2020, says TI manager
Along with the development of data centers, automotive electronics and industrial automation, power consumption has become an issue as crucial as gasoline consumption, prompting power...
Monday 20 August 2018
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 2Q 2018
Taiwan's large-size panel shipments performed better than expected reaching 62.03 million units in the second quarter of 2018, up 5.5% sequentially and 5.9% on year.
Monday 20 August 2018
Altek 2Q18 net operating profit hits 6-quarter high
Digital camera ODM and imaging solution developer Altek has reported its second-quarter 2018 net operating profit hit highest quarterly level since first-quarter 2017.
Friday 17 August 2018
Rugged computer maker Getac eyes double-digit 2018 revenue rise
Getac Technology, optimistic about its performance in the second half of 2018, expects to post a double-digit revenue growth for the whole year thanks to brisk demand for rugged PCs...
Friday 17 August 2018
HTC VR app store available for Oculus Rift
HTC has announced that its Viveport VR app store will be made available to Oculus Rift HMD (head-mounted device) players starting September 4. Meanwhile, the company is also extending...
Friday 17 August 2018
Auras optimistic about 3Q18
Cooling module maker Auras Technology expects its third-quarter-2018 revenues to grow 15-20% sequentially with gross margin to also increase to 14-16%, up from second-quarter's 10%,...
Friday 17 August 2018
Apple to roll out entry-level MacBook in September
Apple is scheduled to roll out its entry-level MacBook series featuring Intel's 14nm Kaby Lake processor in September's product launch conference. The model is expected to be priced...
Friday 17 August 2018
Lenovo reports double-digit revenue growth for fiscal 1Q18
Lenovo has reported that its revenues for the fiscal first-quarter ended June 30, 2018 reached US$11.91 billion, up 19% on year, with pre-tax income coming to US$113 million, an improvement...