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Monday 4 December 2017
Digitimes Research: Japan slow in embracing voice-controled smart speakers
Voice-controled smart speakers has seen slower-than-expected demand in the Japan market, Digitimes Research has observed.
Friday 1 December 2017
Mitac to supply software solutions for car fleet management in North America
GPS navigation solution developer Mitac International has reportedly won an open bid to supply software solutions for use to manage car fleets in North America with shipments to be...
Friday 1 December 2017
RoyalTek eyes profitable operations in 2018
GPS navigation module maker RoyalTek may see difficulties to achieve profitable operations in 2017 due to shrinking market and its client base, but increasing car-electronic product...
Friday 1 December 2017
HTC picks up 26 startups to join Vive X incubation project
HTC has announced that it has selected a total of 26 technology startups as target investment partners under its Vive X incubation project for further expansion of its virtual reality...
Friday 1 December 2017
Apple plans new inexpensive 9.7-inch iPad for 2018, says sources
Apple is considering a new inexpensive 9.7-inch iPad priced at around US$259 for 2018, according to sources from related upstream suppliers, which added that the device should be...
Thursday 30 November 2017
Taiwan market: LG sees growing profits from OLED TV sales
LG Electronics expects earnings from sales of OLED TVs in the Taiwan market to grow significantly in 2018 as compared to those recorded in 2017, according to sources at LG Taiwan.
Thursday 30 November 2017
Coopetition and coexistence in IC industry: Q&A with ASE COO Wu Tien-yu
The global semiconductor industry is experiencing faster quantitative and qualitative changes along with the increasingly fierce coopetition among wafer foundry, IDM (integrated advanced...
Wednesday 29 November 2017
Personal computing device market to see -2% CAGR through 2021, says IDC
Global shipments of personal computing devices (PCDs) - composed of traditional PCs (desktop, notebooks and workstations) and tablets (slate, detachable) - are expected to decline...
Tuesday 28 November 2017
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to see -3.2% CAGR in 2018-2022
Global notebook shipments are expected to experience a negative 3.2% CAGR in the next five years to reach 140 million units by 2022, as new consumer devices associated with such latest...
Tuesday 28 November 2017
Taiwan motherboard makers stop accepting low-margin desktop OEM orders
Some Taiwan-based motherboard makers who provide desktop OEM/ODM services to brand PC vendors have decided to stop taking low-margin OEM orders, and instead have either reduced their...
Tuesday 28 November 2017
China begins to set standards for smart home devices
The China Light Industry Council (CLIC) has started a process to set technological standards for smart home devices including electric appliances, locks, lighting and furniture.
Monday 27 November 2017
China smartphone market and industry – 3Q 2017
China-based smartphone makers shipped a total of 179.2 million phones in the third quarter of 2017, down 0.4% on year and up 20.8% on quarter. The top five vendors in terms of shipment...
Monday 27 November 2017
China and North America TV shipments fall sharply in 3Q17, says IHS Markit
The impact of higher LCD TV panel prices at the beginning of 2017 continued to weigh on retail demand for LCD TVs into third-quarter 2017 by way of slower retail price erosion, particularly...
Friday 24 November 2017
WirForce 2017: Gaming product vendors to unveil innovations
WirForce 2017, one of the major e-sport events in Asia, is taking place in Taipei November 23-26 and gaming product vendors including Gigabyte Technology, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star...
Friday 24 November 2017
Lenovo assigns new head for Taiwan office
Lenovo has appointed Benjamin Lin, its ex-head of the large enterprise PC business group, as general manager of its Taiwan branch office. Lin had worked for Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard...