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Monday 16 January 2017
Sharp ending supply for Samsung may push up demand for 65-inch TV panels
Foxconn Electronics, following stake investment in Sharp, has had Sharp end supply of LCD TV panels for Samsung Electronics beginning January 2017, which is likely to increase global...
Monday 16 January 2017
Smartphone vendors likely to brace for component shortages in 2017
The risk for the global handset industry to brace for a shortage in supplies of some key components, including displays, memory products and optical sensing devices, in 2017 is rising...
Monday 16 January 2017
Compal negotiating to sell LCFC stake to Lenovo, says president
Compal Electronics is negotiating with Lenovo to sell its 49% stake in LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology, a joint-venture notebook maker established by the two companies in 2011,...
Monday 16 January 2017
Compal aims to ramp up device shipments by 10% in 2017
Compal Electronics aims to ramp up shipments of its device products by 10% to 87 million units in 2017, according to company president Ray Chen. Shipments of device products, including...
Friday 13 January 2017
BYD wins price negotiation priority for 2017 Asustek notebooks
Asustek Computer for the first time adopted online bidding for requests for quotations (RFQ) for notebooks to be launched in 2017, and China-based OEM BYD has won the first right...
Thursday 12 January 2017
Microsoft lowers 2017 Windows 10 licensing rates for low-cost notebooks
Microsoft has settled with notebook vendors on Windows 10 licensing rates for models to be launched in 2017, with costs for under 14.1-inch low-cost models lowered from 2016, according...
Thursday 12 January 2017
PC market stabilizes with solid 4Q16 shipments despite component shortages, says IDC
Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totaled 70.2 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, posting an on-year decline of 1.5%, according...
Thursday 12 January 2017
MSI pushing new gaming products in 2017, says paper
Micro-Star International (MSI) has released a total of 25 new VR-supported gaming motherboards targeting the mid-range to high-end sector and 21 new VR-ready mid-range to high-end...
Wednesday 11 January 2017
Quanta sees growth in December revenues; Acer suffers drops
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$104.97 billion (US$3.28 billion) for December, the company's second highest record with on-month growth of 13.42% and on-year...
Tuesday 10 January 2017
Enterprise wearable market to soon see shift to body-worn devices, says ABI Research
The enterprise wearable market is experiencing a shift from wrist-worn devices to body- and head-worn wearables. ABI Research forecasts enterprise wearable shipments will grow from...
Tuesday 10 January 2017
Gigabyte reports revenues for December 2016
Gigabyte Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.731 billion (US$116.84 million) for December 2016, representing a 18.5% drop on month and 3.04% drop on year.
Tuesday 10 January 2017
MSI reports revenues for December 2016
Micro-Star International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$8.419 billion (US$263.65 million) for December 2016, representing a 3.66% drop on month and 9.7% increase on year.
Monday 9 January 2017
Asustek sees better-than-expected 4Q16 revenue growth
Asustek's fourth-quarter revenues reached NT$117.23 billion (US$3.66 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2016, up 9.1% from a quarter ago and better than the company's original expectation...
Monday 9 January 2017
Acer showcases MR head-mounted device at CES
Acer exhibited a MR (mixed reality) head-mounted display device developed through cooperation with Microsoft at the CES 2017 in Las Vegas during January 5-8, according to Acer.
Friday 6 January 2017
40-inch and above TV panel prices up in January, says WitsView
January prices for 40- and 43-inch LCD TV panels are up US$2-3 on month, 49- and 50-inch units by US$3-5, and 65-inch units by US$5-10, according to WitsView.