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Monday 5 September 2016
Ruggedized PC maker Getac reports on-year growth in August revenues
Ruggedized PC player Getac Technology has reported revenues of NT$1.78 billion (US$56.18 million) for August, increasing 16.59% from a year earlier.
Monday 5 September 2016
Intel begins shipping Kaby Lake notebook CPUs
Intel has begun delivering its next-generation notebook-use Kaby Lake processors and will start shipping comparable desktop-use CPUs by year-end 2016, according to sources from Taiwan...
Friday 2 September 2016
Digitimes Research: Global shipments of automotive display panels in 2015-2019 to rise at CAGR of 7.2%
Due to increasing use of display panels in cars, global shipments of automotive display panels will increase from 157 million panels in 2015 to 207 million units in 2019, equivalent...
Friday 2 September 2016
Innolux aims to ship 8-9 million automotive display panels in 2016
Innolux has become an OEM of automotive display panels for Europe-based automobile makers including Mercedes Benz, BMW and Porsche and aims to ship 8-9 million such panels in 2016,...
Thursday 1 September 2016
Renesas, TSMC team up for 28nm MCUs
Renesas Electronics and TSMC have announced that they are collaborating on 28nm embedded flash (eFlash) process technology for manufacturing microcontrollers (MCUs) targeted at next-generation...
Thursday 1 September 2016
IFA 2016: Acer unveils VR devices and new notebooks
Acer has unveiled a number of new products, including ultrathin notebooks, Chromebooks, VR devices, 2-in-1 models, tablets and smartphones, at a product presentation prior to the...
Thursday 1 September 2016
IFA 2016: Asustek launches new mobile devices
Asustek Computer unveiled its latest innovations at the pre-show conference before IFA 2016 including its ZenWatch 3 smartwatch, new 2-in-1 devices and gaming notebooks.
Wednesday 31 August 2016
Tablet market to decline over 11% in 2016 before rebounding in 2018, says IDC
Global tablet shipments are expected to decline 11.5% on year to 183.4 million units in 2016 before making a rebound in 2018-2020, according to IDC.
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Digitimes Research: Worldwide tablet shipments drop to 40 million units in 2Q16
Worldwide tablet shipments dropped 9.4% sequentially and 13.2% on year to reach only around 40 million units in the second quarter of 2016. This was due to overall weak demand for...
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Weak tablet demand prompting vendors to leave segment
With tablet demand continuing to weaken, Taiwan-based vendors have taken a conservative attitude about their tablet operation. Asustek Computer and Acer have turned to focus more...
Tuesday 30 August 2016
HTC speeding up development of Viveport app store
HTC has said that it will continue to strengthen the development of its virtual reality app store, Viveport, as a means to foster the HTC Vive ecosystem and to ramp up sales of the...
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Acer, Asustek to release 18-inch and larger gaming notebooks
Asustek Computer and Acer are planning to launch gaming notebooks with 18-inch and above displays. Asustek is currently developing an 18-inch gaming notebook, while Acer is looking...
Tuesday 30 August 2016
SSD adoption in notebooks to top 50% in 2018, says DRAMeXchange
DRAMeXchange has maintained its estimate given earlier in 2016 that the adoption of SSDs in notebooks would exceed 30% in 2016. The proportion is forecast to reach 56% in 2018, according...
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Vendors to shift away more orders from BYD
Asustek Computer and Huawei are expected to shift more of their existing orders for notebooks and smartphones away from China-based BYD, which is having a difficult time fulfilling...
Monday 29 August 2016
Global tablet market – 2Q 2016
Worldwide tablet shipments dropped 9.4% sequentially and 13.2% on year to total only around 40 million units in the second quarter of 2016.