CONNECT WITH US
Global supply chain: CE, IPC, automotive
CE, IPC, automotive trends
IN THE NEWS
Monday 26 September 2016
China market: 32- to 50-inch LCD TV prices up, says Sigmaintell
In the China market, average retail prices for 32- to 43-inch LCD TVs have risen about 10% since July 2016, 49- and 50-inch models about 5%, while those for above 50-inch ones have...
Friday 23 September 2016
Digitimes Research: Shipments of VR video-enabled smartphones, bundled VR devices to soar in 4Q16
The penetration rate of VR-enabled smartphones and tablets, as well as shipments of VR devices bundled with gaming consoles or PCs will continue to soar in the fourth quarter of 2016,...
Friday 23 September 2016
Foxconn, Pegatron start production of Sony PS4 Pro, Foxconn trialling production of Nintendo NX
Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron have begun production of the PlayStation (PS) 4 Pro, a new Sony game console to be launched on November 10, and Foxconn has undertaken trial production...
Thursday 22 September 2016
Oculus reportedly in talks with MSI for VR cooperation
Oculus reportedly is also interested in virtual reality (VR) backpack PC products developed by Micro-Star International (MSI), and the two companies are currently in talks for cooperation,...
Wednesday 21 September 2016
China market: Asustek launches ZenFone 3, notebooks and 2-in-1s
Asustek Computer announced its new notebooks and smartphones including ZenFone 3, ZenFone 3 Deluxe, ZenFone 3 Ultra, ZenBook 3, Transformer 3 and Transformer 3 Pro in China on September...
Wednesday 21 September 2016
Digitimes Research: Notebook players see August shipments up on month
The top-5 notebook vendors and top-3 notebook ODMs saw their shipments rise 27% and 31% on month in August thanks to inventory preparation for the year-end holidays in Europe and...
Wednesday 21 September 2016
Acer to release VR backpack for 2017, targeting B2B market
Acer is planning to launch a virtual reality (VR) backpack for 2017, but instead of the consumer sector, the product will mainly focus on the business to business (B2B) market. The...
Wednesday 21 September 2016
Cadence delivers tools for implementation and signoff of new ARM Cortex-R52 CPU
Cadence Design Systems has announced the availability of a Cadence Rapid Adoption Kit (RAK) for the new ARM Cortex-R52 CPU, which targets complex embedded designs for safety applications...
Tuesday 20 September 2016
Worldwide smartwatch market to swell to 50 million units in 2020, says IDC
A year after the launch of the Apple Watch established a new benchmark for the worldwide smartwatch market, new smartwatch shipments are expected to see only modest growth for the...
Monday 19 September 2016
Acer pushing 4 major product lines for notebook market, says paper
Acer has re-organized its consumer notebook product lines adding two new series: Swift and Spin, in addition to its existing Aspire and Switch series. With the four major product...
Monday 19 September 2016
Sprint intros MediaTek-powered smartphone
Sprint has introduced the LG X Power, which features the MediaTek Helio P10-series chipset. The device is the first MediaTek-powered smartphone available from Sprint breaking new...
Wednesday 14 September 2016
China-based wearable device vendors see shipments growth in 2Q16, says IDC
China shipped 9.54 million wearable devices in the second quarter of 2016, an increase of 13.2% from the previous quarter and up 81.4% from a year earlier, according to IDC's China...
Wednesday 14 September 2016
Weblink will not see major strategy changes in next 3-6 months, says Acer Taiwan head
Commenting on brand partners' concerns over his succession as the head of Acer Taiwan at a distributor conference on August 13, new general manager Lin Chia-chang said that Weblink...
Wednesday 14 September 2016
Diode maker Eris expects shipments for car electronics to hike in 2017
Eris Technology, which specializes in the manufacture of rectifier diodes, expects its shipments for car electronics to hike as much as 400% in 2017.
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Notebook, IT product vendor Clevo sees improved sales in August
Clevo has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.52 billion (US$47.9 million) for August, increasing 4.43% from the previous month. Accumulated 2016 revenues through August totaled...