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Wednesday 15 June 2016
Apple stepping up procurement for new Apple Watch
Apple has stepped up procurement of chips and components for the second-generation Apple Watch which is expected to debut later in 2016, according to sources from the supply chain.
Tuesday 14 June 2016
Asustek cuts 2Q16 revenue guidance due to weak smartphone demand
Because of weaker than expected demand in the Asia Pacific market, the smartphone industry is entering a new era of competition and smartphone ASPs are dropping. Asustek Computer...
Tuesday 14 June 2016
HTC launches new mid-range smartphone, ties up with Bethesda Softworks
HTC has unveiled a new mid-range smartphone, the HTC One S9, which will be available at its exclusive shops in the Taiwan market on June 17 priced at NT$9,990 (US$309) unlocked. The...
Monday 13 June 2016
Asustek Computer reports revenues for May 2016
Asustek Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$31.86 billion (US$983.09 million) for May 2016, representing a 9.45% increase on month, but 5.43% drop on year.
Monday 13 June 2016
Shuttle to see strong revenue contribution from non-notebook businesses in 2016
Shuttle, in addition to its existing PC OEM business, XPC barebone and mini PC products, has also been pushing its smart application software business in the past few years and has...
Monday 13 June 2016
China holds 8 spots among top-12 smartphone vendors, says IC Insights
Eight of the world's top-12 smartphone companies during the first quarter of 2016 are China-based including Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi, Vivo, ZTE, Lenovo, TCL and Meizu, according to IC...
Monday 13 June 2016
PC market stability remains elusive as markets continue to struggle, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments are forecast to decline by 7.3% on year in 2016 according to an updated forecast from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. The outlook continues to call...
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Asustek sees stable performance in Brazil
Asustek Computer CEO Jerry Shen has pointed out that the company is rather cautious about its operations Brazil, which has see high inflation, increasing unemployment and weakening...
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Chin-Poon reports increased May revenues
PCB firm Chin-Poon Industrial, with more than 70% of its revenues coming from the automotive industry, has announced consolidated revenues for May 2016 increased 1.9% sequentially...
Wednesday 8 June 2016
ECS revenues decline in May
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.99 billion (US$61.67 million) for May 2016, representing a 6.92% drop on month and 62.32% drop on year.
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Acer enjoys on-month growth in May revenues
Acer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$17.33 billion (US$537.08 million) for May 2016, representing a 23.31% increase on month and 1.89% drop on year.
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Ruggedized PC supplier Getac sees May sales increase on year
Ruggedized PC player Getac Technology has reported revenues of NT$1.538 billion (US$47.81 million) for May, down 1% on month but up 9.41% on year.
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Apple completes sales of first bond issue in Taiwan, says paper
Apple has completed the sale of US$1.277 billion worth of bonds in Taiwan, with the yield for the 30-year bond issue set at 4.15%, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times...
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Digitimes Research: Tablet AP shipments in China to rise 6% in 2Q16
China's tablet-use application processor (AP) shipments will increase 6% sequentially to 20.4 million units in the second quarter of 2016, according to Digitimes Research.
Wednesday 8 June 2016
ASRock expects growing performance in 2016
ASRock had an unsatisfactory performance in 2015 due to decreased motherboard shipments in China and increased expenses on server and industrial PC (IPC) investments; however, the...