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Wednesday 3 February 2016
Global tablet shipments decline 13.7% on year in 4Q15, says IDC
Despite the holiday season, worldwide tablet shipments declined 13.7% on year to 65.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to IDC. Total tablet shipments for 2015...
Wednesday 3 February 2016
Microsoft ships 6.0 million Surface tablets in 2015, say sources
Microsoft shipped 2.5 million Surface-series tablets in the fourth quarter of 2015, leading to total shipments for the year reaching six million units, or 50% higher than market expectations...
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Notebook vendors facing high channel inventory in 1Q16
Notebook brand vendors are facing high channel inventories for the first quarter of 2016 as they placed increased orders to restock in the fourth quarter of 2015, but demand from...
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Apple products driving MEMS microphone market growth, IHS says
The popularity of Apple's iPhone 6S and other products is boosting the MEMS microphone market to a CAGR of 13% from 2015 to 2019, according to IHS. The market is forecast to reach...
Monday 1 February 2016
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments grow slightly on quarter in 4Q15, but will drop over 16% in 1Q16
Worldwide notebook shipments enjoyed a slight growth of 0.6% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2015 thanks to stable demand from the year-end holidays in Europe and North America...
Monday 1 February 2016
Taiwan market: HP to shift marketing focus from market share to profitability
Viewing that Taiwan has become a developed PC market, Hewlett-Packard (HP) will adjust its strategy through shifting focus from market share to profitability and thereby will strengthen...
Monday 1 February 2016
Fierce competition eliminating small gaming product players
With competition growing fierce in the gaming PC market, several gaming peripheral vendors have quit the market, unable to bear the increasing losses, and some channel retailers are...
Friday 29 January 2016
Commentary: Apple expected to see decreasing profits from hardware
Apple is expected to see difficulties maintaining strong hardware sales, as sales of iPhone, iPad and Mac-series products during its fiscal first quarter of 2016 were all weaker than...
Thursday 28 January 2016
Production of new 4K iPad Air to begin in 2Q16, say Taiwan makers
Apple is expected to unveil new models of its iPad Air in March 2016 and production will start in the second quarter, with General Interface Solution and TPK Holding to supply touch...
Thursday 28 January 2016
Apple estimated to ship 20 million Macs in 2016
Apple's Mac-series product shipments are expected to remain at a level similar to that of 2015 at around 20 million units in 2016, but despite flat shipment performance, new MacBook...
Thursday 28 January 2016
BenQ Materials expanding production of medical applications
BenQ Materials is constructing new facilities for producing medical products that will go into production in 2017, according to the company.
Thursday 28 January 2016
Supply chain braces for possible merger of Vaio, Toshiba, Fujitsu PC units
Japan-based PC brand vendors Vaio (previously Sony), Toshiba and Fujitsu reportedly are ready to merge their notebook businesses into a company, a move which will affect Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Apple reports record fiscal 1Q16 results
Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 first quarter ended December 26, 2015. The Company posted record quarterly revenues of US$75.9 billion and record quarterly...
Wednesday 27 January 2016
EMEA PC market contracted by 18.2%, says IDC
PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 20.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, an 18.2% decrease on year, according to IDC. After a strong shipment...
Wednesday 27 January 2016
Increasing adoption of Ultra HD panels for notebooks may push down prices
As notebook brand vendors including Asustek Computer, Lenovo, Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Micro-Star International (MSI) have been using Ultra HD panels for their high-end models,...