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Friday 15 January 2016
Genesis Photonics supplies LED automotive lighting devices for Japan vendors
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics has begun supply of LED devices used in automotive interior lighting for Japan-based vendors, according to the company.
Friday 15 January 2016
TV shipments in China up 7% in 4Q15
TV shipments in China reached 16.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, up 7% on year, according to Sigmaintell Consulting.
Friday 15 January 2016
Notebook competition to grow fiercer in 2016
The notebook market is expected to see fiercer competition in 2016 than the previous years due to factors including Samsung Electronics having reorganized its notebook business to...
Friday 15 January 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung launches 18.4-inch tablet
Samsung Electronics has unveiled Galaxy View, a 18.4-inch tablet featuring in-house-developed Exynos 7580 1.6GHz 8-core processor, Full HD resolution, 2GB memory and 32GB storage,...
Thursday 14 January 2016
Taiwan market: Consumer and enterprise demand for consumer electronics and smartphones to pick up in January
The Taiwan government's subsidies on home appliances and handsets to promote power-saving products and 4G services are expected to boost consumer demand for consumer electronics and...
Thursday 14 January 2016
Worldwide smart home device shipments to nearly double in 2016, says ABI Research
The raft of smart home devices displayed at CES 2016 highlights the growth and potential of the smart home market. Over the next 12 months, smart home device sales will nearly double...
Thursday 14 January 2016
LG to reach 90% utilization for 4K OLED TV panels
LG Display expects utilization rates for Ultra HD (4K) OLED TV panels to reach between 80-90% in 2016.
Thursday 14 January 2016
Advantech to provide IPC solutions to fabric maker Everest Textile
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) supplier Advantech and fabric maker Everest Textile have announced a partnership under which Advantech will provide solutions for data gathering and...
Wednesday 13 January 2016
PC market finishes 2015 as expected, hopefully setting the stage for a more stable future, says IDC

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, an on-year decline of 10.6%, according...

Wednesday 13 January 2016
TV panel pricing on the decline in early January
TV panels sized 55-inch have seen prices drop US$8 in early January while 50-inch units have declined US$5. TV panels sized 32-inch declined US$1, according to new figures from Wit...
Wednesday 13 January 2016
Global notebook demand to remain weak in 1H16
While Taiwan-based ODMs shipped more notebooks than originally expected in December 2015, this was not due to rebounding demand, and global notebook demand will remain weak in the...
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Pegatron notebook shipments up in 2015, says paper
Pegatron Technology is estimated to have shipped 3.4-3.5 million notebooks in the fourth quarter of 2015, up 48% sequentially, while its notebook shipments for 2015 reached 10 million...
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Acer revenues decline in December
Acer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$22.59 billion (US$67.75 million) for December 2015, representing a 3.38% drop on month and 22.05% drop on year.
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Asustek shifts back notebook orders from BYD to Taiwan partners
Asustek Computer originally outsourced part of its 2016 notebook orders to China-based EMS provider BYD, but has recently retracted some of the orders and given them back to its Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung announces Gear VR
Samsung Electronics has announced its virtual reality (VR) device, the Gear VR in Taiwan with the availability to start on January 15, priced at NT$3,490 (US$105).