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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,...
Tuesday 26 January 2016
Second-generation Apple Watch to enter mass production in 2Q16
The second-generation Apple Watch is expected to enter mass production in the second quarter with Quanta Computer to be the sole manufacturer of the device, according to sources from...
Monday 25 January 2016
Asia Pacific PC market dips 8% in 2015, says IDC
PC shipments in Asia Pacific (including Japan) totaled 107.6 million units in 2015, according to IDC's preliminary results. This accounted for a 7.7% on-year decrease and a steeper...
Monday 25 January 2016
ODMs eye gaming notebook orders
Seeing competition growing fierce in the gaming notebook market, notebook ODMs have been aggressively looking to land related orders from brand vendors. Compal Electronics is the...
Monday 25 January 2016
TV continues to lead advertising market in Japan, online advertising coming on strong, says IHS
Though the Web would seem to be the obvious go-to medium for advertisers in the smartphone era, Japan-based advertisers are still primarily focusing their attention on TV commercials...
Monday 25 January 2016
Gigabyte 2015 EPS estimated at NT$2.90-3.10
Gigabyte Technology is expected to record net EPS of NT$2.90-3.10 for 2015 business operations, slipping 18.8-24.1% on year, according to market analysts.
Friday 22 January 2016
Foxconn ramps up Pepper robot output in China, say reports
Japan-based Softbank has announced it will begin selling its Pepper robots at 100 physical Softbank Shops on January 28, indicating that its production partner Foxconn Electronics...
Friday 22 January 2016
Taiwan market: Dell launches XPS 13, XPS 15 notebooks
Dell has launched two Windows 10 notebooks, the 13-inch XPS 13 equipped with Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor and 15-inch XPS 15 equipped with Core i7 processor in the Taiwan market...
Friday 22 January 2016
Pegatron to buy back 50 million shares
Pegatron Technology on January 21 announced it will buy back 50 million common shares of its stock at a price interval of NT$46.30-80.00 (US$1.37-2.37) per share during the period...
Friday 22 January 2016
Asustek, Gigabyte to ship 4.2-4.5 million own-brand motherboards each in 1Q16
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology are expected to ship 4.2-4.5 million own-brand motherboards in the first quarter of 2016, increasing 5-10% on quarter but slightly decreasing...
Friday 22 January 2016
Huawei, Xiaomi to release sub-13-inch 2-in-1 devices
China-based Huawei Device is set to launch its first notebook in April using a 12.9-inch display and Windows 10, while Xiaomi Technology will launch a notebook with a sub-13-inch...
Friday 22 January 2016
Average panel size increases in 4Q15, says MIC
Large-area LCD panels have been widely used for three major applications: notebooks, monitors and TVs. The global large-area LCD panel industry had a shipment volume of 148.4 million...