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Wednesday 18 November 2015
Asustek expected to see net profit of NT$5 billion from motherboards, graphics cards in 2015
Despite shrinking profitability from sales of notebooks, smartphones, tablets and desktops, Asustek Computer is expected to enjoy steady profitability from motherboards and graphics...
Wednesday 18 November 2015
Taiwan market: Tatung offers smart home-use appliances via cooperation with Taiwan Secom
Own-brand electric machinery and consumer electronics maker Tatung on November 17 announced the offering of smart home-use appliances through cooperation with Taiwan Secom, the largest...
Wednesday 18 November 2015
UMC says auto chip revenues to double
United Microelectronics (UMC) expects to see revenues generated from the automotive sector double on year in 2015, according to the Taiwan-based IC foundry.
Wednesday 18 November 2015
China market: Xiaomi to unveil new smartphone on November 24
Xiaomi Technology is expected to unveil its new smartphone the Redmi Note 2 Pro and Mi Pad 2 during a product event to be held on November 24. The product offerings may also include...
Monday 16 November 2015
6.4 billion connected "things" will be in use in 2016, up 30% from 2015, says Gartner
Gartner has said it forecasts that 6.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2016, up 30% from 2015, and will reach 20.8 billion by 2020. In 2016, 5.5 million new things...
Monday 16 November 2015
Brand vendors gearing up to launch Surface-similar 2-in-1 devices in 1Q16
Seeing demand for Microsoft's Surface-series 2-in-1 devices having been rising, several notebook brand vendors have started adjusting their 2-in-1 projects for 2016 and plan to launch...
Monday 16 November 2015
Google leads technology, testing, software development for autonomous driving, says IHS
Autonomous driving continues to be one of the most widespread research and development activities within the global automotive industry, as automakers and technology companies alike...
Monday 16 November 2015
Clevo posts 3Q15 net EPS of NT$0.06
Notebook ODM and own-brand maker Clevo recorded a net EPS of just NT$0.06 for the third quarter of 2015 mainly due to a large foreign exchange loss of NT$370 million arising from...
Friday 13 November 2015
Acer founder believes recent departure of executive not hurting company morale
Commenting on the resignation of its ex-president of pan-Asia operations Oliver Ahrens, Acer founder Stan Shih said that the departure should not impact the company's morale and is...
Friday 13 November 2015
Asustek looking to become largest consumer notebook vendor in 2017
In response to competitors and research firms naming his company as one of the PC brand vendors that will quit the PC market, Asustek Computer CEO Jerry Shen pointed out that Asustek...
Friday 13 November 2015
China smartphone market and industry – 3Q 2015
In September, Digitimes Research surveyed China's smartphone supply chain. After analyzing the industry as well as relative market data, it found that in the third quarter, there...
Friday 13 November 2015
Quanta reports strong performance for 3Q15
Quanta Computer has reported its financial results for the third quarter with consolidated revenues growing 9.9% sequentially and 12.9% on year to reach NT$275.9 billion (US$8.44...
Friday 13 November 2015
Acer, Asustek will not die in global PC market, says Acer founder
In response to IDC forecasts that two of the top-10 international PC vendors will withdraw from the global PC market over the next two years due to unbearable operating losses and...
Friday 13 November 2015
Compal Electronics expects 6-9% sequential drop in 4Q15 notebook shipments, says president
ODM Compal Electronics expects notebook shipments in the fourth quarter of 2015 to decrease 6-9% on quarter and shipments of tablets and smartphones together to increase at least...
Friday 13 November 2015
Inventec optimistic about its product lines in 2016
With a strong financial report for the third quarter, Inventec is optimistic about its performance in 2016 and expects its notebook and server shipments to both achieve on-year growth,...