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Wednesday 28 October 2015
Asustek tops Taiwan-based global brands in 2015, says MOEA
Asustek Computer has been appraised as the most valuable Taiwan-based global brand in 2015 with brand value of US$1.780 billion, achieving the status for three consecutive years,...
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Magnetic sensor suppliers look to automotive sector for growth, says IHS
Led by ongoing price erosion in the electronic compass sensor market, year-over-year semiconductor-based magnetic sensor revenues grew less than 1% in 2014; however, the industry's...
Tuesday 27 October 2015
TV channels go direct to consumers to tap into surging subscription online video revenues, says IHS
The traditional TV channels business is entering a period of flux. According to Ted Hall, research director at IHS, the core concept of the channel is fragmenting, as audience behavior...
Monday 26 October 2015
Richtek to focus on analog chips for mobile devices, wearables
After becoming a unit of MediaTek, Richtek Technology will continue to expand its analog IC portfolio and move more aggressively to gain market share, according to sources familiar...
Monday 26 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to decline 17.5% on year in 4Q15
Global notebook shipments (not including detachable 2-in-1 products), are expected to drop 17.5% on year and 5.3% sequentially in the fourth quarter as most notebook vendors already...
Monday 26 October 2015
Suppliers see weaker-than-expected orders for iPad Pro
Apple is ready to sell its iPad Pro in November, but has only placed limited orders with the related upstream supply chain prior to the end of 2015 and for the first quarter of 2016,...
Monday 26 October 2015
Xiaomi notebook to enter mass production in 1Q16
China-based Xiaomi's first notebook products reportedly will enter mass production in the first quarter of 2016 and the vendor plans to release two models, a 12.5-inch and a 13.3-inch,...
Monday 26 October 2015
Branded content to grow faster than media advertising, says IHS
Branded content will grow three times faster than media advertising in the next five years according to IHS.
Friday 23 October 2015
LG Display to not meet OLED TV panel shipment goal in 2015, says report
LG Display will ship approximately 400,000-500,000 OLED TV panels in 2015 and over one million in 2016 as pricing drops as a result of increased yields, according to Korea-based Digital...
Friday 23 October 2015
China market: Apple to open 24th self-operated retail store, says paper
Apple will open a self-operated retail store in Dalian, northeastern China, on October 24, its 24th in the China market, according to the China-based Guangzhou Daily, adding...
Friday 23 October 2015
Some China white-box tablet vendors shifting to other product lines
China-based white-box tablet vendors, due to stagnant growth in demand and increasing price competition, either have withdrawn from the market or are striving to shift to other product...
Friday 23 October 2015
AMOLED TV pricing on the decline in China, says report
AMOLED TV pricing in China has decreased 17% since May of 2015, falling to an average price of CNY16,157 (US$2,542), according to research firm AVC.
Friday 23 October 2015
Acer establishes subsidiary to enter electric vehicle power system and battery industries
Acer's Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) business recently established a new subsidiary, MPS Energy, to focus on developing car-use batteries and electric vehicle power systems and will...
Thursday 22 October 2015
BOE jumps to number 4 in ranking in TV panel shipments over 3-quarter period, says WitsView
TV panel shipments totaled 24.47 million units in September 2015, representing a monthly increase of 9.9% and an on-year increase of 13.8%. Iris Hu, WitsView assistant research manager,...
Thursday 22 October 2015
Notebook brand vendors strengthening high-end product lines
Seeing that Microsoft plans to push Surface Book into the high-end segment, first-tier notebook brand vendors have started strengthening the quality and design of their high-end product...