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Friday 4 September 2015
Lextar direct-type TV backlighting completely based on flip-chip LED technology
Lextar Electronics has completely adopted flip-chip LED technology for direct-type LCD TV backlighting, according to company chairman David Su.
Friday 4 September 2015
TCL to sell high-end refrigerators, laundry machines in overseas markets
China-based LCD TV vendor TCL will transform its home-use electric appliance operations and market own-brand high-end refrigerators and laundry machines mainly in overseas markets,...
Friday 4 September 2015
Automotive industry now the third largest end market for power semiconductors, IHS says
In 2014, the automotive sector significantly outperformed the overall market average for semiconductors. In fact, the automotive market overtook data processing to become the third...
Friday 4 September 2015
Taiwan market: BenQ launches 4G-connected action camera
BenQ on September 3 announced the launch of QC1, a 4G-connected action camera targeted at taking pictures and recording video of sports activities, in the Taiwan market at a retail...
Friday 4 September 2015
Merger with Asustek unlikely, says Acer CEO
In response to market watchers' suggestions that Asustek Computer should merge with Acer to create synergies and international competitiveness, Acer CEO Jason Chen emphasized that...
Thursday 3 September 2015
New Zealand PC market stabilizes, says IDC
New Zealand PC shipments totaled 188,000 units during second quarter of 2015, about 2.8% higher than the previous forecast, according to the IDC's Asia Pacific Quarterly PC Tracker...
Thursday 3 September 2015
IFA 2015: Asustek unveils gaming products
In addition to several Zen-series products, Asustek Computer has unveiled new products under its gaming Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand including a water-cooling gaming notebook, the...
Thursday 3 September 2015
IFA 2015: Acer unveils new gaming products
At the company's IFA 2015 pre-show conference, Acer has unveiled a full series of products under its Predator gaming sub-brand including two gaming notebooks, a desktop, a curved...
Thursday 3 September 2015
Online TV viewing habits differ in Europe, says IHS
New research from IHS Technology indicates that traditional broadcast TV viewing is being overtaken by two forces: Personal Video Recorders (PVRs) like Sky+ and online video from...
Thursday 3 September 2015
IFA 2015: Asustek unveils new innovations at pre-show conference
Asustek Computer has unveiled its latest innovations at a pre-show conference before IFA in Germany and displayed two ZenWatch 2 smartwatches, the VivoStick, the RT-AC5300 wireless...
Thursday 3 September 2015
Acer to acquire bicycle GPS device vendor Xplova
Acer has announced it will acquire bicycle GPS vendor Xplova and integrate the vendor's GPS technologies, bicycle routes and maps into its Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) platform.
Wednesday 2 September 2015
China market: Asustek to launch Vivo Stick
Asustek Computer will launch Vivo Stick, a Windows computer-on-stick (Intel Compute Stick) equipped with Intel Bay Trail-CR processor, 2GB memory and 32GB storage, in the China market,...
Wednesday 2 September 2015
US pay TV cord-cutting fears validated by subscriber losses in 2Q15, says IHS
Validating industry cord-cutting fears, in the second quarter of 2015, pay TV companies in the US posted their worst ever quarterly video subscriber losses, shedding 658,450 subscribers...
Tuesday 1 September 2015
Acer and Asustek looking to raise notebook prices in Taiwan, says paper
Acer is planning to raise pricing of its new PC by 4.5-5% in Taiwan in September as the NT dollar has been depreciating over the past few weeks. Asustek Computer is also planning...
Tuesday 1 September 2015
Digitimes Research: Osram expected to keep leading status in automotive lighting
Germany-based Osram has become a main international LED automotive lighting vendor and due to its particular capability in OLED lighting and laser lighting is expected to maintain...