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Thursday 25 June 2015
Digitimes Research: White-box players pushing 10.1-inch Windows tablets
During a survey of southern China's white-box tablet supply chain recently, Digitimes Research found that Intel will not be able to supply its Cherry Trail-based solutions to white-box...
Thursday 25 June 2015
Apple to increase flexible PCB purchases, say sources
The forthcoming iPhone 6S series will feature Force Touch technology, which will demand more flexible PCBs (FPCB). As a result, Apple is set to increase orders to its FPCB suppliers...
Wednesday 24 June 2015
Samsung expects SUHD TV sales to reach 15,000 in 1H15
Samsung Electronics SUHD TV sales have surpassed 10,000 units within the last three months and are estimated to reach the 15,000 mark for the first half of 2015.
Wednesday 24 June 2015
Acer focusing on steady profitability, says CEO
Acer's operations are moving toward steady profitability and it will focus on maintaining the trend before looking to expand business scale, company CEO Jason Chen said at a shareholders...
Wednesday 24 June 2015
Acer shareholders dissatisfied at no dividend
Many Acer shareholders are up in arms after finding out that the PC vendor has declined to distribute a dividend for 2014 and voiced their displeasure during the company's annual...
Wednesday 24 June 2015
SMIC to form R&D joint venture with Huawei, Qualcomm and Imec
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), China's top foundry chipmaker, has announced plans to form a joint venture with Huawei, Qualcomm, and nano-electronics research institute...
Wednesday 24 June 2015
ECS to quit own-brand DIY motherboard business, say Taiwan makers
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has announced that it will no longer actively market own-brand DIY motherboards but will undertake ODM/OEM production if clients have demand, and...
Tuesday 23 June 2015
IC substrate, PCB makers seeing shipments pick up
Taiwan's major IC substrate and PCB manufacturers have all ramped up their shipments for new mobile devices set to roll out in the second half of 2015, according to industry source...
Tuesday 23 June 2015
Silicon providers main beneficiaries of enthusiast PC growth; opportunities exist for vendors to raise profits with innovative products, says HWinsights
The rapid expansion in demand for premium PC hardware from the enthusiast and overclocking segments has given hardware vendors a much needed opportunity to bolster declining sales...
Tuesday 23 June 2015
Leading TV brands more reliant on China manufacturers in 2015, says IHS
TVs made by outsourcing specialists are expected to reach an industry record of 43% of LCD TVs shipped globally in 2015, according to IHS. Outsourcing has become one of the most important...
Tuesday 23 June 2015
Commentary: The gaming notebook industry heats up
Competition in the gaming notebook segment is surely to become keener in the second half of 2015 as notebook brands including Acer, Asustek Computer, Dell, Gigabyte Technology and...
Monday 22 June 2015
Winbond cautious about 2H15 DRAM market
Inventory digestion will continue to take place in the global DRAM industry during the second half of 2015, according to Arthur Chiao, chairman for Taiwan-based Winbond Electronics...
Monday 22 June 2015
DDR4 memory prices fall at rapid pace
Contract prices for DDR4 memory have recently experienced a dramatic fall, due mainly to Samsung Electronics' price cuts aimed at increasing market share, according to industry sou...
Monday 22 June 2015
Worldwide pay-TV penetration to exceed 50% in next 2 years, says firm
The worldwide pay-TV market surpassed more than 900 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2015, representing 48% penetration, according to ABI Research. The market is likely...
Monday 22 June 2015
Apple in-house developing TDDI solutions, say Taiwan chipmakers
Apple is internally developing touch and display driver integration (TDDI) single-chip solutions for its iPhones, according to sources in Taiwan's IC design industry.