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Friday 8 May 2015
Digitimes Research: Top-5 notebook vendors see sequential drop of 32% in April shipments
Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell, Lenovo, Acer and Asustek Computer, the five largest notebook vendors, saw combined shipments in April decrease 32% on month, while Quanta Computer, Compal...
Friday 8 May 2015
New Apple Watch has lowest ratio of hardware costs to retail price, IHS teardown reveals
The Apple Watch has the lowest hardware costs compared to retail price of any Apple phone IHS Technology has researched, according to a preliminary estimate by IHS. The teardown of...
Friday 8 May 2015
Pegatron expects 2Q15 notebook shipments to grow 15-20% sequentially
Pegatron expects its notebook shipments in second-quarter 2015 to increase 15-20% sequentially, according to company CEO Jason Cheng.
Thursday 7 May 2015
Altek reports revenues for April 2015
Altek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.1 billion (US$35.85 million) for April 2015, representing a 20.81% increase on month but 39.31% drop on year.
Thursday 7 May 2015
Innolux optimistic about 4K TV panel shipments in 2015
Innolux expects Ultra HD (4K) TV shipments to reach 40-45 million in 2015, and that 40% of its overall 4K TV panels shipped in the second quarter of the year will be for units sized...
Thursday 7 May 2015
Acer purchasing department head to retire
Acer's general manager of purchasing has recently applied for retirement and the company CEO's special assistant has already been assigned to take over the position.
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Dialog, Foxconn SiP subsidiary to invest in Dyna Image
Dialog Semiconductor, which focuses on power management IC solutions, has announced plans to acquire a 40% stake in Taiwan-based Dyna Image, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lite-On Se...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
ECS reports revenue drop for April 2015
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.78 billion (US$90.6 million) for April 2015, representing a 27.04% drop on month and 35.26% drop on yea...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Getac Technology April revenues up on year
Rugged computing device maker Getac Technology on May 5 reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.46 billion (US$47.6 million) for April, slipping 10.58% on month but growing 15.51%...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Global TV shipments grow 3% in 2014
The global TV market reached 230 million in 2014, up 3% on year, with growth occurring in most major markets including China and the Middle East, according to statistics from Displ...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
China market: Prices for 4- and 8-core handset chips to fall
Prices for 8-core handset chips are set to fall below US$10 in 2015 while those for quad-core chips will slip to US$5, as chipmakers start a price war, according to industry sources...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Taiwan market: CNS to finish digitization of cable TV networks by end of 2015
China Network Systems (CNS), a multi-system operator of cable TV services in the Taiwan market, plans to complete digitization of its networks around Taiwan by the end of 2015, according...
Tuesday 5 May 2015
PC demand slow in 2Q15, say Taiwan IC design firms
IC demand for PCs is unlikely to pick up until the second half of 2015, when new Intel processors and Windows 10 will be available, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design...
Monday 4 May 2015
Tablet market losing demand
Apple has recently reported results for the fiscal second quarter of 2015 ended March 28, 2015 and saw strong iPhone 6 and Mac products shipments, but its iPad shipments were only...
Monday 4 May 2015
iPad shipments expected to decline over 20% in 2015
Due to weak tablet demand in the market, the supply chain estimate that shipments for Apple iPad products will be down over 20% on year in 2015.