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Thursday 27 August 2015
Innolux to begin mass producing 8K TV panels in 2Q16
Innolux will begin mass producing 8K TV panels by the second quarter of 2016, according to company remarks at Touch Taiwan 2015.
Wednesday 26 August 2015
Chip orders for notebooks picking up
IC demand for notebooks is picking up, and the outlook for replacement demand triggered by Microsoft's Windows 10 is more positive, according to sources at Taiwan-based PC-related...
Wednesday 26 August 2015
Laster lands orders for LED headlights from China
LED automotive lighting maker Laster Tech has obtained orders for three LED headlight models from China-based automotive lamp vendors, with shipments to begin in the second quarter...
Tuesday 25 August 2015
Compal to shift notebook capacity from Chengdu factory to Kunshan
Notebook ODM Compal Electronics will gradually move notebook production capacity at its factory in Chengdu City, western China, to its factory in Kunshan, eastern China, and has notified...
Tuesday 25 August 2015
Asustek seeing notebook shortages in Europe, says paper
PC demand in Europe and Asia Pacific countries has started recovering recently and Asustek Computer has even seen its notebooks suffering from shortages in Europe, according to a...
Tuesday 25 August 2015
Inventec inks 5-year partnership with Siemens for Industry 4.0
Notebook ODM Inventec has signed an MoU with Siemens PLM Software, Siemens AG's subsidiary, for a 5-year strategic partnership to promote Germany Industry 4.0 in Taiwan, according...
Tuesday 25 August 2015
Touch Taiwan: AUO to exhibit ALCD TV panels
AU Optronics (AUO) will exhibit new ALCD LCD TV displays at Touch Taiwan 2015 that integrate Ultra HD (4K) resolution, curved design, quantum dot (QD) wide color gamut, and HDR (high...
Tuesday 25 August 2015
Notebook vendors start RFQ process; competition grows fierce
Notebook brand vendors such as Acer, Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Toshiba have recently begun the request for quotation (RFQ) process for their notebook orders for 2016 and the...
Monday 24 August 2015
Alibaba, Qihoo 360 set to enter China smartphone market
More China-based Internet service providers are looking to enter the local smartphone market later in the second half of 2015, according to sources at Taiwan's IC design houses.
Monday 24 August 2015
South African tablet market surges but premium brands feel the pinch, says IDC
The South African tablet market bounced back from a disappointing performance in the first quarter of the year to record strong on-year growth of 56% in the second quarter of 2015,...
Monday 24 August 2015
Lenovo reportedly to raise PC prices in China because of Chinese yuan deprecation
China-based Lenovo reportedly is planning to raise its PC prices in China at the end of August due to a significant depreciation of the country's currency, and the vendor will next...
Monday 24 August 2015
Worldwide 4K LCD TV panel shipments grow 61% in 2Q15, says MIC
Worldwide Ultra HD (4K) LCD TV panel shipment volume grew 60.8% sequentially in the second quarter of 2015, reaching around 9.2 million units, according to MIC.
Friday 21 August 2015
Turkey PC market declines amid weak consumer and public sector demand, says IDC
Ongoing social and political unrest across the country caused Turkey's PC market to suffer a dramatic on-year decline during the second quarter of 2015, according to the latest figures...
Friday 21 August 2015
HiTi Digital aims to sell 200,000 new digital photo printers in 2016
Own-brand dye-sublimation-based digital photo printer and card printer maker HiTi Digital launched its Pringo portable digital photo printers at the end of 2013 and has so far sold...
Friday 21 August 2015
Sony announces SmartBand 2 for September
Sony Mobile has unveiled its new smart bracelet, the SmartBand 2, which is set to become available worldwide starting September. The SmartBand 2 features the same form factor and...