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Friday 21 August 2015
Inventory levels at LCD TV panel makers forecast to surge in the 2H15, says IHS
LCD TV panel makers' inventory levels will be greater than normal in the second half of 2015, due to softening demand and increased output from new LCD panel manufacturing lines (fabs)...
Friday 21 August 2015
Taiwan market: BenQ to sponsor gaming event
Taiwan-based monitor brand vendor BenQ will sponsor the Capcom Pro Tour gaming event in Taiwan, which will be hosted starting August 22. The company's RL-series monitors will be the...
Friday 21 August 2015
Digitimes Research: Panel makers remain profitable in 2Q15 due to 4K TV panels
The four major panel makers in the market saw revenues decline in the second quarter of 2015 but profits remained high due to sales of high-end products such as Ultra HD (4K) TV panels,...
Friday 21 August 2015
Acer to launch 1st gaming tablet
Acer has begun production of its first gaming tablet equipped with an Intel Atom Z8700 processor and 8-inch touch screen for launch in the third or fourth quarter of 2015, according...
Friday 21 August 2015
Global tablet market – 2Q 2015
Digitimes Research saw global tablet shipments fall to 45.76 million units in second-quarter 2015, showing a 10% decrease on quarter and representing more than a 15% decrease on ye...
Friday 21 August 2015
Samsung TV production capacity to shrink in 2015, says report
Samsung Electronics reduced TV production capacity globally by 10 million units in the first half of 2015 and is expected to decrease by another 10 million units in the second half...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Portable PC sales to remain flat despite Windows 10 launch, says ABI Research
According to the latest market data findings from ABI Research, total system shipments for portable computing are predicted to reach 165 million units for full-year 2015, essentially...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Taiwan IP camera shipments top 2.33 million in 1H15, up 14.9% on year, says MIC
The global IP camera market is projected to grow in 2015, but two factors pushed down Taiwan IP camera makers' shipment performance in the first half of 2015. China players' aggressively...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Acer picked as sole supplier of new education project in Chile
Acer has announced that it has been picked as the sole supplier of Chile's Connected for Learning project and will supply over 75,000 notebooks to the country's schools.
Wednesday 19 August 2015
Apple 12.9-inch iPad to use displays from Sharp
Apple's reported 12.9-inch iPad will feature displays from Sharp while Foxconn Group subsidiary General Interface Solution (GIS) will be mainly responsible for touch modules, lamination...
Wednesday 19 August 2015
Macronix gearing up for automotive flash memory
Macronix International has expanded its flash offerings to include solutions for automotive electronics, and aims to break into the world's top-two automotive NOR flash chipmakers...
Tuesday 18 August 2015
Orders for onboard recorders growing from China, say Taiwan IC designers
Chip orders for onboard recorders from China's white-box makers have been rising in 2015, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Tuesday 18 August 2015
Acer stresses financial health
Acer, in response to media reports about its financial information, on August 18 emphasized that it is financially healthy as reflected by the financial report it released for the...
Tuesday 18 August 2015
TV panel shipments high in 3Q15 but will slow down in 4Q15, says firm
Global TV panel shipments reached 22.31 million units in July 2015, down 1% from the prior month and up 7% a year ago. Branded TV vendors remain optimistic about the peak season sales...
Monday 17 August 2015
Global mobile DRAM revenues rise 7.7% in 2Q15, says DRAMeXchange
Global sales of mobile DRAM increased 7.7% sequentially to US$3.85 billion in the second quarter of 2015, according to DRAMeXchange.