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Tuesday 14 July 2015
Asustek expected to ship 6-7 million tablets in 2015, down 30% on year, says paper
Asustek Computer is planning to release inexpensive ZenPad series tablets to help boost its tablet shipments in 2015, but some market watchers still expect the company's tablet shipments...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 2Q15 notebook shipments up on quarter, down on year
Taiwan-based ODMs shipped an estimated 31.302 million notebooks (not including detachable hybrid models) during the second quarter of 2015, accounting for 81.7% of the global total...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Taiwan notebook ODMs face growing competition from China-based LCFC, Uniwill
China-based ODMs LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology and Uniwill Technology are expected to have notebook shipments in 2015 significantly increasing on year, posing increasing competitive...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Asustek Computer expects 2015 tablet business to break even
Asustek Computer suffered operating losses for its tablet business operations in 2014 and the first half of 2015 but has adjusted its supply chain and decreased the number of new...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Apple research center in Japan part of government IT development strategy, says report
Part of Apple's successful establishment of an upcoming technological research center in Yokohama, Japan is due to the local government's efforts to strengthen supply chain developments...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Wearable device orders may not be strong enough to support supply chain growth
Although many brand vendors have launched wearable products, orders for wearable devices may not be sufficient to drive growth for related component suppliers. The vendors have many...
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Global 8K TV shipments to approach 1 million in 2019, says IHS
The advent of 8K broadcasting in Japan for the 2020 Olympics is expected to spur a new round of resolution increases, even though shipments have not yet started in serious commercial...
Monday 13 July 2015
Altek sees June revenues drop
Altek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$955 million (US$30.8 million) for June 2015, representing a 1.11% drop on month and 25.76% drop on year.
Monday 13 July 2015
Upstream supply chain expect weak 2H15 PC performance
With AMD having lowered its second-quarter revenues guidance, and Asustek Computer downwardly adjusting its notebook shipment goal for 2015 by almost three million units, the upstream...
Monday 13 July 2015
Apple cautious about placing orders for 12.9-inch iPad
Apple's upstream supply chain is expected to start supplying components for the upcoming 12.9-inch iPad in late-September and the device is expected to become available in the market...
Monday 13 July 2015
Foxconn Vietnam investment plan rejected
Investment Promotion Agency under Vinh Phuc Province, northern Vietnam, has rejected a US$200 million investment plan proposed by Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn Electronics, according...
Monday 13 July 2015
Acer sees June revenues decline on year
Acer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$26.569 billion (US$857 million) for June, hiking 50.41% on month but declining 27.31% on year.
Monday 13 July 2015
Pegatron sees decreased June revenues
Pegatron has reported its June consolidated revenues reached NT$70.011 billion (US$2.26 billion), down 0.80% sequentially and 6.45% on year.
Monday 13 July 2015
China-based white-box tablet makers ready to roll out iPad-like large size models, say sources
China-based white-box tablet makers are likely to cash in on Apple's planned launch of a 12.9-inch iPad to deliver similar-sized tablets to reignite shipments of white-box tablets,...
Friday 10 July 2015
Worldwide PC shipments declined 9.5% in 2Q15, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.4 million units in the second quarter of 2015, a 9.5% decline from the second quarter of 2014, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This...