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Thursday 30 April 2015
LCD TV shipments decrease 24% on quarter in 1Q15, says WitsView
The global shipments of LCD TVs in the first quarter of 2015 totaled 51.4 million units, according to WitsView. This figure translates to a quarterly decline of 24%. In addition to...
Thursday 30 April 2015
Laster Tech becomes major automotive LED lighting supplier for Great Wall Motors
Taiwan-based LED lighting maker Laster Tech has become a major supplier of automotive LED lamp modules for Great Wall Motors, a major SUV and pickup truck maker in China, according...
Thursday 30 April 2015
LG announces 1Q15 financial performance
LG Electronics has announced first-quarter net profit of KRW38.4 billion (US$34.91 million) and operating profit of KRW305.2 billion. Consolidated revenues reached KRW13.99 trillion...
Thursday 30 April 2015
Realtek expects slight growth in 2Q15 sales
Networking IC design company Realtek Semiconductor expects to post slight sequential growth in second-quarter revenues.
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Global LCD TV panel shipments grow 11% on year in March, says IHS
LCD TV panel shipments from global panel makers reached 23.9 million in March 2015, growing 20% on month and 11% on year, according to IHS.
Wednesday 29 April 2015
MediaTek MT6735 chip adopted by major China smartphone firms
MediaTek has announced that its MT6735 quad-core 4G 64-bit full-mode chip solution has been adopted by China-based ZTE, Lenovo and TCL for their upcoming smartphones.
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Synnex Technology to deal out 2014 dividend of NT$3.30
Taiwan-based IT product and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International on April 28 decided to distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$3.30 (US$0.107)...
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Acer prefers profitability to PC shipment growth, says founder
Acer will focus on developing product lines that will benefit its business development and will give up the policy of ramping up shipments at the expense of profitability, according...
Tuesday 28 April 2015
Asustek, Acer beef up marketing of gaming notebooks
Asustek Computer and Acer have strengthened marketing of gaming notebooks through financially sponsoring Taiwan-based e-sports teams and international e-sports events.
Tuesday 28 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan IC design industry output value to rise 14.3% in 2Q15
The production value of Taiwan's IC design industry is forecast to rise 14.3% sequentially to NT$140.07 billion (US$4.58 billion) in the second quarter of 2015, buoyed mainly by a...
Tuesday 28 April 2015
More wearable device vendors looking to in-house developed platforms for smartwatches
Wearable device vendors including Asustek Computer, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have been eagerly developing respective platforms in-house for their smartwatches and other...
Tuesday 28 April 2015
SSD, eMMC controllers drive Silicon Motion sales growth in 1Q15
NAND flash device controller supplier Silicon Motion Technology has reported slight sequential growth in net sales for the first quarter of 2015, driven by rising sales of client...
Tuesday 28 April 2015
Taiwan market: Samsung unveils entry-level tablet Galaxy Tab A
Samsung Electronics has unveiled Galaxy Tab A, an entry-level tablet with an S Pen touch pen, for launch in the Taiwan market in early May.
Tuesday 28 April 2015
Taiwan digital cameras – 1Q 2015
DSCs continue to be cannibalized by smartphones with increasingly better camera functions. Taiwan's DSC makers saw a short-lived rebound in shipments in fourth-quarter 2014, but slipped...
Monday 27 April 2015
Acer will compete in PC market to the last, says CEO
While the PC industry has matured and is saturated with 4-5 vendors competing in the global PC market, Acer says it will compete to the last through the continued improvement of its...