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Friday 10 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Microsoft new Windows 8.1 licensing subsidies to boost notebook ASPs, but may see limited demand
Microsoft launched its latest Windows licensing fee subsidy program for Windows 8.1 in March which expanded the coverage of notebook models, adjusted subsidies, canceled the previous...
Friday 10 April 2015
Compal ships 3.6 million notebooks in March
Compal Electronics shipped 3.6 million notebooks in March, and consequently 9.3 million units in the first quarter of 2015, according to the company.
Friday 10 April 2015
Taiwan market: Digital camera sales expected to drop 10% in 2015, says Canon
There were 629,000 digital cameras sold in the Taiwan market in 2014, slipping 32.6% on year, and the volume in 2015 will drop 10% to 566,000 units, according to vice president Jesse...
Thursday 9 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Global top-10 EMS providers see revenues grow 2.5% in 2014
The global 10 largest EMS providers generated total revenues of US$319.2 billion in 2014, increasing 2.5% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Wednesday 8 April 2015
ECS reports revenues for March 2015
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.81 billion (US$122.72 million) for March 2015, representing a 11.2% increase on month but 21.69% drop...
Wednesday 8 April 2015
Win Semi 1Q15 sales rise 3.5%
Pure-play gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry Win Semiconductors saw its first-quarter revenues increase 3.5% sequentially bucking seasonal trends.
Wednesday 8 April 2015
Getac sees increased March revenues
Ruggedized computing device maker Getac Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.64 billion (US$51.9 million) for March, rising 39.85% on month and 30.5% on year, and...
Wednesday 8 April 2015
Inventec to set up trial production factory for start-ups
Inventec will set up a factory in Taipei, Taiwan for start-up businesses incubated by the Cloud Computing Association in Taiwan, running trial production and testing commerical feasibility...
Wednesday 8 April 2015
Surface tablet shipments expected to exceed 4 million units in 2015
Microsoft is expected to have a chance to ship over four million Surface tablets in 2015, up from two million units in 2014, because of its new Surface 3 and Surface Pro series products,...
Wednesday 8 April 2015
Commentary: ECS announces controversial high dividend plans
Motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) caught the headlines recently due plans to distribute a cash dividend much higher than what it earned in 2014.
Wednesday 8 April 2015
Global trends in electric vehicles
Electric vehicles have been developing rapidly from the original hybrids, to parallel/serial and plug-in hybrids through the optimization of power drive designs. Since then, the industry...
Wednesday 8 April 2015
Integrating upstream and downstream to build a comprehensive IoV structure
Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is a subsection of the Internet of Things (IoT) that has been developing quite comprehensively, starting with telematics and progressing as new key technologies...
Wednesday 8 April 2015
Taiwan ICT industry looks to find new niches in automotive electronics market
AutoTronics Taipei is underway and will run from April 8-11 2015 at the TWTC Hall 1 and Nangang Exhibition Hall, offering a professional platform for vendors to showcase an array...
Wednesday 8 April 2015
Leading inductor maker Chilisin actively expanding into automotive electronics segment
In contrast to the maturing smartphone and tablet markets, the automotive electronics market continues to show promising growth. Leading inductor maker Chilisin is already delivering...
Tuesday 7 April 2015
Inventec considering setting up factories in Japan, Singapore
Inventec is considering setting up factories in Japan and Singapore in 2015, according to company chairman Richard Lee.