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Thursday 26 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Smart home segment proposes growth but lacks direction
Within the Internet of Things (IoT) market the smart home segment is one of the most talked about areas. However, there currently lacks a mainstream standard, and vendors, content...
Thursday 26 February 2015
Compal expects 1Q15 notebook shipments to fall 16-20%
ODM Compal Electronics expects notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2015 to decrease 16-20% on quarter but increase 0-5% on year, according to the company.
Thursday 26 February 2015
Samsung to unveil Galaxy S6 at MWC; initial shipments to top 50 million units
Samsung Electronics is expected to unveil its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC), according to suppliers in Taiwan's handset supply...
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Worldwide large format printer shipments grow 3.5% on year in 2014, says IDC
According to new data from IDC, large format printer (LFP) shipments grew 3.5% in 2014 when compared to 2013 while revenues declined by less than 1%. Product mix changes and some...
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Amazon cuts tablet orders to Compal, Quanta Computer, says paper
Amazon has reduced tablet orders released to Taiwan-based ODMs Compal Electronics and Quanta Computer by an estimated 30%, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News...
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments in 2015 forecast at 221.4 million units
There will be 221.4 million tablets shipped globally in 2015, slipping by 11.9% on year, according to a Digitimes Research Special Report.
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Inventec profits expected to surpass NT$8 billion in 2015 on smart hand-held device shipment growth, says paper
Notebook ODM Inventec, mainly due to a large increase in shipments of smart hand-held devices from 51 million units in 2014 to 75 million units in 2015, is expected to attain net...
Tuesday 24 February 2015
China market: LCD TV shipments down in 2014, expected to gain strength in 2015, says firm
LCD TV shipments in China during 2014 reached 52.37 million, down 3.8% on year, and are expected to reach 53.75 million in 2015, up 2.6%, according to China-based Sigmaintell Consu...
Tuesday 24 February 2015
Acer expects PC sales growth in mature markets in 2015, says CEO
Acer expects its PC sales to significantly grow in mature markets including the US and Western Europe in 2015, with marketing to focus on Chromebooks, 2-in-1 notebooks and gaming...
Tuesday 24 February 2015
Smartphone and automotive display revenues swelled in 2014, says IHS
As smartphones continued to cannibalize product sales in other small- to medium-size flat-panel-display (FPD) categories, automotive display revenues rose to become the second-highest...
Tuesday 24 February 2015
Apple to invest EUR1.7 billion in new data centers in Europe
Apple today announced a EUR1.7 billion (US$1.93 billion) plan to build and operate two data centers in Europe, each powered by 100% renewable energy. The facilities, located in County...
Monday 16 February 2015
Digitimes Research: Korea TV vendors outsourcing orders in order to secure panels
In an effort to secure TV panels in 2015 as supply will be limited, Korea-based TV vendors Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are each planning to outsource TV production orders...
Monday 16 February 2015
Over 40% industrial robot patents used for mechanical engineering segment; 30% for control, says MIC
Industrial robots have been widely applied in a broad range of fields such as assembly, production, electric welding, spraying and painting, food packaging, and component installation...
Monday 16 February 2015
Intel reportedly to delay launch of 14nm Skylake desktop CPUs
Intel reportedly has informed its motherboard partners that it will delay the release of its 14nm Skylake desktop CPUs and corresponding 100-series chipsets to the end of August,...
Monday 16 February 2015
Lenovo will not further ramp in-house notebook production in fiscal 2016, say sources
Lenovo will not ramp up notebook shipments from LCFC (Hefei) Electronics, a joint venture between Lenovo and Compal Electronics, in fiscal 2016 (April 2015-March 2016), due to higher...