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Tuesday 13 January 2015
Quanta ramping production of 12-inch MacBook Air, say supply chain sources
Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer has begun volume production of the new 12-inch MacBook Air, paving the way for Apple to launch the device in the first quarter of 2015, according...
Tuesday 13 January 2015
Quanta December revenues highest in 2014
Notebook ODM Quanta Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$88.843 billion (US$2.80 billion), hitting the highest monthly level in 2014. The figure represents a 9.91% sequential...
Tuesday 13 January 2015
Acer sees slightly increased December revenues
Acer has announced revenues of NT$28.98 billion (US$913 million) for December, growing 1.72% on month and 2.09% on year. For all of 2014, revenues amounted to NT$329.84 billion, decreasing...
Tuesday 13 January 2015
Synnex Technology December revenues up sequentially
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$31.94 billion (US$1.01 billion) for December,...
Monday 12 January 2015
ECS denies reported withdraw from own-brand DIY motherboard business
Taiwan-based Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), in response to a report that it will quit production and marketing of its own-brand DIY motherboards and focus on motherboard ODM production...
Monday 12 January 2015
Inventec automating production lines in eastern China
Taiwan-based notebook ODM Inventec, in order to reduce impact of continued wage hikes and tight supply of labor, started trial automation of production lines at factories in Shanghai,...
Monday 12 January 2015
Asustek ships 22 million DIY motherboards in 2014
IT vendor Asustek Computer shipped 5.6 million DIY motherboards in fourth-quarter 2014, leading to shipments of 22 million units for the whole year, which increased on year by 6.3%,...
Friday 9 January 2015
Asustek reports revenues for December 2014
Asustek Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$42.26 billion (US$1.32 billion) for December 2014, representing a 13.66% drop on month and 5.95% increase on year.
Friday 9 January 2015
Digitimes Research: Curved OLED TV sales unlikely to break 800,000 in 2015
Following developments to push Ultra HD TVs in the market vendors have begun to promote curved units as well and aim to push the technology throughout 2015-2016. However, due to higher...
Friday 9 January 2015
Taiwan market: Epson launches cloud-based MFPs
Seiko Epson has launched two cloud computing-based MFP (multi-function peripheral) models, Epson WF-2631 and Epson WF-2651, in the Taiwan market for sale at recommended retail prices...
Friday 9 January 2015
Digitimes Research: Ultra HD BD players not likely to be available until end of 2015
Panasonic is showcasing an Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc player (BDP) prototype at CES 2014 and is the only exhibitor with such a device at the show. Digitimes Research believes Ultra HD...
Friday 9 January 2015
Samsung holds 37% share in global Ultra HD TV market in 2014
Samsung Electronics held a 37% share in the global Ultra HD TV market during 2014. Approximately 50% of the Ultra HD TVs Samsung sold in 2014 were for curved units.
Friday 9 January 2015
Inventec notebook shipments down, Wistron up in December
Inventec shipped 1.4 million notebooks in December, slipping on month by 200,000 units, while Wistron's notebook shipments for the month totaled two million units, up from November's...
Friday 9 January 2015
Panel shipments to China LCD TV vendors in December 2014 increase 22%
Panel shipments to China LCD TV vendors in December 2014 increased 22% on year but are expected to fall by as much as 30% on year in the first quarter of 2015 as the vendors enter...
Friday 9 January 2015
New Wintel hard to drive PC replacement, say Taiwan makers
Although Windows 10 and Intel's 14nm-based Skylake CPUs are both expected to launch in the third quarter, sources from the upstream supply chain are conservative about the new Wintel...