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Thursday 14 August 2014
Axiomtek achieves profits for 1H14; optimistic about transportation and power businesses
Industrial PC (IPC) maker Axiomtek has announced consolidated revenues of NT$2.23 billion (US$74.32 million), net profits of NT$199 million and EPS of NT$2.56 for the first half of...
Wednesday 13 August 2014
Digitimes Research: Foxconn stands chance of winning Mexico government LCD TV procurement orders
The Mexico government will hold an open bid to procure 13.7 million LCD TVs over three years as part of a subsidy program for low-income families in line with the digitization of...
Wednesday 13 August 2014
Acer launches 13.3-inch Chromebook
Acer on August 12 announced the launch of the Acer Chromebook 13, its first 13.3-inch Chromebook equipped with the Nvidia Tegra K1 4-Plus-1 quad-core ARM Cortex A15 processor, with...
Wednesday 13 August 2014
Notebook sales expected to rise in 2H14 as vendors price below US$300
With many vendors having been reducing their notebook prices to below US$300, sources from the upstream supply chain expect overall notebook sales to increase in the second half of...
Wednesday 13 August 2014
China market: Second-tier DIY motherboard vendors face crackdown on tax evasion
China-, Taiwan- and Hong Kong-based second-tier DIY motherboard vendors in the China market have been forced to hike retail prices to cover tax payments as the China government steps...
Tuesday 12 August 2014
Chromebook sales will reach 5.2 million units in 2014, says Gartner
Sales of Chromebooks will reach 5.2 million units in 2014, a 79% increase from 2013, according to Gartner. By 2017, sales of Chromebooks are set to nearly triple to reach 14.4 million...
Tuesday 12 August 2014
Digitimes Research: White-box vendors ship 22.3 million tablets in 2Q14
White-box vendors shipped 22.3 million tablets globally in the second quarter of 2014, increasing 9.3% sequentially, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 12 August 2014
China smartphone market and industry – 2Q 2014
A delay in the launch schedule for low-cost 4G smartphones resulted in a mere 4.8% increase in second quarter shipments in the China market. However, with telecom operators planning...
Tuesday 12 August 2014
Quanta sees revenue growth despite notebook shipment decline in July
Quanta Computer has announced revenues of NT$77.93 billion (US$2.6 billion) for July, up 8.53% on month and 8.63% on year with combined revenues for the first seven months of 2014...
Tuesday 12 August 2014
Innolux, AUO facing tough battle in UHD TV panel market
Taiwan-based Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO) are looking to increase Ultra HD TV panel shipments and their global shares in the market segment in second-half 2014, but the goal is...
Monday 11 August 2014
Toshiba launches wearable wristband fitness tracker
Toshiba has announced the release of a wearable fitness tracker, the WERAM1100, for online sales in Japan on Amazon and Yahoo. Orders will start to ship on August 20.
Monday 11 August 2014
China TV market entering saturation
As the sales volume and value for TVs in the China market in the first half of 2014 decreased on year, the TV market is trending to becoming saturated over the next 3-5 years, according...
Monday 11 August 2014
Asustek sees increased July revenues
Asustek Computer has posted consolidated revenues of NT$40.190 billion (US$1.34 billion) for July, increasing 18.51% sequentially and 12.29%. January-July consolidated revenues rose...
Monday 11 August 2014
Compal, Wistron, Inventec July revenues down sequentially
Notebook ODMs Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec saw July consolidated revenues slip 9.26%, 5.74% and 3.72% on month, respectively, according to the companies.
Monday 11 August 2014
Foxconn July revenues hit 17-month low
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision industry) on August 8 reported consolidated revenues of NT$260.218 billion (US$8.66 billion) for July, the lowest monthly level since March...