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Wednesday 19 November 2014
TV shipments in 2015 expected to increase 10%
TV supply chains estimate that TV shipments in 2015 will increase 10% on year to around 230 million driven by large-size TV demand in mature economies and small-size TV demand in...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Moto 360 leads first wave of Android Wear devices, says Canalys
Nearly five million smart and basic wearable bands shipped in the third quarter of 2014, with total unit shipments increasing 37% quarter on quarter as Android Wear made its mark...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Amtran sees LCD TV supply to Vizio drop; Foxconn, TPV take over
LCD TV OEM maker Amtran will now be responsible for producing less than 10% Vizio's TVs as Vizio has shifted orders to Foxconn Electronics, TPV and Wistron.
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Macronix developing flash memory for IoT and wearable devices
Macronix International is now engaged in the development of memory solutions targeted at Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable device applications, according to company chairman Miin...
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Digitimes Research: White-box wearable vendors see potential in sport and children's markets
At the Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) 2014, many IT vendors showcased their latest wearable devices with white-box smart bracelets being a spotlight at the show, and...
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Smart TV sales to reach 228 million in 2018, says Futuresource
Smart TV sales reached 90 million units worldwide in 2013 and will grow at 21% CAGR to reach 228 million in 2018, according to Futuresource Consulting.
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Digitimes Research: LCD TV OEM market expected to surpass 50 million in 2015
The LCD TV contract manufacturing market is expected to surpass 50 million units in 2015, with Taiwan makers expected to be responsible for 38.33 million, according to Digitimes Re...
Monday 17 November 2014
Pricing for 32-, 40- and 42-inch TV panels expected to continue rising in 4Q14
Pricing for 32-, 40- and 42-inch TV panels is expected to continue rising in the fourth quarter of 2014 as Taiwan makers experience a shortage in supply, with the situation expected...
Monday 17 November 2014
Touchscreen controller IC prices to fall further in 2015
Prices of touchscreen controller ICs used in handsets are likely to fall 30% or more in 2015, due to fierce price competition among China- and Taiwan-based chip suppliers, according...
Monday 17 November 2014
Global projector shipments grow 7% on year in 3Q14
Global projector shipments grew 7% on year in the third quarter of 2014 to 2.2 million units - the single highest quarterly result for over a decade, according to statistics from...
Monday 17 November 2014
Global shipments of factory-installed DMSs to reach 6.7 million by 2019, says ABI Research
Global shipments of factory-installed Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS) based on interior facing cameras will reach 6.7 million by 2019, according to recent findings from ABI Researc...
Monday 17 November 2014
China-Korea trade pact to weigh on foreign investments in Taiwan, says Foxconn chairman
The consensus reached by China and Korea on a free trade agreement (FTA) is a warning to Taiwan as it will weigh on foreign investors for making investments in Taiwan, according to...
Friday 14 November 2014
Wistron aims to ship 21 million notebooks in 2015
Wistron aims to ship 21 million notebooks and 25 million smart hand-held devices including three million tablets for 2015, the company said at a November 13 investors conference.
Friday 14 November 2014
Asustek expected to beat Gigabyte in 2014 motherboard shipments, but lose on profitability
Asustek Computer's motherboard shipments returned to six million units in the third quarter thanks to its aggressive price-cutting strategy, which helped the vendor slightly widen...
Friday 14 November 2014
Connected things in use will reach 25 billion by 2020, says Gartner
Gartner has forecast that 4.9 billion connected things will be in use in 2015, up 30% from 2014, and will reach 25 billion by 2020. The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a powerful...