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Friday 21 November 2014
Foxconn to build airborne logistic hub in Zhengzhou
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will sign agreements with Administration Commission of Zhengzhou Airport Economic Comprehensive Experimental Area in China by the...
Friday 21 November 2014
Japan-based Murata sees potential in IoT and wearable industries
Japan-based component maker Murata Manufacturing has showcased its latest wearable devices at China Hi Tech Fair Elexcon 2014 and is planning to release one stop solutions to assist...
Friday 21 November 2014
Acer unveils Aspire Switch and Iconia tablets
Acer on November 20 unveiled 10-, 11.6- and 12.5-inch Aspire Switch 2-in-1 devices (which can be converted into tablets), Iconia One 7, Iconia One 8 and Iconia Tab 10 tablets and...
Thursday 20 November 2014
Acer to launch convertible touch-screen Chromebook in 1H15
Acer is developing an 11.6-inch Chromebook equipped with a touch screen and a cover that can be turned to convert into a tablet. The device will launch in the first half of 2015,...
Thursday 20 November 2014
TV panel pricing continuing to hike in November
Pricing for TV panels under 55-inch underwent another hike in November because supply is still short of demand. In particular, price increases for some low price points are pronoun...
Thursday 20 November 2014
Taiwan market: Lenovo launches new Yoga tablets
Lenovo has launched its full series of Yoga tablets in Taiwan including the Yoga Tablet 2, the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro and the Yoga 3 Pro with sizes ranging from 8- to 13-inch.
Thursday 20 November 2014
Notebook supply chain starts preparing 1Q15 orders to minimize impact of labor shortages
With the notebook supply chain's labor shortages in the first quarter of 2015 expected to be a lot more serious than in previous years, some notebook brand vendors such as Dell have...
Thursday 20 November 2014
Taiwan handsets – 3Q 2014
Taiwan's top handset ODM Foxconn Electronics lost a significant amount of feature phone orders from Microsoft Mobile in the third quarter, while the biggest brand vendor HTC also...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Automotive IC market to display strongest growth through 2018, says IC Insights
Of the six major end-use applications for ICs, the automotive market is forecast to experience the strongest average annual revenue growth rate through 2018, according to IC Insigh...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
PCB maker Chin-Poon looks to flat performance in 4Q14
Automotive PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial is expected to report flat sequential growth in fourth-quarter sales bucking seasonal trends, according to industry sources.
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...