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Friday 19 September 2014
Taiwan TV panel makers see orders surge as China vendors slash TV prices
Taiwan panel makers are seeing a surge of new panel orders from China-based TV vendors for 60- and 65-inch units as the vendors expect to see sales for the two sizes increase during...
Thursday 18 September 2014
Worldwide smartwatch and wristband market poised for takeoff, says Gartner
As smartphone vendors and component suppliers continue to expand into the wearables market, Gartner predicts that by 2016 smartwatches will comprise about 40% of consumer wristworn...
Thursday 18 September 2014
Government ID, payment and SIM applications account for 87% of all smart card shipments, says ABI Research
Smart card shipments totaled eight billion units in 2013, with government ID, SIM, and payment and banking applications accounting for 87% of all shipments, according to ABI Research...
Thursday 18 September 2014
Asustek aiming to achieve 15% on-year PC shipment growth
Asustek Computer is looking to achieve 15% on-year growth in its PC shipments each year starting 2014 and expects its annual desktop and notebook shipments together to reach 50 million...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
Asustek plans to accuse motherboard competitors of patent infringement
Asustek Computer has launched X99 chipset motherboards featuring its in-house-developed OC Socket, a patented technology which hikes motherboard performance by 35%, but has found...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
Digitimes Research: IFA shows Android tablet vendors adding value instead of price cuts
IFA 2014 in Berlin, Germany during September 5-10 showed that Android tablet vendors are not looking to offer entry-level models for price-cut competition and instead offered models...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
LCD TV shipments in India reach 2.2 million in 2Q14, says report
In the second quarter of 2014, the LCD TV category in India experienced its highest growth rate in six quarters, with shipments growing 42% on year, driven by new model introductions,...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
Taiwan market: Ultra HD units to make up 10% of retail TV sales in 2014
Taiwan retailers expect Ultra HD TVs to make up 10% of their overall TV sales in 2014.
Tuesday 16 September 2014
LCD TV shipments expected to grow to 229 million in 2015
LCD TV shipments are expected to reach 229 million units in 2015, up from 217 million in 2014, and are expected to further grow to 245 million in 2017.
Monday 15 September 2014
Insyde to see increasing orders for Intel-based white-box tablets
Taiwan-based BIOS designer Insyde Software is expected to benefit from orders for Intel-based Android white-box tablets, as the CPU giant gradually expands its presence in the Android...
Monday 15 September 2014
Industry observers hold different views on Ultra HD TV panel shipments in 2014
Ultra HD TVs are gaining traction in the market and industry observers estimate that China will help drive global shipments to more than 15 million units in 2014.
Monday 15 September 2014
Global driverless vehicle shipments to reach 14 million by 2030, says ABI Research
Global driverless vehicle shipments will increase from 1.1 million in 2024 to more than 42 million in 2035, with an installed driverless vehicle base reaching 176 million, according...
Monday 15 September 2014
Intel appoints Gregory Bryant to handle global desktop platform business
Intel has appointed Gregory Bryant - its incumbent vice president for the Sales and Marketing Group and general manager for the Asia-Pacific and Japan region - as vice president of...
Monday 15 September 2014
TV panels produced in China to meet nearly 60% of local demand in 2015, says report
TV panels produced in China during 2015 are expected to meet nearly 60% of LCD TV panel demand in the nation during the year as makers including China-based China Star Optoelectronics,...
Monday 15 September 2014
Acer looking to reach five million BYOC users by end of 2014
Acer's Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) platform currently has three million users and the number is estimated to reach five million by the end of 2014 and to surpass 10 million in 2015,...