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Monday 14 April 2014
Worldwide PC shipments decline 1.7% in 1Q14, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 76.6 million units in the first quarter of 2014, a 1.7% decline from the first quarter of 2013, according to Gartner.
Monday 14 April 2014
Sony expects Ultra HD TV sales to increase 4-fold in 2014
Sony expects its Ultra HD TV sales to increase four-fold in 2014 and also aims to hold a 10% global share in LCD TV shipments, according to the company.
Monday 14 April 2014
Notebook vendors taking cautious attitude on orders
Notebook component suppliers saw clients placing short-term orders in March, showing that vendors are still conservative about the notebook market and are taking a cautious approach...
Monday 14 April 2014
Taiwan market: Lenovo expects 200% increase in 2014 PC sales to SMBs
Lenovo expects desktop, notebook and tablet sales to small- to medium-size businesses (SMBs) in the Taiwan market to triple in 2014, according to Lenovo Taiwan general manager Justin...
Friday 11 April 2014
Synnex Technology March revenues up
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International on April 10 reported consolidated revenues of NT$30.03 billion (US$987 million) for March,...
Thursday 10 April 2014
Quanta ships 3.6 million notebooks in March
Quanta Computer shipped 3.6 million notebooks in March, growing 9.09% sequentially. First-quarter shipments were 10.5 million units, according to the company.
Thursday 10 April 2014
Windows XP migration and commercial spending helped offset weak consumer PC demand in 1Q14, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 73.4 million units in the first quarter of 2014, a decline of 4.4% on year, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Although still in decline...
Thursday 10 April 2014
After years of flattening, curved TV screens leap into global market, says DisplaySearch
After spending almost two decades trying to make TVs flatter, curved TVs emerged again in 2013. According to DisplaySearch, curved TV display shipments are forecast to reach nearly...
Thursday 10 April 2014
Coretronic ships 6.59 million BLUs in March
Coretronic has revealed it shipped 6.59 million backlight units (BLUs) in March, increasing 2% sequentially, and its first-quarter BLU shipments grew 14% on year to 21.05 million...
Wednesday 9 April 2014
Taiwan panel makers have order visibility for the Transformer Book T1000 until June
Panel makers Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO) have order visibility for Asustek Computer's Transformer Book T1000 until June, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 9 April 2014
Acer to open cloud computing center in Taiwan; will see over 50% gross margins from related licensing
Acer's cloud computer experiencing center will open in Taoyuan, Taiwan at the end of May. The company hopes to use the facility to provide more details on its Build Your Own Cloud...
Wednesday 9 April 2014
Notebook makers report on-month revenue growth for March
Compal Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$67.58 billion (US$2.25 billion) for March 2014, representing a 36.5% increase on month and 4.37% increase on year. Compal...
Wednesday 9 April 2014
Asustek reports revenues for March
Asustek Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$38.63 billion (US$1.28 billion) for March 2014, representing a 5.51% increase on month, but a 7.69% drop on year.
Wednesday 9 April 2014
AUO to launch full lineup of Ultra HD curved LCD TV displays with WCG technology
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that it will demonstrate its full series of 42- to 65-inch Ultra HD curved LCD TV displays with wide color gamut (WCG) technology, curved monitor...
Wednesday 9 April 2014
Digitimes Research: LCD TV panel surface area shipped in 2014 expected to rise 8.7%
The LCD TV panel surface area shipped in 2014 is expected to rise 8.7% on year as demand for TVs is expected to increase and the average TV panel-size increases, according to Digitimes...