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Thursday 15 January 2015
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments to decline 11.8% in 2015
Global tablet shipments are estimated to drop 11.8% on year to reach 244 million units in 2015 as demand for high-end and entry-level tablets has both become saturated, while large-size...
Thursday 15 January 2015
Commentary: Foxconn achieves success in one-stop service
The Foxconn Group's one-stop service integrating design, manufacturing and sales has achieved initial success in the release of Nokia N1 in China recently, where the initial shipments...
Wednesday 14 January 2015
Inventec chairman confident of shipping 100 million products in 2015
Inventec chairman Richard Lee, at Xiaomi's product launch conference in Taiwan, pointed out that the company is expected to see about 100 million ODM/OEM product shipments in 2015,...
Wednesday 14 January 2015
Acer founder lauds CEO despite revenues decline
Although Acer's consolidated revenues for 2014 hit an 8-year low, the company's founder Stan Shih still praised company CEO Jason Chen's performance, saying that it was not easy for...
Wednesday 14 January 2015
Auto PCB specialist Chin-Poon reports record sales for 4Q14
Automotive PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial has reported consolidated revenues of NT$5.51 billion (US$172.96 million) for the fourth quarter of 2014, hitting a quarterly record for the...
Wednesday 14 January 2015
Taiwan PCB makers look to automotive for growth
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers, including Apex International, Nanya Printed Circuit Board, Tripod Technology and Unitech Printed Circuit Board, will see sales from the automotive industry...
Wednesday 14 January 2015
Worldwide tablet shipments rise at slower pace, says MediaTek
Worldwide tablet shipments have risen at a slower pace and will grow at only a single-digit rate in 2015, according to MediaTek.
Tuesday 13 January 2015
IHS identifies technologies to transform the world over next five years
The Internet of Everything, cloud computing/big data and 3D printing are the three technologies most likely to transform the world during the next five years, according to IHS Tech...
Tuesday 13 January 2015
Quanta ramping production of 12-inch MacBook Air, say supply chain sources
Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer has begun volume production of the new 12-inch MacBook Air, paving the way for Apple to launch the device in the first quarter of 2015, according to...
Tuesday 13 January 2015
Quanta December revenues highest in 2014
Notebook ODM Quanta Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$88.843 billion (US$2.80 billion), hitting the highest monthly level in 2014. The figure represents a 9.91% sequential...
Tuesday 13 January 2015
Acer sees slightly increased December revenues
Acer has announced revenues of NT$28.98 billion (US$913 million) for December, growing 1.72% on month and 2.09% on year. For all of 2014, revenues amounted to NT$329.84 billion, decreasing...
Tuesday 13 January 2015
Synnex Technology December revenues up sequentially
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$31.94 billion (US$1.01 billion) for December,...
Monday 12 January 2015
ECS denies reported withdraw from own-brand DIY motherboard business
Taiwan-based Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), in response to a report that it will quit production and marketing of its own-brand DIY motherboards and focus on motherboard ODM production...
Monday 12 January 2015
Inventec automating production lines in eastern China
Taiwan-based notebook ODM Inventec, in order to reduce impact of continued wage hikes and tight supply of labor, started trial automation of production lines at factories in Shanghai,...
Monday 12 January 2015
Asustek ships 22 million DIY motherboards in 2014
IT vendor Asustek Computer shipped 5.6 million DIY motherboards in fourth-quarter 2014, leading to shipments of 22 million units for the whole year, which increased on year by 6.3%,...