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Wednesday 21 May 2014
Motherboard vendors strenghthening personnel for China competition
Motherboard players such as Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and ASRock have been intensely competing in cities of all levels around China and are aggressively recruiting talent...
Wednesday 21 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Vendors, software developers flocking to Android OS
Due to the fast-growing Android ecosystem, most software developers have no choice but to support Android OS in order to avoid of being marginalized, according to Digitimes Researc...
Tuesday 20 May 2014
Chin-Poon Industrial expanding automotive PCB capacity
Chin-Poon Industrial, the largest Taiwan-based automotive PCB maker with a global market share of about 10%, has started production capacity expansion with a planned investment of...
Tuesday 20 May 2014
Kinpo Electronics to start production at Philippines factory
Taiwan-based consumer electronics, STB (set-top box) and networking device maker Kinpo Electronics is constructing a factory on a site of 140,000 square meters (34.6 acres) in the...
Tuesday 20 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Developments in the tablet market in May
Samsung Electronics and Lenovo, both of which have ambitious goals for tablet shipments for 2014, both released new tablets in May 2014. Pricing of the new tablet from Samsung is...
Monday 19 May 2014
Samsung holds largest share of LCD TV manufacturing shipments in 1Q14
In terms of LCD TV manufacturing shipments during the first quarter of 2014, Samsung Electronics held the largest shipment share at 22.5% followed by LG Electronics at 15%, TCL 8%,...
Monday 19 May 2014
Xiaomi finding its groove in China smartphone market
With interesting designs, superior pricing and an innovative marketing strategy, China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi was able to become the top local brand in China in the first...
Monday 19 May 2014
MediaTek facing challenges in maturing China AP market
With the China smartphone market maturing, application processor (AP) providers are facing new challenges to increase their market share. According to the latest Digitimes Research...
Friday 16 May 2014
Ultra HD TV panels hit 1 million in shipments in March, says IHS
The market for Ultra HD TV panels reached a significant new benchmark in March 2014 when global shipments exceeded one million units for the first time, driven by vastly increased...
Friday 16 May 2014
Gigabyte, MSI see increased 1Q14 profits
Motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology has reported net profit of NT$725 million (US$23.9 million) for the first quarter of 2014 increasing 81.5% on quarter and 19.3% on year. Meanwhile,...
Thursday 15 May 2014
China smartphone market and industry – 1Q 2014
This report is divided into two sections; the first covers the China smartphone market, including shipments from international players and China-based players. The second section...
Thursday 15 May 2014
Taiwan market: LCD TV demand in 2014 to remain flat
LCD TV demand in Taiwan during 2014 is expected to remain flat on year at around 1.4 million units.
Thursday 15 May 2014
Automotive displays from Innolux surpass shipments from Japan Display and Sharp in 2013, says DisplaySearch
Taiwan-based Innolux passed former market leaders Japan Display and Sharp to become the leading automotive TFT LCD panel supplier in 2013, according to DisplaySearch. Innolux garnered...
Thursday 15 May 2014
Wistron suffers large drop in 1Q14 net profit
Notebook ODM Wistron has released its first-quarter 2014 financial report, with net profit shrinking 63.14% sequentially and 78.83% on year.
Wednesday 14 May 2014
China Labor Day LCD TV sales decline, says WitsView
LCD TV sales during the Labor Day holidays in China reached a total of 3.73 million units to represent a 10.2% on-year decline, according to WitsView. During the holidays, international...