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Tuesday 18 February 2014
3D printer market expected to reach 6 million units by 2018, says IEK
The 3D printer market is expected to grow from 100,000 units in 2014 to about six million units in 2018, according to the Industrial Economics & Knowledge Center (IEK) under Taiwan's...
Tuesday 18 February 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ODMs to see decreased 1Q14 digital camera shipments
Taiwan-based ODMs Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical will ship a total of 2.762 million digital cameras in the first quarter...
Monday 17 February 2014
TV supply chain expects to see increased orders through the rest of February
The TV supply chain expects to see increased orders through the rest of February as TV vendors look to release new models in March and April, according to industry sources.
Monday 17 February 2014
Asustek expects to ship four million desktops in 2014, says company president
With the notebook industry no longer seeing as strong demand as seen previously, Asustek Computer is taking a more aggressive stance in the desktop market and expects to ship four...
Monday 17 February 2014
Acer operations will not stabilize until 2H14, say sources
Acer's operations and product developments are unlikely to stabilize until the second half of 2014 following its recent top management reshuffles and organizational changes, according...
Monday 17 February 2014
Nokia reportedly to launch Android variant smartphones
Nokia reportedly plans to unveil an Android variant smartphone at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 targeting the entry-level segment, according to industry watchers.
Monday 17 February 2014
Asustek Computer expects 3rd-largest global notebook market share in 4Q14
As some competitors have withdrawn from the market or seen decreasing business operations, Asustek Computer expects its global notebook market share to continually rise to the third...
Monday 17 February 2014
Notebook production in Chongqing suffers labor shortage
Notebook production in Chongqing City, western China, has been impacted by labor shortages, with shipments below order volumes by as much as 40%, according to Taiwan-based ODMs.
Friday 14 February 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD TV shipments to decline 16% in 1Q14
Taiwan-based makers are expected to ship 7.96 million LCD TVs in the first quarter of 2014, down 16.3% sequentially, according to Digitimes Research.
Friday 14 February 2014
Intel to launch Haswell Refresh 1 month early
Intel originally planned to launch Haswell Refresh and 9-series chipsets in May but has changed its plans to launch the CPUs in April, according to Taiwan-based DIY motherboard mak...
Friday 14 February 2014
AMD will not launch Kabini in China, say Taiwan makers
AMD is expected to launch its APU platform Kabini at the end of March in emerging markets except China because AMD has already lowered prices for many APU models to compete with Intel...
Friday 14 February 2014
Synopsys, Realtek and UMC collaborate on single-chip Ultra HD smart TV SoC
Synopsys, Realtek Semiconductor and United Microelectronics (UMC) announced on February 12 that their collaboration has resulted in first-pass silicon success of Realtek's RTD2995...
Friday 14 February 2014
Global mobile PC market underperforms in 4Q13 despite 9% quarterly growth, says IHS
Despite the strongest sequential growth in four years, the global market for mobile PCs came in below expectations in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to IHS.
Friday 14 February 2014
Smartphone sales surpass sales of feature phones for first time in 2013, says Gartner
Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users totaled 968 million units in 2013, an increase of 42.3% from 2012, according to Gartner. Sales of smartphones accounted for 53.6% of overall...
Thursday 13 February 2014
Microsoft to unveil new mobile devices running on integrated OS, say sources
Microsoft is expected to unveil an array of new mobile devices with display sizes below 8.5-inch running on an integrated OS derived from Windows RT and Windows Phone in June, according...