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Wednesday 17 December 2014
AUO, Innolux expected to see more orders for Ultra HD TV panels
As Japan-based vendors including Sony and Panasonic and China-based vendors have been actively promoting Ultra HD LCD TVs, Taiwan-based AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux are expected...
Tuesday 16 December 2014
SSD/HDD hybrid business-use notebooks expected to increase in 2015
In view of continual drops in SSD prices, notebook vendors are more willing to adopt SSD/HDD hybrid storage devices for business-use models in 2015, with the proportion of hybrid business-use...
Tuesday 16 December 2014
Apple, Samsung pushing tablets for year-end holiday sales
Apple and Samsung Electronics have been offering price cuts for their tablet products for the year-end holidays recently, looking to boost their sales performances for the fourth quarter...
Tuesday 16 December 2014
China market: LCD TV sales expected to drop in 2015
There will be an estimated 45.09 million LCD TVs sold in the China market in 2014, slipping on year by 5.6%, and the demand will continually drop in 2015 and 2016 and then slightly...
Tuesday 16 December 2014
Some China TV vendors adopt open bid to procure optical film
China-based LCD TV vendors, including TCL, TPV Technology, Hisense and Haier, have adopted open-bid competition in place of price negotiations with target suppliers to procure optical...
Monday 15 December 2014
Infineon and UMC announce manufacturing agreement for automotive applications
Infineon Technologies and United Microelectronics (UMC) have announced the extension of their manufacturing partnership into power semiconductors for automotive applications.
Monday 15 December 2014
Android inspires another bright quarter for MEA tablet market, says IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market continued to record strong on-year growth in the third quarter of 2014, spurred by a huge increase in shipments of Android-based devices...
Monday 15 December 2014
MEA PC market braves stormy conditions to record shipment growth, says IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market posted on-year growth in the third quarter of 2014, spurred in large part by two significant education deals in Pakistan and the revival...
Friday 12 December 2014
Taiwan market: Artifacts introduces Romo
High-end retail chain Artifacts has introduced Romo, a programmable robot toy that can be controlled via a connection with an iPhone, for sale in the Taiwan market at a retail price...
Friday 12 December 2014
Japan October digital camera shipments drop on year for 30th time straight, says CIPA
Japan-based digital camera vendors shipped 4.546 million units in total in October 2014, decreasing 29.3% on year, and down for the 30th consecutive month. Shipment value was JPY100.82...
Friday 12 December 2014
Taiwan notebook ODMs looking to expand medical electronics business
In view of stagnant demand for notebooks, Taiwan-based notebook ODMs are turning to focus on strengthening their medical electronics business and are forming relationships with hospitals,...
Friday 12 December 2014
TV panel prices may drop in 2H15 due to shrinking demand from China
With demand in the China market for LCD TVs in 2015 forecast to decrease on year, China-based LCD TV vendors are likely to lower target shipments accordingly and consequently the supply...
Friday 12 December 2014
Good Way Technology to raise funds for China expansion project
Good Way Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of USB docking stations for notebooks, plans to raise new capital of NT$400 million (US$2.9 million) through an issuance of corporate bonds...
Thursday 11 December 2014
MSI revenues up in November
Micro-Star International (MSI) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$7.5 billion (US$240.47 million) for November 2014, representing a 1.14% increase on month and 7.03% increase...
Thursday 11 December 2014
Pegatron reports 30% on-year revenue growth for November
Pegatron has reported consolidated revenues of NT$118.14 billion (NT$3.79 billion) for November 2014, representing a 1.57% drop on month and 30.64% increase on year.