Taiwan-based IC design houses will target the smartphone, tablet and LED lighting sectors in order to ramp up their sales and earnings in 2014, according to industry observers.

Samsung Electronics' component orders from June to October 2013 were reportedly only 40% of the Korea-based vendor's original forecast, while Apple's iMac shipments during the same...

Notebook ODM Compal Electronics had consolidated revenues of NT$62.774 billion (US$2.13 billion) for October 2013, increasing 1.35% on month and 3.91% on year, while fellow makers...

China-based vendor Lenovo on November 7 released its financial report for the third quarter of 2013 (the second quarter of the company's 2013/2014 fiscal year), with revenues of US$9.774...

Worldwide IT spending in Brazil is forecast to total US$129.7 billion in 2014, a 3.6% increase from 2013 projected spending of US$125.2 billion, but it is the opportunities of a digital...

Notebook shipments from Taiwan-based ODMs will remain weak in the fourth quarter as strong demand for tablets will continue to squeeze the notebook market, according to industry so...

Rockchip Electronics, a China-based fabless semiconductor company specializing in tablet SoC solutions, has acquired a subscription license of a broad range of ARM advanced technologies,...

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has announced a joint development and product agreement for assembly services of automotive products with Infineon Technologies. The collaboration...

Following a dismal third quarter in 2013, the outlook for global TV shipments appears even dimmer in 2013, with shipments now forecast to fall by 5%, marking the second consecutive...

Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$28.12 billion (US$953 million) for October, decreasing...

Sampo held a 20% market share in LCD TV sales in Taiwan during October, bringing its total TV sales so far this year to 190,000 units.

Taiwan-based digital still camera (DSC) maker Altek currently has over 50% of its revenues contributed by non-DSC businesses and will invest more resources on new businesses such...

Acer chairman and CEO JT Wang has announced plans to resign from his CEO role with president Jim Wong to take over the position. However, since Acer's operations such as product R&D...

With the iPad Air, Apple has not only trimmed the weight and thickness of its flagship tablet line, it has also cut the component costs, as the new model carries a lower bill of materials...

Acer shipped 1.4 million notebooks in October, dropping 10% on month, and is expected to ship 4.5 million units in the fourth quarter, according to notebook supply chain makers.