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Monday 24 February 2014
Dell to shift PC R&D resources from US to Taiwan, say Taiwan makers
Dell is reducing PC R&D resources at its development center in Austin, Texas and will shift the resources to its Taiwan development center, according to Taiwan-based supply chain...
Monday 24 February 2014
Google may cancel Chromebook subsidies, say Taiwan makers
In view of booming sales of Chromebooks, Google is likely to cancel subsidies for development and marketing, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Friday 21 February 2014
Wistron to invest in Malaysia-based Formosa Prosonic Industries
Wistron has announced plans to make a strategic investment of up to NT$560 million (US$18.5 million) in Formosa Prosonic Industries Berhad (FPI), a Malaysia-based maker of high-end...
Friday 21 February 2014
Digitimes Research: Pay TV subscriber demand sees changes in 3Q13
Pay TV subscriptions in the US reached 84.5 million in the third quarter of 2013, with cable TV users making up 47.2%, while 40.3% were direct broadcast satellite users ,and 12.5%...
Friday 21 February 2014
Explaining the Chaiwan model for the mobile device supply chain: Q&A with Digitimes Research director Joanne Chien
While Digitimes is known as a media outlet, the company also includes a business unit that solely focuses on market research. Run independently from the Digitimes news organization,...
Friday 21 February 2014
Asustek to suspend dual-OS notebook project, says paper
Asustek Computer is likely to be forced to give up plans to launch its dual-OS notebook, the Transformer Book Duet TD300, due to resistance from Google, according to a Chinese-language...
Thursday 20 February 2014
Asustek, Gigabyte aim to ship 5.0, 5.2 million DIY motherboards in 1Q14
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology aim to ship five million and 5.2 million own-brand DIY motherboards respectively in the first quarter of 2014, according to supply chain pl...
Thursday 20 February 2014
PlayStation 4 sales surpass 5.3 million worldwide, says Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) has announced that PlayStation 4 sales have reached more than 5.3 million units around the world as of February 8, 2014.
Wednesday 19 February 2014
TV panel inventories drop during the Lunar New Year period
TV panel makers' inventories dropped during the Lunar New Year period largely due to sales in the China market.
Wednesday 19 February 2014
TCL reports 16% on-year decline in LCD TV sales for January
China-based TV vendor TCL has reported that its LCD TV sales in January 2014 reached 1.69 million units, down 16% on year.
Tuesday 18 February 2014
Altek scores points in marketing mobile device imaging solutions
Digital camera ODM Altek has extended development and production to imaging components and solutions used in mobile terminal devices and seen increasing orders, with the revenue proportion...
Tuesday 18 February 2014
Panel makers are expected to increase production of 40- to 49-inch Ultra HD TV panels in 2014
Panel makers are expected to increase production of 40- to 49-inch Ultra HD TV panels in 2014, according to industry sources.
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.