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Monday 27 January 2014
Samsung cuts target notebook shipments to 7 million units for 2014
Samsung Electronics has set a goal of shipping seven million notebooks globally in 2014, a reduction of 41.67% from the 12 million units shipped in 2013, and will no longer launch...
Monday 27 January 2014
Foxconn subsidiary to set up joint venture to market education-use tablets
Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) subsidiary Foxteq Holdings, NetDragon Websoft, a China-based developer/operator of online games listed in Hong Kong, and Vision Knight...
Monday 27 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ODMs see decreased digital camera shipments in 4Q13
Taiwan-based ODMs Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical shipped a total of 3.4 million digital cameras in the fourth quarter...
Friday 24 January 2014
Samsung and Apple consume 17% of 2013 chip sales, says Gartner
Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top semiconductor buyers in 2013, together consuming US$53.7 billion of semiconductors in 2013, an increase of US$7.7 billion from 2012,...
Friday 24 January 2014
January LCD TV panel prices decline, some notebook panel prices surge, says WitsView
LCD TV panel prices declined in January 2014, with 21.5-inch monitor panels rising US$0.50 while 20-, 23.6-, and 24-inch prices remained flat and other sizes dropped US$0.30-0.50...
Friday 24 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments in 4Q13 estimated at 78.45 million units
There were an estimated 78.45 million tablets shipped globally in the fourth quarter of 2013, increasing 25% on quarter and by 29.8% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Friday 24 January 2014
Gateway STBs are a bright spot in a tough market, says ABI Research
North America and Western Europe operators shipped 4.5 million set-top boxes (STBs) in 2013, according to ABI Research, which added the market is estimated to grow 84% to 8.5 million...
Friday 24 January 2014
Worldwide pay-TV subscribers to exceed 1.1 billion in 2019 with increasing IPTV market share, says ABI Research
The worldwide pay-TV market reached 903.3 million subscribers in 2013, generating US$249.8 billion in service revenues. IPTV operators enjoyed 18.5% on-year growth in 2013 to 92 million...
Friday 24 January 2014
Samsung posts profit drop in 4Q13
Samsung Electronics has reported operating profits for the fourth quarter of 2013 slip 18.2% sequentially and about 6% on year to KRW8.31 trillion (US$7.71 billion), while sales were...
Friday 24 January 2014
Six-inch phablet sales face competition from 7-inch tablets
Sales of phablets (tablets with phone capability) with 6-inch or above displays have been rather limited due to strong competition from 7-inch entry-level tablets, according to market...
Friday 24 January 2014
MediaTek smartphone solution shipments to grow robustly in 2014
Shipments of MediaTek's smartphone solutions are expected to grow at a robust pace in 2014, buoyed by efforts by China-based smartphone vendors to expand overseas sales, and growing...
Friday 24 January 2014
Apple and Samsung remain biggest semiconductor buyers, says IHS
Apple and Samsung Electronics remained the world's largest buyers of semiconductor chips in 2013, but the intensifying battle between the two for the hearts and minds of consumers...
Thursday 23 January 2014
Canon reduction in overseas production will not affect factories in Taiwan
Japan-based vendor Canon has decided to increase the proportion of total digital camera output produced domestically from 42% in 2013 to over 50% in 2015 through shutting or reducing...
Thursday 23 January 2014
PCB maker GBM expects return to profitability in 2014
PCB maker Global Brands Manufacture (GBM), which also provides PCB assembly services, expects to return to profitability in 2014. Brisk demand coming from the automotive electronics...
Thursday 23 January 2014
APLEX introduces cost-effective and durable industrial Panel PCs
APLEX Technology Inc., a global industrial computer product solution provider, announced a new industrial Panel PC - APC-3X93R series that adopts Intel Atom D2550 processor and provides...