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Friday 4 October 2013
Inventec achieves notebook shipment record in September, says paper
Inventec shipped 2.35 million notebooks in September, the highest monthly volume in the company's history mainly thanks to Hewlett-Packard's (HP) increased orders, according to a...
Friday 4 October 2013
Notebook ODMs ramping shipments of Windows 8.1 models
Having enjoyed strong shipments in September, notebook ODMs have seen their shipments remain robust in October as notebook vendors prepare to roll out new Windows 8.1-based models,...
Friday 4 October 2013
Taiwan market: Microsoft starts promoting Surface Pro to business users
Microsoft Taiwan on October 3 began marketing 64GB and 128GB Surface Pro tablets to business users, including enterprises, government agencies and educational organizations, in the...
Friday 4 October 2013
Advantest expects modest growth in ATE demand through 2014
The global market for automated test equipment (ATE) is expected to see modest growth in 2013 and 2014, but will likely start to cycle down in 2015, according to Advantest Taiwan...
Friday 4 October 2013
Lenovo to adopt Qualcomm solutions for next-generation smartphones
Lenovo reportedly will adopt Qualcomm's solutions for its next-generation K910 smartphone, switching from Intel's platform used in the vendor's existing K900 device, according to...
Thursday 3 October 2013
Indium soldering products meet new IPC J-STD004B
Indium Corporation introduces a full line of soldering products that satisfy IPC's J-STD004B. The IPC's new 004B has stricter requirements for measuring halogens and electromigration...
Thursday 3 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Notebook brand vendors and ODMs enjoy around 10% growth in September
Global top-five notebook brand vendors and top-three ODMs enjoyed on-month shipment growths of 13% and 9% in September, respectively. Among first-tier vendors, Hewlett-Packard (HP),...
Thursday 3 October 2013
Worldwide game console shipments to increase in 2013, says IDC
A new connected game and entertainment console forecast from IDC concludes that the number of game console bundles shipped worldwide in 2013 will be marginally higher than the 2012...
Thursday 3 October 2013
Innolux, AUO fear losses in TV panel segment during 4Q13
Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO) of Taiwan are worried they may yet again face losses in the TV panel segment due to recent declines in TV panel pricing.
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Foxconn secures large-volume handset orders from Indonesia-based distributor, says report
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has secured annual orders of about 50 million handsets including feature phones and smartphones from Erajaya, Indonesia's largest...
Wednesday 2 October 2013
PC shipments to Philippines in 2Q13 suffer brunt of peso devaluation, says IDC
The Philippines PC market shipped a total of 460,000 units in the second quarter of 2013, 12% lower than IDC's initial forecast.
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Some of touchscreen notebook and AIO supply chain makers may quit in 2014, say Taiwan makers
Since demand for touchscreen notebooks and all-in-one (AIO) PCs has been far short of original expectations, some supply chain makers, mainly touch IC module developers and touch...
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Demand for business notebook metal-alloy chassis expected to rise
Replacement demand from the business notebook segment is expected to take off due to Microsoft's plans to end Windows XP technical support, which will in turn boost demand for metal-alloy...
Tuesday 1 October 2013
Taiwan market: 7-Eleven launches 7-inch tablet, 50-inch connected LCD TV through cooperation with Foxconn
President Chain Store, the operator of 7-Eleven in Taiwan, on October 1 unveiled a 7-inch tablet and multimedia sharing device enabling wireless transfer of video from smartphones,...
Tuesday 1 October 2013
IPC firms aggressive about listing
Taiwan-based Industrial PC (IPC) firms have been aggressively applying for listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) with PEC, Aewin and AIC set to be listed in the fourth quarter...