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Tuesday 1 October 2013
Taiwan market: Acer, Asustek said to offer price cuts for Windows tablets
Acer and Asustek Computer are reportedly considering cutting prices of their Windows 8-based tablets in Taiwan by 15-20% with Acer's 8-inch model likely falling below NT$10,000 (US$338)...
Monday 30 September 2013
Compal Electronics to absorb Compal Communications
Taiwan-based notebook ODM Compal Electronics will acquire as much as 100% of the circulating shares of smartphone ODM Compal Communications at NT$50.80 (US$1.71) per share and then...
Monday 30 September 2013
Taiwan market: Gigabyte Communications, Intel Taiwan cooperate to launch 7-inch tablet GSmart 7 Tab
Gigabyte Communications, Taiwan-based notebook and motherboard vendor Gigabyte Technology's smartphone vendor subsidiary, under the own brand GSmart, has cooperated with Intel Taiwan...
Monday 30 September 2013
Asustek testing tablet market with various models
Asustek Computer's business strategy for the tablet market has changed recently, as the company is flooding the market with new models to see if any of them can continue the success...
Monday 30 September 2013
China auto chip consumption set for higher growth at close of 2013, says IHS
The automotive semiconductor market in China is set to grow 10% by the end of 2013, double the expansion rate of 2012 in light of increased demand, according to IHS.
Monday 30 September 2013
TSMC to cover 60-70% of Apple A8 chip production, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will handle the majority of the manufacturing for Apple's next-generation A8 processors, and the remainder will go to Samsung Electronics,...
Monday 30 September 2013
Android ecosystem takes the baton from Apple iPad in the tablet race, says ABI Research
A shift in leadership is now upon the tablet mobile computing market. At the year's mid-point, ABI Research identified a trio of events signaling Apple's iPad family of products has...
Monday 30 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Surface 2 series tablets unlikely to help Microsoft in mobile market
Microsoft announced its second-generation tablets, the Surface 2 series on September 23 in New York. Their specifications are similar to those of previous market rumors, while the...
Monday 30 September 2013
Worldwide production printer shipments see double-digit growth in 2Q13, says IDC
Worldwide shipments of production printers grew 15% on year to 13,000 units (printers and MFPs) in the second quarter of 2013, according to IDC. Despite the increase in shipment volume,...
Monday 30 September 2013
Taiwan ODMs to handle less than 80% of global notebook shipments in 2014
Taiwan makers will see their share of global notebook shipments drop below 80% in 2014, as one of the biggest vendors, Lenovo, will reduce its outsourcing sharply, according to sources...
Friday 27 September 2013
Commentary: Suppliers need to prepare for Dell strategy change
As Dell is expected to become privatized, Taiwan's upstream component suppliers may need to start preparing for the US vendor's business reorganization.
Friday 27 September 2013
Corporate wellness a 13 million unit wearable wireless device opportunity says ABI Research
Suffocating employee healthcare costs and a growing push to extend healthcare services into proactive health management are driving wearable wireless devices into corporate wellness...
Friday 27 September 2013
Pegatron to make Dell 8-inch Windows 8 tablets
Pegatron Technology will be responsible for ODM production of an 8-inch Windows 8 tablet expected to be unveiled by Dell in early October, according to Taiwan-based supply chain ma...
Friday 27 September 2013
Taiwan market: LCD TV shipments to decline 10-15% in 2013
LCD TV shipments in Taiwan are expected to decline 10-15% in 2013, according to supply chain sources.
Thursday 26 September 2013
Amazon unveils Kindle Fire HDX and cheaper Kindle Fire HD
Amazon has introduced the third generation of Kindle Fire - the new Kindle Fire HDX. The Kindle Fire HDX tablets combine the latest hardware, the newest version of Fire OS, and new...