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Tuesday 8 October 2013
Flat panel TV shipments continue to decline in July, says IHS
For the second month in a row, global shipments of flat panel TVs fell in July compared to year-ago levels, dampening hopes that the market will achieve any growth in 2013, according...
Tuesday 8 October 2013
Amazon orders over one million 7-inch Kindle Fire HD tablets monthly for October, November
Amazon has asked Taiwan-based ODMs to ship more than one million 7-inch Kindle Fire HD tablets monthly in October and November to meet expected demand, according to sources with the...
Monday 7 October 2013
Brand vendors eying Turkey education tablet orders
The Turkey government has recently finished accepting bidding applications from brand vendors for the procurement orders of its education tablets and is expected to have a decision...
Monday 7 October 2013
Apple may see weaker MacBook shipments in 2013
Apple's overall MacBook shipments in 2013 may decrease on year despite the fact that the vendor has been increasing its orders to the upstream supply chain for new MacBook models,...
Monday 7 October 2013
Commentary: The possibility and feasibility of an Acer-Asustek merger
Rumors about the possibility of a merger between Asustek Computer and Acer have been circulating in Taiwan's IT indsutry for a while. However, a merger of the two vendors may provide...
Monday 7 October 2013
Vendors to push new convertible all-in-one PCs in 2Q14
Intel's promotion has prompted first-tier brand vendors, except Apple, to step up development of new convertible all-in-one (AIO) PCs set for volume shipments in the second quarter...
Monday 7 October 2013
Second-tier and white-box tablet vendors facing sales pressure
Second-tier and white-box vendors are expected to see their proportion of total tablet shipments drop in the fourth quarter due to competition from first-tier vendors, according to...
Monday 7 October 2013
In a first for the industry, LCD TV panel shipments dip in 3Q13, says IHS
For the first time ever, the global market for LCD TV panels declined in the third quarter of 2013 compared to the second, a worrisome development during what is normally a strong...
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),...