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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...
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...