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Tuesday 21 January 2014
ASRock ships 7.6 million own-brand motherboards in 2013
ASRock shipped 7.6 million own-brand motherboards in 2013, slipping 1.3% on year and 15.6% short of the target of nine million units, according to the company.
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Philips to transfer remaining 30% stake in TV joint venture TP Vision to TPV
Royal Philips has announced that it has signed a term sheet to transfer its remaining 30% stake in TP Vision, the TV joint venture with TPV Technology, to a fully-owned subsidiary...
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Google's acquisition of Nest shows how B2C and advanced automation make for success in home energy management, says Lux Research
Google recently announced a cash purchase of home automation start-up Nest Labs for US$3.2 billion; Google Ventures has been a major investor in the company, whose last funding round...
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Novatek, Realtek to ramp up TV chip shipments to China
TV chip suppliers Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor will be able to ramp up their shipments of TV chips to China significantly in 2014, benefiting from China's government...
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Inventec to expand workforce in Taiwan, says chairman
Inventec will recruit 1,000 people to increase the number of employees in Taiwan from 6,000 to 7,000 in 2015, according to company chairman Richard Lee.
Monday 20 January 2014
Vizio expects increased Ultra HD TV shipments in 2014
Vizio expects increased Ultra HD TV shipments in 2014, with most demand coming from the North America market, according to industry sources.
Monday 20 January 2014
US weather and China labor shortages to cause 20% decline in notebook shipments
Global notebook shipments in the first quarter may drop 10-20% sequentially because of weather hazards in the US and labor shortages in China, according to sources from the upstream...
Monday 20 January 2014
Google turns focus to 8-inch tablet market
Seeing its second-generation Nexus 7 demand has been impacted by competitors' low-price 7-inch tablets, Google is planning to turn its focus to the 8-inch model market in mid-2014,...
Monday 20 January 2014
Actron looks to grab 50% global automotive diode share in 2014
Actron Technology expects its share in the global automotive diode market to reach 50% by year-end 2014 compared to 47-48% currently, according to company chairman Lu Ming-kuang.
Monday 20 January 2014
Synnex Technology automating logistics centers
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has been automating its logistics centers in Australia and China and will set up additional...
Monday 20 January 2014
Rising popularity of LTE phones to buoy Sporton 2014 sales
Taiwan-based Sporton International, which provides mobile device testing and certification services, expects to enjoy another record breaking year in 2014 buoyed by booming demand...
Monday 20 January 2014
Lenovo likely to resume ThinkPad ODM production
Lenovo shifted 60% of the production for its enterprise ThinkPad notebook series from Wistron and other ODMs to LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology, its joint venture with Compal Electronics,...
Monday 20 January 2014
Inventec focusing on hiking gross margin, says chairman
Inventec will focus operations in 2014 on increasing overall gross margins from nearly 5% in 2013 to over 5%, according to company chairman Richard Lee.
Monday 20 January 2014
Quanta Computer aims at 5-10% growth in 2014 notebook shipments
Quanta Computer shipped 43.1 million notebooks in 2013, 2% short of its target, and decreasing 19.9% on year, and aims at a 5-10% increase in 2014 shipments to reach 45-47.4 million,...
Monday 20 January 2014
Acer operating loss continues in 4Q13
Acer has reported a net operating loss of NT$8.218 billion (US$274 million) for the fourth quarter of 2013 mainly due to unsatisfactory sales performance, a loss of NT$1.3 billion...