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Friday 17 January 2014
Apple, Samsung expected to ship 80-90 million, 60-70 million tablets in 2014, say sources
Apple and Samsung Electronics will remain as the global top-two tablet vendors in 2014 with expected shipments of 80-90 million and 60-70 million units, respectively, according to...
Friday 17 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan to ship over 34.6 million notebooks in 1Q14
Taiwan-based ODMs/OEMs will ship 34.623 million notebooks for a global market share of 85% during the first quarter of 2014, with shipments decreasing 11.2% on quarter and 4.3% on...
Friday 17 January 2014
China market: Acer launches CNY599 7-inch tablet
Acer has launched the Acer Tab 7, a 7-inch Android 4.2 tablet equipped with 1.5GHz dual-core processor, in the China market for CNY599 (US$99), so far the lowest retail price for 7-inch...
Friday 17 January 2014
TSMC mobile chip sales to grow more than 35% in 2014, says Morris Chang
TSMC's revenues generated from the mobile device sector are expected to increase more than 35% in 2014, buoyed by the rising popularity of smartphones and tablets, and rising silicon...
Friday 17 January 2014
Ilitek to strengthen offerings for smartphones
LCD driver IC firm ILi Technology (Ilitek) is looking to enhance its offerings for smartphone panels in 2014. In addition to driver ICs for WVGA panels, Ilitek also aims to ramp up...
Friday 17 January 2014
CES signals reboot for AMOLED TV market; panel shipments to reach 10 million by 2018, says IHS
Despite a few false starts, TV vendors remain committed to the success of AMOLED sets, with the new impetus evident at CES 2014 expected to cause shipments to rise to more than 10...
Friday 17 January 2014
Compal Electronics expects 5% growth in 2014 notebook shipments, says president
Compal Electronics shipped 39 million notebooks in 2013, increasing 5.4% on year, and expects shipments in 2014 to grow 5% sequentially, company president Ray Chen said on January...
Thursday 16 January 2014
DRAM contract prices fall in 1H January, says DRAMeXchange
Contract prices for DRAM memory have started to fall as tight supply is gradually easing, according to DRAMeXchange.
Thursday 16 January 2014
Compal president denies Lenovo planning to buy stake in joint venture
Taiwan-based supply chain makers have claimed that Lenovo plans to acquire Compal Electronics' 49% stake in their joint venture LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology. But Compal president...
Thursday 16 January 2014
Foxconn expected to ship 55-60 million tablets in 2014, say Taiwan makers
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) shipped 50 million tablets to become the largest Taiwan-based ODM in 2013 and is expected to ship 55-60 million units to maintain the...
Thursday 16 January 2014
China white-box makers add extra value to tablets as cost reduction is no longer possible
China white-box players have not been able to lower their Wi-Fi-based tablets' prices since the third quarter of 2013 because there is no room for further reductions in their BOM c...
Thursday 16 January 2014
Ultra HD TV panel shipments reach 3.1 million in 2013
Ultra HD TV panel shipments reached 3.1 million units in 2013, according to market observers.
Thursday 16 January 2014
HP, Google select Altair chip for LTE-only Chromebook
Altair Semiconductor, an Israel-based developer of 4G/LTE chip solutions, has announced that its FourGee-3100/6202 chipset will connect the new HP Chromebook to the Verizon Wireless...
Wednesday 15 January 2014
Compal lands 90% of Amazon Kindle orders for 2014, leaving only 10% for Quanta
Amazon has reportedly shifted its entry-level Kindle Fire orders for 2014 from Quanta Computer to Compal Electronics and the entry-level tablet is expected to account for 90% of the...
Wednesday 15 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments to grow 4.1% sequentially in 4Q13
Because of Intel's low-price processor solutions and increased demand from both the consumer and enterprise markets, Global notebook shipments in the fourth quarter of 2013 rose 4.1%...