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Monday 12 August 2013
Taiwan vendors offer cheap tablets to expand market share
The most popular tablet size in the market is currently 7-inch, which accounts for about 70% of total shipments due to their low prices. The iPad is currently the best selling tablet...
Monday 12 August 2013
Samsung, Apple reportedly developing 12-inch and above tablets
Samsung is reportedly developing tablets with a 12-inch or larger display echoing rumors that Apple reportedly has similar plans. Sources from the upstream supply chain believe the...
Monday 12 August 2013
Coretronic nets NT$0.99 per share for 1H13
Taiwan-based Coretronic recorded net EPS of NT$0.99 (US$0.03) for the first half of 2013, the company said at an investors conference on August 9.
Monday 12 August 2013
Asustek sees decrease in 2Q13 operations
Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer saw consolidated revenues, net operating profit and net profit for the second quarter of 2013 slip on quarter and on year due to decreased shipments...
Monday 12 August 2013
Wistron posts 1H13 net EPS of NT$1.46
Taiwan-based ODM Wistron generated net EPS of NT$1.46 for the first half of 2013, according to the company.
Friday 9 August 2013
Shipments of 802.11ac Wi-Fi find biting point in 43.3 million consumer AP market place, says ABI Research
Worldwide consumer Wi-Fi customer premises equipment (CPE) shipments surpassed 43.3 million at the end of first-quarter 2013, a 16.8% increase from the fourth quarter of 2012. "802.11n...
Friday 9 August 2013
Aurora 2Q13 net EPS of NT$1.06 hits record
Aurora, a Taiwan-based distributor of office automation (OA) machines and office furniture, posted net EPS of NT$1.06 for the second quarter of 2013, its highest quarterly level on...
Friday 9 August 2013
Apple shift in chip manufacturing strategy boosts semiconductor foundry business in 2013, says IHS
In an illustration of the massive power it wields in the electronics supply chain, Apple's migration of the production of key semiconductors from Samsung Electronics to pure-play...
Friday 9 August 2013
Wistron July notebook shipments lowest in 2013
Taiwan-based ODM Wistron shipped 1.65 million notebooks in July, the lowest monthly level so far in 2013, according to the company.
Friday 9 August 2013
Taiwan market: Projector shipments in 2Q13 up sequentially, says IDC
There were 20,006 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during the second quarter of 2013, increasing 3% on quarter but decreasing 12% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.
Thursday 8 August 2013
Innolux expects Ultra HD TV panels to make up about 5-10% of its overall TV panel shipments in 3Q13
Innolux expects Ultra HD TV panel shipments to make up about 5-10% of the company's overall TV panel shipments in the third quarter of 2013, according to company president JC Wang.
Thursday 8 August 2013
Ultra HD market to see shipment revenues reach US$314 million in 2013
The Ultra HD market is expected to to see shipment revenues reach US$314 million in 2013, with shipments reaching 57,000 units in 2013.
Thursday 8 August 2013
Acer to hike revenue proportion of Android-, Chrome-based products to 20-30% in 2014, says chairman
Acer will develop more Android- and Chrome OS-based products, with the corresponding proportion of total revenues expected to rise from 10-20% in 2013 to 20-30% in 2014, company chairman...
Thursday 8 August 2013
Samsung to end notebook production by Compal, says paper
Samsung Electronics will stop outsourcing its notebook production to Taiwan-based Compal Electronics in September 2013, according to Chinese-language newspaper Economic Daily...
Thursday 8 August 2013
Acer sees losses in 2Q13 due to costs from DRAM and investment
Acer has announced net loss per share of NT$0.13 for the second quarter due to increased cost from rising DRAM quotes and investment to strengthen the company's industrial design...