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Monday 1 July 2013
China white-box tablet players seeing success in landing government procurement orders
China-based white-box players are gaining the upper hand in the competition with first-tier brand vendors for tablet procurement orders from Asia Pacific governments due to their...
Monday 1 July 2013
Commentary: Panel makers enjoy strong TV demand, but face concerns over falling monitor sales in 2013
In first-half 2013, global panel makers saw shipments rise due to China's Labor Day holidays in May. Industry sources predicted sales growth of FPD TVs in China during the May Labor...
Monday 1 July 2013
Notebook players conservative about placing IC orders for 2H13
Notebook brands and ODMs have become more conservative about placing IC orders for the second half of 2013 amid rising uncertainty over their business outlook for the rest of the...
Friday 28 June 2013
Taiwan market: Asustek to set up experience centers through retail chain Tsann Kuen
Asustek Computer has announced a partnership with Taiwan-based IT channel retail chain Tsann Kuen and set up product experience centers at 60 of Tsann Kuen's stores in Taiwan, aiming...
Friday 28 June 2013
Taiwan market: Casio aims at 15% market share for digital cameras
Casio saw its digital camera market share in Taiwan climb to 10.3% in May 2013 according to market surveys by GfK Marketing Services, and aims to increase the market share to 15%...
Friday 28 June 2013
Taiwan market: Asustek launches MeMO Pad HD 7
Asustek Computer on June 27 launched MeMO Pad HD 7, a 7-inch Android 4.2 tablet equipped with a MediaTek-developed quad-core processor, 1280 by 800 IPS touch screen, and 1.2-megapixel...
Thursday 27 June 2013
Foxconn EPS for 2013 to be higher than 2012 levels, says chairman
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) expects its EPS for 2013 to grow beyond the NT$8.03 (US$0.27) recorded in the previous year, according to company chairman Terry Gu...
Thursday 27 June 2013
Compal Electronics actively competing for Xbox One OEM orders, say Taiwan makers
President Ray Chen for Taiwan-based notebook ODM Compal Electronics has led a delegation to Microsoft headquarters in the US in an attempt to compete for OEM orders for Xbox One,...
Thursday 27 June 2013
I-Chiun sees decreased LED TV backlight module shipments in May
I-Chiun's shipments of backlight modules used in direct-type LED TVs were down in May 2013 largely due to a slowdown in TV demand in the China market, according to industry sources...
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Asustek may fail to reach 2013 notebook shipment goal; could also see drop in profits
Asustek Computer may have difficulty achieving its shipment goal of 20 million notebooks for 2013 and its tablet shipments may only reach 12 million units, at most, as its second-quarter...
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Taiwan market: Tablet shipments to reach 1.6 million units in 2013
Tablet shipments in Taiwan are expected to reach 1.6 million units in 2013, up 50% from the 1.1 million units in 2012 as Taiwan's telecom and retail channels are both set to offer...
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Taiwan LED firms enter automotive lighting market
LED lighting market is booming but price competition has been causing firms to see shrinking profit margins. Taiwan-based LED firms aim to improve technology and enter the automotive...
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Taiwan market: Smart TV sales remain strong
Smart TVs as well as LCD TVs sized 50-inch and above are continuing to see strong sales in the Taiwan market, according to market observers.
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Nvidia launches GeForce GTX 760 GPU
Nvidia has launched the new Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 GPU for high-definition gaming. The GPU is powered by an Nvidia Kepler-based GPU with 2.3 gigaflops of processing power and is already...
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Mobile devices to consume more DRAM than traditional PCs in 2015, says IHS
For a generation now, the PC and DRAM industries have been tied together as tightly as the automotive and crude oil businesses. However, in a telling sign of the arrival of the post-PC...