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Thursday 23 May 2013
One quarter of all notebooks to ship with touchscreens by 2016, says IHS
Driven by falling prices and a major initiative from Intel, shipments of touch-enabled mobile PCs are expected to enjoy rapid growth in 2013 and the coming years, rising to about...
Thursday 23 May 2013
China Labor Day LCD TV sales surge by double-digit percentage, says IHS
Sales of LCD TVs during China's Labor Day holiday rose 18% in 2013 compared to a year earlier, as consumers were lured by attractive promotional pricing and a government subsidy program,...
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
Buynow, a channel retail subsidiary of notebook maker Clevo in China, expects its profits to grow significantly in 2013. The company already enjoyed a giant leap in its first-quarter...
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
Possibly because Microsoft has lowered licensing rates for Windows 8 for use in tablets, many vendors are developing Windows 8 tablets for launch in the second half of 2013, and thus...
Wednesday 22 May 2013
After a year of decline, global flat panel TV market sees marginal growth in 1Q13, says IHS
Bringing an end to a full year of declines in 2012, global flat panel TV shipments rose slightly in the first quarter of 2013, paving the way for marginal growth in 2013, according...
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
Sony Mobile Communications Taiwan on May 21 unveiled the Xperia Tablet Z, an Android 4.1.2 waterproof tablet equipped with Qualcomm S4 Pro 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 10.1-inch 1920...
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
Samsung Electronics has been developing a line up of notebooks for launch in June and the second half of 2013 ranging from consumer to business use and from entry-level to high-end,...
Tuesday 21 May 2013
AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
A slowdown in notebook and desktop PC purchases coupled with strong growth in smartphones and tablets knocked AMD down to fourth place in microprocessor (MPU) sales in 2012 from second,...
Tuesday 21 May 2013
TV panel pricing expected to further drop in May, says WitsView
TV panel pricing is expected to drop in the second half of May due to a slowdown in demand for TVs in the market, according to research firm WitsView.
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Demand for large-size driver ICs to boom in 2H13, say backend firms
Packaging and testing firms Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies both expect orders for large-size LCD driver ICs to pull in during the second half of 2013 on booming demand...
Monday 20 May 2013
Global large-size panel shipments exceed 65 million units in April 2013, says WitsView
Global large-sized panel shipments in April 2013 reached 65.2 million units, dropping 5% on month, according to research firm WitsView.
Monday 20 May 2013
Supply chain to begin volume shipments of new Xbox console orders in 3Q13
As Microsoft is expected to unveil its next-generation Xbox game console codenamed Durango on May 21 at the Xbox Campus, sources from the upstream supply chain revealed that they...
Monday 20 May 2013
Taiwan panel makers lower pricing for Ultra HD TV panels
Taiwan-based panel makers are continuing to see increased orders from China-based TV vendors for Ultra HD TV panels as the makers' pricing for the technology is continuing to drop.
Monday 20 May 2013
BIOS designers feel the impact from weak PC market
Weak PC sales have impacted BIOS designers such as Insyde Software, Phoenix Technologies and American Megatrends (AMI), prompting them to start taking measures to deal with the impact,...
Monday 20 May 2013
Apple MacBook orders to rise 20% sequentially in 2Q13
As Apple is ready to release its new MacBook products in the near future, sources from the upstream supply chain has revealed that their orders for MacBook devices are estimated to...