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Wednesday 19 June 2013
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Taiwan-based notebook vendors and ODMs originally expected shipments in the first and second halves of 2013 to be in a ratio of 40:60 or 45:55, but have started turning conservative...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
MediaTek is relocating its tablet solution unit from its wireless communications group to the home entertainment group, meaning that the Taiwan-based top IC design house is looking...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
While China-based TFT-LCD panel makers have reportedly asked the China government to increase customs duties on imported 32-inch and above TV panels from 5% currently to 8% or even...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
Ongoing weakness in notebooks will be offset by stronger unit growth of touch-screen tablets - especially smaller-size models with 7- and 8-inch displays - resulting in a 4% increase...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
To boost tablet sales in the Brazil market, Samsung Electronics has offered subsidies to its local sales agents to cover 30% of sales prices on average, while Asustek Computer has...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
China-based makers turned out 24 million LCD TV panels for a global market share of 10.5% in 2012 and will produce an estimated 44 million panels to account for 17.6% of the global...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
Chipbond Technology is ramping up testing capacity for advanced LCD driver ICs in response to rising demand for high-end smartphones and other mobile devices with higher resolution...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Netronix aims to become largest e-book reader ODM in 3 years, says paper
Taiwan-based Netronix shipped about two million e-book readers for a global market share of 10% in 2012 and aims to hike its share to 15-20% in 2013, 25-30% in 2014, and 35-40% in...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Taiwan market: Sony to launch Handycam camcorder GW88V
Sony has unveiled a Handycam camcorder, GW88V, for launch in the Taiwan market on June 20 at a recommended retail price of NT$24,900 (US$830).
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
Asustek Computer, originally expected to enjoy sequential growth in notebook shipments and a slight on-quarter drop in tablet shipments in the second quarter, has adjusted both forecasts...
Monday 17 June 2013
CVIA: China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers
China-based TV vendors are looking to procure about 30 million TV panels from Taiwan-based panel makers in 2013, according to the China Video Industry Association (CVIA).
Monday 17 June 2013
Taiwan market: Tablet sales in 2013 to reach nearly 2 million units, says FET executive
Demand for tablets in the Taiwan market is growing fast, with nearly two million units to be sold in 2013 including mobile telecom carriers' contract-bundled sales and sales of Wi-Fi...
Monday 17 June 2013
Wistron, Inventec unlikely to see notebook revenue proportion drop below 50% in the short term
Although Wistron and Inventec are both aggressively trying to reduce their notebook business revenue contributions to minimize the impact of the weakening notebook industry, since...
Monday 17 June 2013
Wistron to step into medical inspection instruments
Wistron will step into production of non-invasive medical examination instruments by establishing a medical business group by the end of 2013 as well as investing in or acquiring...
Friday 14 June 2013
Sysgration targets industrial tablet market in partnership with Japan-based Tsuzuki Denki
Taiwan-based industrial PC player Sysgration has recently formed a partnership with Japan-based Tsuzuki Denki to focus on the industrial tablet market.