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Tuesday 30 July 2013
PC-related IC suppliers expect demand to pick up in August
PC-related IC design houses expect the visibility of orders to improve in August thanks to roll-outs of new Haswell PC products and clients' inventory replenishment ahead of China's...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Pegatron conducting investigations to resolve labor mistreating claim
Commenting on its factories in China being accused by China Labor Watch, a China-based labor right protection organization, for violating China's labor laws, Pegatron Technology spokesperson...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
TCAS 2013: Tablets to see 10-20% discounts
Tablets are expected to become a spotlight in the Taipei Computer Application Show (TCAS) 2013, which will be hosted from August 1-5 at the Taipei World Trade Center in Taiwan, and...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Component makers see rising orders from game console players
Component orders for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2013 reportedly may increase from 9-12 million units each to over 15 million units as their pre-orders in Europe and the US are...
Monday 29 July 2013
No new Nexus 7 for Taiwan before September, say channel retailers
Google's second-generation Nexus 7 may not show up in Taiwan before the end of August despite the fact that the tablet is co-branded by Google and Asustek Computer. Since the new...
Monday 29 July 2013
Intel GED to help Taiwan upstream supply chain develop 2-in-1 devices
Intel vice president and general manager of Global Ecosystem Development (GED) Zane Ball at a recent conference meeting, pointed out that the company has established an R&D team...
Monday 29 July 2013
Panel makers hold conservative views for Ultra HD TV panel shipments in 2H13
Panel makers have a conservative outlook for Ultra HD TV panel shipments in the second half of 2013 largely due to an expected decline in the China market.
Monday 29 July 2013
Digitimes Research: iPad sees its first on-year shipment drop in 2Q13
Global tablet shipments reached 29.32 million units in the second quarter of 2013, down 8.2% sequentially, but still up 46.6% compared to the same period a year ago. As overall market...
Monday 29 July 2013
Enterprise PC demand may benefit from the end of Windows XP support
As Microsoft is set to end its support for Windows XP in April, 2014, sources from the upstream supply chain believe the action will help trigger a PC replacement trend in the enterprise...
Monday 29 July 2013
Samsung mobile business posts profit shrink in 2Q13
Samsung Electronics has reported record operating profits for the second quarter of 2013, with all businesses except its mobile business posting profit growth sequentially.
Monday 29 July 2013
Weak increase in TV demand spurs larger-than-expected glut of LCD panels in 3Q13, says IHS
In a season when their sales should be rising sharply, suppliers of large-size (7-inch and above) LCD panels instead are encountering weak demand growth in the third quarter of 2013,...
Monday 29 July 2013
MediaTek to push sales of next-generation tablet CPUs to Google, Amazon
MediaTek aims to push sales of its next-generation ARM big.LITTLE-based tablet processor, the MT8135, to Google, Amazon and Sony in addition to branded notebook and tablet vendors,...
Friday 26 July 2013
Shipments of 15-inch notebooks decreasing, while 11-inch rise
Shipments of 15-inch notebooks are on the decline due to the stagnant market in Europe, while 11.6-inch models have been significantly increasing due to Microsoft offering large discounts...
Friday 26 July 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship 6.26 million digital cameras in 3Q13
Taiwan-based ODMs Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical will ship 6.26 million digital cameras in total in the third quarter...
Friday 26 July 2013
Commentary: Surface RT a hot potato for Microsoft
In its financial report for fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 Microsoft declared a US$900 million charge for adjustments to its Surface RT inventory, which created a US$0.07 per share impact...