The global market for automated test equipment (ATE) is expected to see modest growth in 2013 and 2014, but will likely start to cycle down in 2015, according to Advantest Taiwan president...

Lenovo reportedly will adopt Qualcomm's solutions for its next-generation K910 smartphone, switching from Intel's platform used in the vendor's existing K900 device, according to sources...

Indium Corporation introduces a full line of soldering products that satisfy IPC's J-STD004B. The IPC's new 004B has stricter requirements for measuring halogens and electromigration...

Global top-five notebook brand vendors and top-three ODMs enjoyed on-month shipment growths of 13% and 9% in September, respectively. Among first-tier vendors, Hewlett-Packard (HP),...

A new connected game and entertainment console forecast from IDC concludes that the number of game console bundles shipped worldwide in 2013 will be marginally higher than the 2012...

Innolux and AU Optronics (AUO) of Taiwan are worried they may yet again face losses in the TV panel segment due to recent declines in TV panel pricing.

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has secured annual orders of about 50 million handsets including feature phones and smartphones from Erajaya, Indonesia's largest mobile...

The Philippines PC market shipped a total of 460,000 units in the second quarter of 2013, 12% lower than IDC's initial forecast.

Since demand for touchscreen notebooks and all-in-one (AIO) PCs has been far short of original expectations, some supply chain makers, mainly touch IC module developers and touch panel...

Replacement demand from the business notebook segment is expected to take off due to Microsoft's plans to end Windows XP technical support, which will in turn boost demand for metal-alloy...

President Chain Store, the operator of 7-Eleven in Taiwan, on October 1 unveiled a 7-inch tablet and multimedia sharing device enabling wireless transfer of video from smartphones,...

Taiwan-based Industrial PC (IPC) firms have been aggressively applying for listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) with PEC, Aewin and AIC set to be listed in the fourth quarter...

Acer and Asustek Computer are reportedly considering cutting prices of their Windows 8-based tablets in Taiwan by 15-20% with Acer's 8-inch model likely falling below NT$10,000 (US$338)...

Taiwan-based notebook ODM Compal Electronics will acquire as much as 100% of the circulating shares of smartphone ODM Compal Communications at NT$50.80 (US$1.71) per share and then...

Gigabyte Communications, Taiwan-based notebook and motherboard vendor Gigabyte Technology's smartphone vendor subsidiary, under the own brand GSmart, has cooperated with Intel Taiwan...