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Tuesday 24 September 2013
Taiwan market: Channel retail sales to stay flat in 3Q13
Poor PC and home appliance demand is causing channel retailers in Taiwan to suffer from weak sales. Performance for the third quarter is also expected to decline from sequential growth...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Senao to increase investment in joint venture retail business in China
Senao International, which operates a handset and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, has decided to inject an extra US$50 million into four China-based subsidiaries to expand...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Microsoft unveils Surface 2, Surface Pro 2
Microsoft has announced expansion of its Surface family of tablets. Two new Surface models - Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 - along with an expanded portfolio of new Surface accessories,...
Monday 23 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Tablet AP shipments to China to rise 53% in 3Q13
Shipments of tablet-use application processors to the China market are set to register growth of 24.9% sequentially and 53.3% on year in the third quarter of 2013, according to Digitimes...
Monday 23 September 2013
Innolux in discussions about producing 39.5-inch LCD TV panels
Innolux is reportedly in discussions about whether to produce 39.5-inch LCD TV panels on its 6G line.
Monday 23 September 2013
AMOLED capacity growing fast, says DisplaySearch
With AMOLED display makers looking to increase performance and lower costs, material and equipment manufacturers have an opportunity to grow their businesses by providing products...
Monday 23 September 2013
Renesas likely to delay plans to exit low-end motherboard MOSFET market, say sources
Renesas Electronics is likely to delay its plans to exit the low-end motherboard-use MOSFET market due to strong complaints from downstream clients as well as the recent upsurge in...
Monday 23 September 2013
LCD TV shipments grow 3.44% on year during 1H13
Global LCD TV shipments reached 90.2 million units in the first half of 2013, up 3.44% on year.
Monday 23 September 2013
CEE tablet market continues to rocket, driven by low-cost devices, says IDC
The tablet market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) continues to surge, growing 175.6% on year in the second quarter of 2013, according to the latest results from IDC. Tablet shipments...
Monday 23 September 2013
Taiwan market: Ivy Bridge inventories may not be cleared until after 2013
The digestion of Ivy Bridge-based notebook inventories in the Taiwan market may not complete until after the fourth quarter as back-to-school sales in 2013 were down 20-30% compared...
Monday 23 September 2013
Taiwan market: Gray market prices for iPad mini may drop after release of new model
In the Taiwan market, gray market prices for iPad mini stand at NT$8,000-9,000 (US$267-300) currently, 14-24% lower than the official price of at least NT$10,500, and with the speculated...
Wednesday 18 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Vendors to turn to 8-inch tablets to avoid competition in 7-inch segment
Digitimes Research has found that the US tablet market is seeing more launches of low-price 7-inch models. Since more 7-inch devices are expected to come out before the end of 2013,...
Tuesday 17 September 2013
Taiwan market: Asustek launches New PadFone Infinity
Asustek Computer on September 17 unveiled the New PadFone Infinity, a 5-inch triple-mode Android smartphone which can be docked into a 10.1-inch tablet, for immediate launch in the...
Tuesday 17 September 2013
TPV announces weak results for 1H13 amid TV shipment slowdown
TPV Technology has announced that its consolidated revenues increased 8% to US$5.5 billion in the first half of 2013 and that its gross profit margin grew to 7.9%. However, a decrease...
Tuesday 17 September 2013
Dell expected to overtake Acer to become third-largest notebook vendor in 2014, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft's ending Windows XP technical support in April 2014 has triggered growing replacement of business-use notebooks, and this is expected to significantly benefit Dell because...