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Thursday 13 December 2012
Micron extends portfolio of phase-change memory for mobile devices
Micron Technology has announced the addition of a new product to its phase-change memory (PCM) portfolio. With high-volume shipments of its 45nm, 1Gb PCM-based multichip package (MCP)...
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Sanyo deal unlikely to impact Taiwan DSC makers
As Panasonic will sell its acquired Sanyo Electric digital still camera (DSC) business to Japan-based private equity firm Advantage Partners, sources from Taiwan-based ODMs pointed...
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Acer pushing tablet shipments
Acer originally believed that tablets would soon lose their attractiveness to consumers helping notebooks to regain their influence; however as market watchers and IT players mostly...
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Touchscreen notebooks helping to maintain notebook ASPs during the year-end holidays, says Acer
Due to demand for touchscreen notebooks, Acer has seen ASPs during the year-end holidays, rise from US$433 originally to US$477, according to company chairman JT Wang.
Wednesday 12 December 2012
PC players move budgets from CES to MWC 2013
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013 will be hosted from January 8-11, 2013 in Las Vegas, the US; however, since the show is only two months after the launch of Windows 8 and Windows...
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Toshiba develops MRAM for mobile processors
Toshiba has announced the development of a prototype memory element for a spin transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory (STT-MRAM). The new MRAM element achieves what...
Tuesday 11 December 2012
LCD TV shipments in China expected to reach 43 million units in 2013
LCD TV shipments in China are expected to reach 43 million units in 2013, with 46-inch units to account for 30%, according to market observers.
Tuesday 11 December 2012
Over 1 million Nexus 7s expected to be sold in December, say Taiwan makers
Global sales of the Nexus 7 are on the rise from 500,000-600,000 units a month initially to 800,000-900,000 units in November, and are expected to exceed one million units in December,...
Tuesday 11 December 2012
Third-generation ultrabooks may be able to achieve 40% of notebook shipments, say players
As Intel failed to achieve its goal of having ultrabooks account for 40% of total notebook shipments with its Ivy Bridge platform, and the proportion only reached about 10%, sources...
Tuesday 11 December 2012
China-based panel makers expected to see oversupply of 32-inch TV panels in 2013
China-based panel makers are expected to see an oversupply of 32-inch TV panels in 2013 due to overestimates in shipments for the panels, according to market observers.
Tuesday 11 December 2012
Synnex Technology November revenues down sequentially
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International on December 10 reported consolidated revenues of NT$27.5 billion (US$943 million) for...
Tuesday 11 December 2012
Ability Enterprise, Altek see decreased November revenues
Taiwan-based digital camera ODMs Ability Enterprise and Altek saw revenues of NT$3.908 billion (US$134 million) and NT$1.635 billion respectively for November, down on month and on...
Monday 10 December 2012
Asustek achieves record November revenues; Pegatron, ASRock see growth
Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$39.64 billion (US$1.36 billion) for November, a new monthly record with growths of 11.5% on month and 32.7% on year, while the company's...
Monday 10 December 2012
Acer suffers drop in November revenues
Acer has announced non-consolidated revenues of NT$24.36 billion (US$837.43 million) for November, down 4.58% on month and 31.88% on year, while the company's combined non-consolidated...
Monday 10 December 2012
Notebook ODMs saw mixed revenue results in November
Notebook ODMs saw mixed performances in their November consolidated revenues with Quanta Computer suffering an on-month drop of 13.29% and an on-year drop of 11.16%, while Compal...