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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...
Friday 26 July 2013
PCs are not dying, just continuing to evolve
News regarding the demise of the PC has been greatly exaggerated. According to statistics, the majority of networked and non-networked consumer applications still run on a PC. It is...
Thursday 25 July 2013
Elan mass shipping touch controller ICs for tablets
Elan Microelectronics has seen shipments of touch controller ICs for use in tablets ramp up significantly since the end of the second quarter. The firm is expected to ship more than...
Thursday 25 July 2013
Mobile connected devices drive CE industry; resurgence in auto, audio, TV segments, finds CEA forecast
Mobile connected devices, including smartphones and tablets, continue to drive consumer electronics (CE) industry sales, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). CEA...
Thursday 25 July 2013
Google announces Chromecast and second-generation Nexus 7
Google has launched its second-generation Nexus 7 and the Chromecast, a device that can be plugged into TVs, PCs, smartphones or tablets for watching online content.
Thursday 25 July 2013
IHS boosts long-term Ultra HD LCD TV forecast; predicts 4.6 million units shipped in US in 2018
While Ultra HD TV sets still will be relegated to a small share of total TV shipments for the next few years, recent moves by panel makers and vendors to reduce costs and increase...