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Thursday 22 November 2012
Intel reportedly speeds up development of low-power processors
Intel is gearing up for a big comeback around mid-2013, accelerating the development of its next-generation, low-power mobile processor, according to sources in the PC industry.
Thursday 22 November 2012
MediaTek November sales drop on EDGE-chip inventory and small-size panel shortage
Sales at IC design house MediaTek are set to register a sequential decrease in November, due to pressure to cut EDGE-chip inventories, as well as tight supplies of panels under 4-inch,...
Thursday 22 November 2012
Lenovo to become top smartphone vendor in China, says Gartner
Market research firm Gartner has published its IT predictions for China in 2013 and beyond. The predictions include Lenovo becoming the top smartphone vendor in China.
Thursday 22 November 2012
MediaTek smartphone-IC shipments to drop 10-20% in November, says paper
Fabless IC firm MediaTek will likely ship about 15 million smartphone ICs in November, down over 15% sequentially, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
HP Taiwan not yet affected by layoffs
Although Hewlett-Packard (HP) is set to lay off 29,000 employees worldwide, HP Taiwan has pointed out that it has not heard any manpower reduction plans from headquarters.
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Acer recruits new marketing executives
Acer has recently recruited a new chief marketing officer (CMO), Michael Birkin, chairman of marketing service company, Red Peak, to assist the company to reconstruct and strengthen...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Samsung chip powers new Google Chromebook
Samsung Electronics has announced that its Exynos 5 Dual application processor powers the new Google Chromebook. Exynos 5 Dual is the industry's first ARM Cortex-A15 CPU and ARM Mali-T604...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Intel reduces StudyBook shipment forecast
Intel originally expected its StudyBook tablet shipments to reach 3-4 million units in the period from January 2013 to June 2014; however, the company has reduced the forecast volume...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
North America and China TV shipments rise ahead of holidays, says DisplaySearch
Despite a 7% on-year dip in global TV shipments, retail sales in North America have been steady, and unit shipments were up almost 3% in the third quarter of 2012 after posting small...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Compal to decrease notebook production capacity
Compal Electronics will reduce its total capacity from 60 million notebooks a year to 50 million units through stopping production at two factories in Kunshan, eastern China, as soon...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Black Friday to be crucial market test for convertible notebooks, say Taiwan makers
The Black Friday peak sales period starting from November 23 in the US is seen as a crucial market test for convertible notebooks which combine features of ultrabooks and tablets,...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Trends in China's mobile AP market
China-based chipmakers will catch up with mainstream AP architectures in the second half of 2012, with the Cortex-A9 becoming the mainstream foundation, augmented by a smaller proportion...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Smartphones set to overtake feature phones in flash memory consumption, says IHS
In another sign of their rising clout in the supply chain, smartphones in 2013 will account for a larger share of NAND flash memory usage than feature phones, the first time this...
Tuesday 20 November 2012
Taiwan market: Lenovo aims at double-digit growth in 2013 sales
Lenovo aims to see double-digit on-year growth in its sales in the Taiwan market in 2013, general manager Justin Kiang for Lenovo Taiwan said at a recent press conference to unveil...
Tuesday 20 November 2012
TCL reaches 12 million in LCD TV shipments from January to October 2012
TCL has already reached shipments of 12 million LCD TV from January to October 2012 and hopes that it can reach 15.2 million by the end of the year, which may put its shipments higher...