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Tuesday 16 April 2013
Demand for touch controller, eDP, USB 3.0 chips rises on forthcoming Haswell
Taiwan-based IC suppliers for touch controllers, eDP (embedded DisplayPort) solutions and USB 3.0 chips, have seen a pick-up in demand recently, as notebook OEMs and ODMs have begun...
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Taiwan market: TV brands to introduce large-size Ultra HD TVs in 2013
Japan-, and Taiwan-based brands will be introducing new products that focus on large-sizes and high resolutions during the second quarter of 2013.
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Gaming consoles lead global connected TV usage, says DisplaySearch
With growing interest in streaming content, online gaming, and apps on TVs, households are increasingly finding ways to connect their TVs to the Internet. In several developed countries,...
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Acer to sell PCs through the home appliance channel in Brazil
Acer has reportedly formed cooperation with Brazil-based home appliance retail chain Casas Bahia to sell its products in the retailer's close to 600 stores throughout Brazil, according...
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Netbooks set for extinction by 2015, says IHS
Once a white-hot PC product that sold in the tens of millions of units annually, netbooks are now marking their final days, with the rise of tablets causing their shipments to wind...
Monday 15 April 2013
Local suppliers threaten Taiwan's dominance in China TV LED BLU market
China-based LED chip packaging houses have been extending their presence from small-size LED BLUs (backlight units) to large-size models in the China market, posing potential competitive...
Monday 15 April 2013
China white-box tablet vendors increasingly adopting MediaTek quad-core solutions
China-based white-box tablet vendors, due to growing demand for 3G-enabled models, has been increasing adoption of 3G-supportig quad-core IC solutions developed by Taiwan-based MediaTek,...
Monday 15 April 2013
Touchscreen notebooks may enjoy strong shipment growth in 2Q13
Touchscreen notebook shipments may reach 4.2 million units in the second quarter, up 70% sequentially, as the production yield rate of touch panels has been improving, helping to lower...
Monday 15 April 2013
Taiwan TV panel makers see stable performance due to China demand
Sources from the flat panel display (FPD) TV supply chain have remarked that China is one of the few markets that will continue to see growth in 2013. According to China Video Industry...
Monday 15 April 2013
Post-Lunar New Year letdown: Drop in China demand causes plunge in global flat panel TV shipments in February and March, says IHS
Global flat panel display (FPD) TV shipments fell by 10% in February 2013 and by an estimated 4% in March compared to the same months in 2012 as demand in China plunged following the...
Monday 15 April 2013
Touchscreen notebook costs may fall in 3Q13
Since its launch, sales of Microsoft's Windows 8 have been bleak. Industry sources have noted that due to limited supply of touch panels and low yields, prices of touchscreen notebooks...
Monday 15 April 2013
Next-generation Nexus 7 to ship 8 million units in 2013
Google and Asustek Computer's co-branded second-generation Nexus 7 tablet is expected to enjoy shipments of one million units in May and eight million units in 2013, according to sources...
Monday 15 April 2013
China Sourcing Fair taking place in Hong Kong
The 2013 China Sourcing Fair: Electronics and Components, an exhibition organized by Global Sources to help link volume buyers and China-based manufacturers, is taking place in Hong...
Monday 15 April 2013
Worldwide PC shipments in 1Q13 drop to lowest levels since 2Q09, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 79.2 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a 11.2% decline from the first quarter of 2012, according to Gartner. Global PC shipments went below...
Friday 12 April 2013
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments see record decline in 1Q13
Global notebook shipments suffered a drop in the first quarter, down 14.1% sequentially and 13.7% on year, the sharpest decline in the notebook industry's history, showing the current...