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Friday 21 September 2012
Notebook inventory levels may be high in Europe, China, say Taiwan makers
Due to lower than expected demand and increasing competition from tablets as well as the launch of Windows 8 notebooks, inventories of notebooks in Europe and China are likely to...
Friday 21 September 2012
Taiwan market: Local home appliance makers to introduce energy-saving products in 4Q12
Demand for energy-efficient home appliances such as refrigerators and flat-panel TVs is expected to heat up in the Taiwan market in October, causing competition between home appliance...
Friday 21 September 2012
BOE, CSOT see monthly 32-inch TV panel shipments exceed 1 million units
China-based panel makers BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) have been seeing monthly 32-inch TV panel shipments exceed one million units.
Thursday 20 September 2012
LG Electronics reports steady growth in refrigerator and washing machine production
LG Electronics will produce 10 million refrigerators and 13 million washing machines by the end of 2012, indicating that the company is seeing steady growth despite global economic...
Thursday 20 September 2012
Taiwan market: Sales of consumer models drop to 70% of all digital cameras
The proportion of for consumer models out of the total sales of digital cameras in the Taiwan market has declined to 70%, while MILC (mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera) and DSLR...
Thursday 20 September 2012
Genuine C&C invests in Apple retailer in China
Genuine C&C, a Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics distributor, on September 19 announced an investment in China-based Wuhan Xinsheng Technology, a licensed retail chain...
Thursday 20 September 2012
Acer, Asustek Windows 8 tablet prices may be to high to attract consumers
Acer and Asustek Computer's Windows 8 tablets are reportedly to be priced at above US$800, about the same price as the New iPad with the highest specifications, and market watchers...
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Paragon Technologies sees growing demand for sputtering EMI solutions used in composite chassis
As metal chassis are costly, vendors of notebooks and tablets have increasingly adopted chassis made from composite materials including plastics, fiberglass-reinforced plastics and...
Wednesday 19 September 2012
ICP to set up factory in eastern China
Taiwan-based industrial PC maker ICP Electronics will begin establishment of a new factory in Kunshan, eastern China, in the fourth quarter of 2012 and complete it three years after...
Wednesday 19 September 2012
LG continues R&D with smart home appliances
LG Electronics has been continuing to invest in researching and developing smart home appliances during 2012, according to the company.
Wednesday 19 September 2012
Panel makers speed up glasses free 3D 4Kx2K panel production
Japan-, China- and Taiwan-based panel makers are reportedly speeding up production of glasses-free 3D 4Kx2K panels in order to compete better with Korea-based AMOLED panel makers,...
Tuesday 18 September 2012
SSD demand disappoints thus far in 2012
Demand for both integrated solid-state drives (SSD) and standalone ones has been a disappointment thus far in the second half of 2012, according to industry observers. Neither ultrabook...
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Foxconn reportedly begins trial proruction of large-size LCD TVs
With wired/wireless network infrastructure maturing, large-size LCD screens will serve not only as a TV, but also the center for convergence of all home video entertainment or digital...
Tuesday 18 September 2012
PC share of DRAM market dips below 50% for first time, IHS says
In yet another sign that the technology industry has entered the post-PC era, personal computers during the second quarter of 2012 accounted for less than half of the market for DRAM...
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Supply chain estimates x86 Surface Price at US$500-700 and RT below US$399
Microsoft's own-brand Surface tablets are expected to launch at the end of October with the related supply chain players estimating that the Surface RT's hardware cost is at around...