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Wednesday 13 March 2013
PC supply chain sentiment remains weak despite Microsoft price cuts
Despite price breaks offered by Microsoft on its Windows 8 and Office software, sentiment in the PC supply chain still remains weak, in view of orders received in March and second-quarter...
Wednesday 13 March 2013
DRAM content growth in PCs slows, says IHS
The steady increase in PC capabilities that has justified the upgrade cycle and fueled the long-term growth of the PC market is undergoing a historical deceleration, as evidenced by...
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Quanta Computer expects own-brand server sales to account for 85% of server revenues in 2013
Quanta Computer has extended server production from an OEM basis to own-brand sales and expects the proportion of total revenues from servers from own-brand sales to increase from...
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Intel may obtain 10% of Apple A7 processor orders, say institutional investors
Foundry service providers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics are reportedly competing for Apple's A7 processor orders. Rumors regarding the possibility...
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Chimei Materials expects increased TV polarizer shipments during March
Chimei Materials' polarizer shipments for 39-inch TV panels are expected to increase heavily by the end of March 2013 due to demand in markets such as China, according to industry...
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Asustek, Pegatron suffer on-month declines in February revenues
Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$32.32 billion (US$1.09 billion) for February, down 19.43% on month and 8.5% on year, while Pegatron Technology saw its consolidated...
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Acer doubles R&D investment for 2013
Acer plans to significantly raise its R&D and marketing funds for 2013 with such investment' share of revenues to gradually increase from 0.6-0.8% in 2012 to 1.2-1.5% by the fourth...
Tuesday 12 March 2013
Quanta February notebook shipments down 12.1% sequentially
Quanta Computer shipped 2.9 million notebooks in February, decreasing 12.1% sequentially, according to the company. Notebook shipments for the first two months of 2013 reached 6.2...
Monday 11 March 2013
Asustek, Acer aim at shipping 1-1.5 million smartphones in 2013
Asustek Computer and Acer have recently unveiled their latest products for the smartphone industry with Asustek expecting its shipments to reach one million units and Acer 1.5 million...
Monday 11 March 2013
Acer to adopt recycled materials in products
Acer will cooperate with Wistron to adopt recycled materials such as plastic into their products and the company also plans to cut its carbon emissions by 30% by 2015 and 60% by 20...
Monday 11 March 2013
Panel makers expected to ramp up TV panel production by the end of 1Q13
Panel makers in Asia are expected to increase their utilization rates for LCD TV panels in the second half of March 2013 in order to meet expected demand for the second quarter of...
Monday 11 March 2013
Ability Enterprise expects 2013 digital camera shipments to drop by 15-20%
Ability Enterprise's digital camera shipments in 2012 decreased by 25% from 2011 and expects 2013 shipments to drop 15-20% from 2012 due to increasing competition from mobile terminal...
Monday 11 March 2013
Compal, Wistron, Inventec see February revenues decrease
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec saw February consolidated revenues of NT$45.286 billion (US$1.52 billion), down 20.80% on month and 22.24% on year,...
Friday 8 March 2013
What will it take to keep the TV industry alive?
Some market observers speculate TVs are increasingly becoming a thing of the past, as the use of devices such as tablets, smartphones computers and even Full HD projectors are becoming...
Friday 8 March 2013
Synnex Technology sees February revenues decrease
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International on March 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$19.31 billion (US$650 million) for February,...