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Monday 6 May 2013
CSOT selling 55-inch Ultra HD TV panels at 2.1 times the price of Full HD models
China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) is now selling 55-inch Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) TV panels primarily to China-based TV vendors such as TCL for 2.1 times the price of Full...
Monday 6 May 2013
Acer unveils new ultrabooks, notebooks and tablet
At a press event held in New York, Acer has unveiled its latest mobile products including the Aspire R7, a 15.6-inch notebook; Aspire P3 ultrabook; Iconia A1 7.9-inch tablet; and updated...
Monday 6 May 2013
Sony PS4 may not achieve expected shipments in 2013
Sony's PlayStation (PS) 4 may have trouble achieving shipments of 12-16 million units in 2013 as expected, as the related upstream supply chain has not yet received any shipment instructions...
Monday 6 May 2013
Acer chairman expects 5% on-year growth in 2Q13 notebook shipments
During a recent product launch event in New York, Acer chairman JT Wang said the company has a good chance of seeing a 5% on-year revenue growth in the second quarter.
Monday 6 May 2013
Digitimes Research: Global top-5 notebook brands see over 20% shipment drop in April
Global top-5 notebook brands together suffered a more than 20% on-month shipment drop in April, while top-3 ODMs together had a drop of 14% due to most brand vendors having started...
Monday 6 May 2013
Taiwan April CPI goes up, says DGBAS
Taiwan's April 2013 consumer price index (CPI) of 102.04 (2011 as base year) increased by 0.6% on month and by 1.04% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI) of...
Monday 6 May 2013
Altek expects 30% sequential growth in 2Q13 revenues
Taiwan-based digital camera ODM Altek, having seen first-quarter 2013 consolidated revenues drop 18.83% sequentially to NT$4.014 billion (US$134 million), expects consolidated revenues...
Friday 3 May 2013
Taiwan market: Projector shipments down in 1Q13, says IDC
There were 19,452 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2013, decreasing 20.9% on quarter and 24.4% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.
Friday 3 May 2013
Taiwan market: Sony to launch 3 Cyber-shot digital cameras
Sony Taiwan on May 2 unveiled three Cyber-shot series digital camera models, the HX50V for launch in the Taiwan market in mid-June, and the WX300 and TX30 launching in mid-May.
Friday 3 May 2013
Apple and Samsung to ship a combined 110 million tablets in 2013
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel makers have received surging orders from international tablet vendors and China-based white-box ones, according to Taiwan-based supply chain sources, adding...
Friday 3 May 2013
Micron intros new PCIe SSD for data centers
Micron Technology has announced a new PCIe enterprise solid state drive (SSD) which it claims will improve overall performance in enterprise servers, appliances and storage platfor...
Thursday 2 May 2013
Taiwan market: Tablet sales in 2013 estimated at over 1.5 million units
There will be at least 1.5 million tablets sold in the Taiwan market in 2013 mainly 7-inch models, growing 25% from 2012, according to local retail channels.
Thursday 2 May 2013
Heat pipe demand from tablets starts rising in 2013
Cooling module demand from tablets is rising in 2013 as average power consumption of ARM-based processors has increased significantly from 3W in the past to 6-7W currently and heat...
Thursday 2 May 2013
Microsoft preparing second-generation Surface
Microsoft is expected to announce second-generation Surface tablets at the company's Build Developer Conference, which will be hosted from June 26-28, according to sources from the...
Thursday 2 May 2013
Tablet ownership rates continue to increase, says CEA
Tablet ownership in America has reached a new high with 40% of online US adults indicating they own a tablet, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).