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Tuesday 14 August 2012
Asustek to release component purchasing authority to notebook ODMs
Asustek Computer, which used to handle most component purchasing itself, is currently considering to release the authority to its upstream ODM partners such as Quanta Computer and...
Monday 13 August 2012
AKM leads magnetic sensor market on strong sales to handset and tablet makers, says IHS iSuppli
Propelled by strong sales to tablet and cellphone manufacturers, Asahi Kasei Microsystems of Japan led the semiconductor magnetic sensor market for the third year in a row in 2011,...
Monday 13 August 2012
Acer sees drop in July revenues
Acer had non-consolidated revenues of NT$22.657 billion (US$756 million) for July decreasing by 43.00% on month and by 26.15% on year and those for January-July slipped by 5.52% on...
Friday 10 August 2012
Taiwan market: kbro aims to digitize 25% of cable TV users by end of 2012
kbro, a major MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV services) in Taiwan, has 216,000 subscribers to its digital cable TV service, accounting for about 20% of all subscribers, and...
Friday 10 August 2012
Adlink posts 1H12 net EPS of NT$0.68
Industrial PC maker Adlink Technology recorded consolidated revenues of NT$2.776 billion (US$94.1 million), net profits of NT$107 million and net EPS of NT$0.68 for the first half...
Friday 10 August 2012
Foxconn sees increased July revenues
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on August 10 reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$248.695 billion (US$8.29 billion) for July, increasing 5.01% on month and 8.39%...
Friday 10 August 2012
Quanta July notebook shipments down 16.7% sequentially
Quanta Computer shipped 4.5 million notebooks in July, dropping 16.7% on month, according to the company.
Friday 10 August 2012
Asustek, Pegatron see sequential drops in July revenues
Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$30.207 billion (US$1.01 billion) for July 2012, declining 16.14% on month and 5.18% on year. For the January-July period, revenues amounted...
Friday 10 August 2012
Taiwan market: Samsung launches Smart Camera EX2F
Samsung Electronics on August 9 unveiled the Smart Camera EX2F, a bridge camera, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$16,990 (US$566), according...
Friday 10 August 2012
Microsoft working to minimize Surface impact, says Acer chairman
After publicly urging Microsoft to reconsider its move to launch own-brand tablet PCs recently, Acer chairman JT Wang on August 9, commented that Microsoft is pushing Surface to help...
Friday 10 August 2012
Compal notebook shipments unlikely to suffer setback in 2012, says chairman
Compal Electronics is unlikely to suffer a setback in notebook shipments in 2012 although it is facing mounting pressure in the second half of the year due to conservative attitudes...
Friday 10 August 2012
TSMC 40nm supply tightens on growing demand from MediaTek
Demand for MediaTek's smartphone chips, which are mainly supplied to China-based clients, has been growing causing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 40nm foundry...
Friday 10 August 2012
China TV vendors expect sales to increase in October
China-based TV vendors do not expect to see LCD TV sales increase substantially until the October 1 holidays due to lack of promotion by energy saving subsidies since they were issued...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Intel to try out wireless charging technology in ultrabooks and smartphones in 2H13
Intel may adopt its self-developed wireless charging technology into Intel-based ultrabooks and smartphones in the second half of 2013, according to sources from the upstream supply...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Taiwan notebooks – 2Q 2012
Taiwan notebook shipments increased 5.6% sequentially but decreased 1.1% on year to reach 44.77 million units in the second quarter of 2012.