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Thursday 14 March 2013
Adlink sees on-year growth in 2012 revenues
Industrial PC (IPC) maker Adlink Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.6 billion (US$188.52 million) for 2012, up 11.77% on year, but the company's net profit dropped...
Wednesday 13 March 2013
Amazon said to be considering taking back Kindle Fire purchasing rights
Amazon reportedly plans to change its component purchasing strategy for Kindle Fire and will make all the decisions itself instead of relying on ODMs, according to sources from the...
Wednesday 13 March 2013
Lenovo acquisition of Blackberry quite unlikely due to Canada government, say Taiwan makers
While Lenovo has expressed its willingness to acquire Canada-based vendor Blackberry to enhance its competitiveness in the international business-use PC market, the bid is likely to...
Wednesday 13 March 2013
Low-priced products drive forecast increases in the tablet market, says IDC
A predicted surge of smaller, lower-priced devices in the tablet market has led IDC to increase its 2013 forecast for the worldwide tablet market to 190.9 million, up from its previous...
Wednesday 13 March 2013
Commentary: Foxconn relies heavily on Apple
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reported February consolidated revenues of NT$235.06 billion, showing an on-month decrease close to 25% and an on-year decrease of...
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...