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Monday 23 July 2012
Taiwan market: Canon launches DSLR camera EOS-1D X
Canon has launched EOS-1D X, its full-frame professional DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$205,900 (US$6,875) for...
Monday 23 July 2012
HDDs still dominance in notebook market, IHS says
Despite sluggish sales, conventional notebooks equipped with hard disk drives (HDD) as their main storage medium are unlikely to have their market share threatened in the near term...
Friday 20 July 2012
Taiwan June export order value down
Taiwan received export orders worth US$36.38 billion in total in June 2012, decreasing by 0.25% on month and by 2.62% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Friday 20 July 2012
China market: Apple begins marketing New iPad
Apple began to marketing its New iPad in the China market on July 20, with the 16GB Wi-Fi version priced at CNY3,688 (US$579) and the 16GB Wi-Fi+3G version available at CNY4,688.
Friday 20 July 2012
Vehicle display market to rise profits for Taiwan panel makers
The vehicle display market is expected to increase as navigation screens, rear seat entertainment (RSE) displays and multi-functional in-console monitors are predicted to be used...
Friday 20 July 2012
IDT to deliver mixed signal solutions for tablet PC applications in 2H12
Integrated Device Technology (IDT) is scheduled to deliver a mixed signal semiconductor solution which will include IDT's timing and power management ICs for tablet PC applications...
Friday 20 July 2012
TV brands hope to profit off smart TV alliances
TV brands hope to profit off smart TVs during the second half of the year by continuing to increase value-added functions as well as by forming a smart TV alliance, according to industry...
Friday 20 July 2012
China market: Domestic chipset vendors ramping up shipments to white-box tablet PC makers
China-based chipset solution vendors including Rockchip Electronics and Allwinner Technology have been ramping up their shipments to white-box tablet PC vendors in China, cutting...
Friday 20 July 2012
China market: Acer soliciting telecom carriers to promote smartphones
Acer is currently soliciting China's major telecom carriers to jointly promote the sale of its smartphones in China targeting the medium- to high-end segment with prices ranging between...
Friday 20 July 2012
Compal lands 70% of Dell notebook orders for 2013
Compal Electronics and Wistron have landed Dell's 2013 notebook orders equivalent to 70% and about 30%, respectively, of Dell's total shipments, according Taiwan-based supply chain...
Thursday 19 July 2012
High-definition 4Kx2K TVs need another 3-5 years to become widespread
Commercialization of 4Kx2K high-definition panels in TVs started recently, but industry sources believe that the TVs will still need another 3-5 years to be widely accepted among...
Thursday 19 July 2012
Global sales of MHL-enabled devices to double in 2012, says MHL president
Global sales of MHL (Mobile High-definition Link)-enabled terminal devices will more than double to over 100 million units in 2012, according to Tim Wong, president of MHL LLC which...
Thursday 19 July 2012
DRAM contract prices see first fall since 2012, says DRAMeXchange
DRAM contract prices, which are updated semi-monthly, showed their first fall for 2012 in early July, according to data collected by DRAMeXchange.
Thursday 19 July 2012
iPhones shipments expected to reach 20-25 million in 3Q12, say sources
As volume production of a new version of iPhone will start in August 2012, the total shipments for the new and legacy models in the third quarter are expected to reach 20-25 million...
Thursday 19 July 2012
Intel to release 8 series chipset in April 2013
Intel is set to release the next-generation 8 series chipsets along with Haswell-based processors in April 2013, and since the current-generation Ivy Bridge-based processors and their...