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Tuesday 26 February 2013
Competition over entry-level tablets may hurt ODMs
As Compal Electronics and Wistron are competing aggressively over orders for Acer's upcoming 8- and 10-inch entry-level tablet devices, sources from the upstream supply chain are concerned...
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Mobile IC vendors asking to renegotiate backend quotes for 28nm products
The available capacity for 28nm mobile chips at IC foundries, mainly Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has become sufficient to meet demand since early 2013. Suppliers...
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Samsung launches Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet
Samsung Electronics has launched its 8-inch tablet, the Galaxy Note 8.0 with functions including multi-window options to split the portable 8-inch screen and allow access to a number...
Tuesday 26 February 2013
China white-box tablet players struggling for survival
Due to fierce competition from first-tier brand vendors, several China-based white-box tablet players in Shenzhen, China have reportedly gone bankrupt, while remaining ones are also...
Tuesday 26 February 2013
New Qualcomm mobile chip to use TSMC 28HPM process
Qualcomm and TSMC have jointly announced that Qualcomm's wholly-owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, will be the first company to produce working silicon on TSMC's 28nm HPM (high...
Monday 25 February 2013
Acer to ship 10 million tablets in 2013, say sources
Acer may be able to ship 10 million tablets in 2013, up more than 400% on year, due to strong demand for entry-level tablets, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Monday 25 February 2013
Global NOR flash market to continue slide, says IHS
After a decline in 2012, the NOR flash memory market is set to shrink again in 2013 and 2014 as more segments of the handset market eschew the device in favor of alternative NAND solutions,...
Monday 25 February 2013
China market: 4Q12 smart device shipments up 7.2% sequentially, says IDC
There were 90.65 million smart terminal devices shipped in the China market during the fourth quarter of 2012, increasing 7.2% sequentially, according to IDC China.
Monday 25 February 2013
Taiwan market: 200,000 MILCs to be sold in 2013
About 150,000 MILCs (mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras) were sold in the Taiwan market in 2012, growing 25% from 2011, and MILC sales in 2013 are expected to increase 33.3% from...
Monday 25 February 2013
Mobility reigns as the smart connected device market rises 29.1% in 2012, says IDC
When looking at a holistic view of smartphones, tablets, and PCs, one thing is clear: smartphones and tablets are driving mobility growth. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly...
Friday 22 February 2013
Google announces a high resolution touchscreen Chromebook
Google has announced its latest notebook product, the Chromebook Pixel, featuring a display with a density of 239ppi and touchscreen functions, and an anodized aluminum alloy chass...
Friday 22 February 2013
China white-box tablet makers to use DDR3 instead of mobile DRAM
Several of China-based white-box tablet manufacturers have utilized DDR3 chips, instead of mobile DRAM, for their products in order to bring down their manufacturing costs further,...
Friday 22 February 2013
Intel may score points in boosting Android smartphone, tablet platforms in 2013
As Intel has won adoption for its smartphone processors from Lenovo and Acer, and for its tablet platforms from Lenovo and Asustek Computer, Intel stands a chance of winning more customers...
Friday 22 February 2013
Cisco wins big in India as Chinese set-top box manufacturers surge, says ABI Research
Cisco won significant standard definition (SD) set-top box (STB) business in India in the quarter ending January 26, 2013. Cisco shipped 1.3 million boxes in the fourth quarter compared...
Friday 22 February 2013
Stagnant PC sales expected to last through 1H13, say Taiwan makers
Viewing that Windows 8 has fallen short of expectations in stimulating sales, global PC sales are expected to remain slack at least in the first half of 2013, but may rebound after...