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Friday 6 July 2012
Taiwan June CPI up slightly
Taiwan's June 2012 consumer price index (CPI) of 109.27 (2006 as base year) rose 0.64% on month and 1.77% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI) of 110.52% decreased...
Friday 6 July 2012
Synnex Technology sees increased June revenues
Channel distributor Synnex Technology International on July 5 reported consolidated revenues of NT$26 billion (US$868 million) for June, increasing 7.4% on month and 1.2% on year.
Thursday 5 July 2012
Digitimes Research: Non-Apple brand vendors unlikely to surpass Apple in ultra-thin battle in 2012
Although many notebook brand vendors have been aggressively investing resources into the development of notebook products that feature ultra-thin design (ultrabook) as well as support...
Thursday 5 July 2012
Tsann Kuen June revenues up sequentially
Tsann Kuen Enterprise, the operator of 3C retail chain Tsann Kuen in Taiwan, reported revenues of NT$2.234 billion (US$74.7 million) for June increasing by 4.80% on month and by 0.88%...
Thursday 5 July 2012
Foxconn chairman guarantees investment in Sakai Factory is virtually risk free
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo has reportedly pledged his own 160,000,000 shares in the company to accumulate a fund for investments in Sharp's...
Thursday 5 July 2012
China labor shortage may drag down notebook shipment performance in peak season
With China's labor shortage issues seriously impacting notebook makers' shipment performance in June, notebook makers are concerned that the problem will only become more serious...
Wednesday 4 July 2012
Microsoft new Windows 8 promotion unlikely to boost PC demand
After announcing its Windows 8 upgrade plan for newly purchased Windows 7-based PCs in early June, Microsoft recently announced a new upgrade plan allowing consumers to spend US$39.99...
Wednesday 4 July 2012
Capella to benefit from Intel plans to make ambient-light sensors a standard IC part for Haswell ultrabooks, says paper
Intel is expected to include ambient-light sensors as standardized IC parts for third-generation, Haswell-based ultrabooks, which will benefit Taiwan-based IC design house Capella...
Wednesday 4 July 2012
IC design houses reducing production of TV chips for 3Q12, say sources
Taiwan-based IC design houses, including MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor, have become more conservative about shipments of TV chips in third-quarter 2012, and therefore have decreased...
Wednesday 4 July 2012
TV growth in Taiwan this summer largely due to energy efficiency subsidies
Increasing TV sales in Taiwan are due to price drops for 32-inch LED TVs along with energy subsidies being issued by the government and not because of the recent switch over to digital...
Wednesday 4 July 2012
Taiwan market: Fujitsu launches first ultrabook
Fujitsu on July 3 unveiled UH572, its first ultrabook equipped with Core i5-3317U processor, 13.3-inch screen, hybrid storage device and weighing 1.6kg, for launch in the Taiwan market...
Wednesday 4 July 2012
Microsoft OEM head change related to Surface, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft has announced the replacement of Steven Guggenheimer with Nick Parker, originally vice president of OEM Sales and Marketing, for the position of corporate vice president...
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Commentary: Google hardware thrust to marginalize brand vendors
The launch of Nexus 7, Nexus Q and Google Glass shows the growing ambition of Google to create its own hardware devices. Google's latest move, either for establishing new benchmarks...
Tuesday 3 July 2012
TECA to develop technology that will drop smart TV gesture recognition sensor costs
Using Taiwan-made dual lens cameras for gesture recognition sensors in smart TVs will reduce smart TV sensor costs by 50% as well as catch finer detailed body movements, according...
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Japan TV makers to put out new high-end smart TVs this year
Japan TV makers will be putting out new high-end smart TVs that will have advanced voice control and gesture recognition features by the end of the year, according to industry sour...