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Thursday 28 June 2012
PTI expects income from HK retail chain beginning 3Q12
Power Quotient International (PTI), a Taiwan-based maker of memory modules, expects monthly non-operating revenues of nearly NT$1.0 billion (US$33.4 million) from DG Lifestyle, a...
Thursday 28 June 2012
Upstream supply chain sees no sign of Apple starting mass production of new iPhone in July
Although rumors have circulated in the IT market claiming that Apple may shift forward the launch of its new iPhone to late August hoping to catch back-to-school demand in September,...
Thursday 28 June 2012
Amazon to start shipping new Kindle Fire in August, sources claim
Amazon's new 7.85-inch Kindle Fire is reported to have an August release date this year at a price of US$199, according to upstream industry sources.
Thursday 28 June 2012
Pegatron turns conservative about 3Q12
Pegatron Technology, seeing the weak global economy, while consumers have halted their purchase plans to wait for Windows 8, has turned conservative about the PC market in the third...
Thursday 28 June 2012
Google to unveil Nexus 7 at Google I/O 2012, say sources
Google is expected to unveil its new own-brand tablet PC, the Nexus 7, during Google I/O 2012 which opens on June 27. Market sources indicate that Google will outsource production...
Thursday 28 June 2012
Quanta to manufacture Toshiba notebooks at Chongqing plants from July
Toshiba, the sixth-largest notebook vendor worldwide, will have its notebooks from Quanta Computer shifted from Quanta's Songjiang plants to plants in Chongqing starting July, according...
Thursday 28 June 2012
SSD developers gearing up for ultrabook demand
Developers of solid-state drives (SSD) and related components including Lite-On IT, LSI (formerly SandForce), Marvell, Phison Electronics and SanDisk are all gearing up to fulfill...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Notebook ODMs expected to see strong shipment growth in June
With low comparison bases set in May, notebook makers are expected to see their shipments increase significantly on month in June with Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
MediaTek launches dual-core MT6577 smartphone platform
MediaTek has announced the availability of its MT6577, a dual-core platform developed specifically for sub-US$200 smartphones – which the firm recognizes as the fastest-growing...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Huawei adopts MediaTek dual-core chip for smartphones, says report
MediaTek's new MT6577, which uses a dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex A9 CPU, has been adopted by China-based Huawei for as many as four of its upcoming smartphone devices, according to a Chinese-language...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Digitimes Research: Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad to take 40% of China smartphone market in 2012
The development of China's smartphone market has drawn much attention, particularly in 2012, during which the local brands Huawei Device and ZTE will make it to the global top-10...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Ultrabook vendors may have difficulty lowering price to US$799
Though Intel has been actively promoting second-generation ultrabooks, it is still difficult for vendors to launch such models at prices below US$799 as targeted by Intel in third-quarter...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Digitimes Research: Merger with MStar to boost MediaTek presence in digital TV segment
MediaTek's planned merger with MStar Semiconductor will help MediaTek expand its presence in the digital TV-chip market, as well as enhancing its capability in the ever increasing...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Strong ultra-like notebook demand creating shortages of slim panels and metal chassis
Seeing ultrabooks suffer from weak sales, notebook brand vendors have turned to push ultra-like notebooks, causing slim panel and metal chassis to both see shortages, according to...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Microsoft Surface blurs boundary between tablet and ultrabook
Microsoft's announcement of Wintel-based Surface tablet PCs have blurred the boundary between tablets and ultrabooks as Microsoft's tablet PC adopts an Ivy Bridge processor that is...