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Wednesday 30 January 2013
Windows 8 Pro Surface tablet to see initial shipments of 1 million units
Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro-based Surface tablet, which is set to release on February 9, will only have an initial shipment volume of one million units, far lower than the four million...
Wednesday 30 January 2013
Commentary: Taiwan central bank needs to adopt necessary measures to face global currency battle
The Japan government recently started its quantitative easing (QE) policies putting pressure on other Asia currencies. Taiwan's premier Sean Chen has urged Taiwan's central bank to...
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Windows RT shipments less than half of targets, say Taiwan makers
There have been about two million Windows RT tablets shipped globally, fewer than the 4-4.5 million units originally expected to be shipped as of the end of 2012, and actual sales...
Tuesday 29 January 2013
FCCL firm ThinFlex expects tablet demand to drive company growth in 2013
Flexible copper-clad laminate (FCCL) maker ThinFlex expects brisk demand from the tablet sector to drive its revenue growth in 2013, although revenues for the first quarter of the...
Tuesday 29 January 2013
MEMS vendors optimistic about combo sensor market
Eyeing booming demand for combo motion sensors used in smartphones and tablets, MEMS vendors including Bosch, InvenSense, Kionix and STMicroelectronics all plan to promote their 6-...
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Taiwan market: Apple iPad mini far outsells iPad 4
In the Taiwan market, the sales volume of the iPad mini and the fourth-generation iPad (iPad 4) are at a ratio of 3:1 for mobile telecom carriers' contract-bundled sale and 4:1 for...
Monday 28 January 2013
IPC maker Firich to enjoy revenue and profit growths in 2013
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Firich Enterprise expects to enjoy strong revenue and profit growth in 2013, as the company has recently formed a cooperation with gambling machine...
Monday 28 January 2013
Acer considering selling Chromebook in countries outside the US
Seeing its Chromebook products enjoy better-than-expected sales in the US, Acer is currently considering to sell the products in other mature markets outside the US, according to company...
Monday 28 January 2013
Google to cooperate with Asustek for second-generation Nexus 7
Google is set to announce its second-generation Nexus 7 tablet in May with the cooperation of Asustek Computer. The combined shipments of the company's first- and second-generation...
Monday 28 January 2013
Vizio aims to bump up TV sales to 6.5 million units in 2013, says chairman
Vizio hopes to bump up its TV sales in 2013 to 6.5 million units, up 20% on year, according to company chairman Wang Wei.
Monday 28 January 2013
Amtran hopes to bump up LCD TV and LCD monitor shipments by 20% in 2013, says chairman
Amtran Technology hopes to reach LCD TV and LCD monitor ODM/OEM shipments of seven million in 2013, according to company chairman Alpha Wu.
Monday 28 January 2013
VPEC, Win Semi to enjoy sequential revenue growth through 3Q13
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors and epi-wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) are expected to enjoy on-quarter sales growth through the third quarter of 2013, driven...
Monday 28 January 2013
Pegatron expects to ship 20 million tablets, 19 million notebooks in 2013
Taiwan-based ODM Pegatron expects to ship 20 million tablets and 19 notebooks, of which about 50% will be produced at its factory in Chongqing, western China, in 2013, according to...
Monday 28 January 2013
Asustek aims to ship 24 million notebooks in 2013
Asustek Computer has set goals of shipping 24 million notebooks and 12 million tablets in 2013, hiking 26.3% and 90.5% respectively from 2012, according to the company.
Monday 28 January 2013
Quanta expects better than industry average growth in 2013, says chairman
The largest Taiwan-based notebook ODM Quanta Computer expects its business operations in 2013 to grow by a larger percentage than the industry average from 2012, according to company...