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Friday 18 January 2013
MSI Taiwan Excellence Award Winner: 15 years of affirmation
The 21st Taiwan Excellence Award was unveiled, MSI was again snatched the award for 15th consecutive years for its innovation and superior quality. Commissioned by the ROC Ministry...
Friday 18 January 2013
Intel releases updated Haswell CPU roadmaps to production partners, say sources
Intel reportedly has provided its production partners with updated roadmaps of its 22nm Haswell CPUs, which will be available in June, according to sources from the upstream supply...
Friday 18 January 2013
Taiwan market: Fujitsu to launch new ultrabook LifeBook
Fujitsu on January 17 unveiled the LifeBook CH702, a 13.3-inch Windows 8 ultrabook "specifically designed for females", for launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail...
Thursday 17 January 2013
Google happy to see Acer, Asustek launch inexpensive tablets to hike Android penetration, say Taiwan makers
As Acer and Asustek Computer will soon launch 7-inch tablets for sale at about US$149, Google, although having cooperated with Asustek to develop the Nexus 7, is not worried about...
Thursday 17 January 2013
VIA forms IC joint venture with Shanghai Alliance Investment
VIA Technologies has announced that it has set up an IC design house jointly with Shanghai Alliance Investment Company targeting the growing chip market in China.
Thursday 17 January 2013
MStar Semiconductor and Flingo Samba TV platform team up to provide smart TV solution
Smart TV app publisher Flingo has announced that Samba, its new interactive TV platform, will be integrated into MStar Semiconductor Smart TV solution to synchronize TV, tablet, phone...
Thursday 17 January 2013
Acer discontinues eMachines brand
Acer has confirmed that it has discontinued the operations of its eMachines brand, which it brought in after acquiring Gateway.
Thursday 17 January 2013
Taiwan market: NCC plans to release two more digital terrestrial TV broadcast licenses
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) plans to release two additional digital terrestrial TV broadcast licenses based on DVB-T2 (digital video broadcasting-terrestrial...
Thursday 17 January 2013
Taiwan market: E-Life Mall to expand operations in 2013
E-Life Mall, an electronics retail chain in Taiwan, will expand its retail network from 320 stores currently to 360 by the end of 2013, with its employees increasing from 1,640 to...
Thursday 17 January 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to see decreased 1Q13 notebook shipments
Taiwan-based ODMs will ship 38.743 million notebooks in first-quarter 2013, decreasing 11.3% sequentially and 8.7% on year, with their global market share reaching 89.2%, according...
Thursday 17 January 2013
Intel targets low-end smartphone market with new Atom processor platform, says IHS
Intel's introduction of a new Atom processor platform designed to target the fast-growing market for low-end smartphones in emerging economies represents a shrewd strategy that could...
Wednesday 16 January 2013
China-based panel makers seek help from Taiwan to develop AMOLED TV panels
China-based panel makers are currently lagging in AMOLED TV panel production and are looking to cooperate with Taiwan-based peers on development, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 16 January 2013
Lenovo reportedly to directly procure PCBs
Lenovo will reportedly directly procure PCBs for use in its PCs instead of procuring from its ODMs as is the current practice, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 16 January 2013
HP, Lenovo expected to see 1Q13 notebook shipments fall 20% sequentially
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Lenovo are expected to see their notebook shipments drop about 20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013, higher than an average 10% decline anticipated...
Wednesday 16 January 2013
TSMC with 20nm SoC most likely to secure chip orders from Apple, says Digitimes Research analyst
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to start making an integrated AP/GPU solution for Apple, using 20nm SoC process technology, according to Digitimes Research...