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Thursday 17 May 2012
Taiwan market: Projector shipments down 4% sequentially 1Q12
There were 25,730 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2012, decreasing 4% on quarter but increasing 19% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.
Thursday 17 May 2012
Asia Optical reorganizing joint venture
Asia Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens modules and digital cameras, is readjusting the organization of AOF Imaging Technology, its joint venture with Singapore-based Flextronics...
Thursday 17 May 2012
TCL sees LCD TV sales up 78.9% in April
TCL Multimedia recently announced the group's monthly sales volume of LCD TV in April 2012 amounted to over 1.41 million sets, up by 78.9% year-on-year, of which the sales volume...
Thursday 17 May 2012
Realtek, MediaTek compete over Wi-Fi chip orders from China white-box tablet PC makers
IC design house Realtek has successfully become the main provider of Wi-Fi chips for white-box tablet PCs in China with monthly shipments close to two million units. Lately, MediaTek...
Thursday 17 May 2012
Shortage of high-end camera lenses may continue throughout 2Q12
Because polished wafers and camera lens production volumes are unable to meet the rising demand for digital still camera (DSC) models with high optical zoom, a shortage of lenses...
Thursday 17 May 2012
Asustek, Acer to participate at CCISF in China
The fifteenth China Chongqing International Investments and Global Sourcing Fair will start on May 17 in Chongqing, China with several international as well as local IT and automobile...
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Second phase of energy-saving consumer electronics subsidies to begin at May 17, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced a second phase of subsidies for consumer electronics, with a total budget of NT$700 million (US$23.7 million), that will...
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Apple iOS to maintain tablet dominance in 2012, says IHS
After suffering a temporary dip in market share in the fourth quarter of 2011, Apple's iOS is expected to reassert its leadership of the worldwide tablet space in 2012, according...
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Chongqing government offers financial incentives to boost notebook shipments
The local government of Chongqing, western China, has offered financial prizes of CNY150 million (US$23.8 million) in total to encourage notebook shipments, with a recipient required...
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Glass fiber reinforced plastic chassis fueling ultrabook wave; comparable to metal chassis with high price-performance ratio
After Intel stepped forward to lead the development of the new-generation notebooks, the light-weight, slim, and high-performance ultrabooks hit the market shelves in just a few months...
Wednesday 16 May 2012
DRAM market woes are over in 2012, says IHS
The market for DRAM is expected to partially reverse the drastic losses it incurred in 2011 and achieve revenue growth in 2012, as the result of balanced supply and demand following...
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Foxconn sees over 35% on-year growth in 1Q12 revenues; gross margin down to 6.64%
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1 trillion (US$33.9 billion) for the first quarter of 2012, up 37.3% on year from NT$729.26...
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Taiwan market: HP unveils five new ultrabooks
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has unveiled five new ultrabooks under its Envy 4 and Envy 6 series in Taiwan with a chassis design that combines a metal-based bezel with a plastic-based bottom;...
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Apple reportedly books up half of mobile DRAM capacity at Elpida Hiroshima plant
Apple has recently placed huge orders for mobile DRAM memory with Elpida Memory's 12-inch plant in Hiroshima (Japan), securing about 50% of the total chips produced at the facility,...
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Power, labor shortage in China may affect notebook shipments in 2H12
As the labor shortage in Eastern China (coastal area) is turning worse and the summer season when powers shortages are common is approaching, notebook component supply in the second...