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Tuesday 15 May 2012
Wistron, TPV deny rumored sales of LCD TV production business
In response to a market rumor that Taiwan-based ODM maker Wistron will sell its business to produce LCD TVs to China-based LCD display device maker TPV Technology, both Wistron and...
Monday 14 May 2012
Taiwan makers to build specialized plants for Apple
Taiwanese manufacturers are planning to construct plants in China dedicated to solely producing parts and components for Apple products as the company's sales in smart phones and...
Monday 14 May 2012
Shipments of new MacBooks to surge starting June
As Apple reportedly will announce its new MacBook series notebooks in June, the company's upstream suppliers will start raising their shipments to Apple significantly in the month...
Monday 14 May 2012
Taiwan notebooks – 1Q 2012
Taiwan notebook shipments decreased 5.7% sequentially but increased 2.5% on year to reach 42.06 million units in the first quarter of 2012.
Monday 14 May 2012
HP unveils ultra-like models in Shanghai
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has unveiled a series of ultrabooks priced at US$999.99 onwards as well as a number of ultra-like models priced from US$600-700 in Shanghai.
Monday 14 May 2012
Notebook vendors shifting panel orders from Samsung to CMI
More brand notebook vendors are shifting their orders for notebook panels from Samsung Electronics to Chimei Innolux (CMI) given that Samsung's efforts to promote its own-brand notebooks...
Monday 14 May 2012
Taiwan market: CHT, TWM, FET set 2012 sales goals for tablet PCs, says report
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, have set targets for contract-bundled sales...
Friday 11 May 2012
Delta April revenues reach over NT$14 billion
Taiwan-based power supply firm Delta Electronics has reported consolidated April revenues of NT$14.707 (US$500 million), a 3% increase on year compared to NT$14.257 billion in April...
Friday 11 May 2012
Asustek unveils US$799 ultrabook
Asustek Computer on May 10 unveiled UX32VD, its second-generation ultrabook equipped with Ivy Bridge Core i5-3317U processor, Nvidia GeForce GT620M graphics card and hybrid storage...
Friday 11 May 2012
Acer sees 20% drop in April revenues
Acer has announced revenues of NT$25.27 billion (US$860.25 million) for April, down 20.42% on month and 11% on year. Combined revenues from January to April reached NT$121.76 billion,...
Friday 11 May 2012
Toshiba to have Quanta starting ODM production of notebooks in Chongqing in 2H12
Toshiba will have its ODM partner Quanta Computer begin notebook production at Quanta's factory in Chongqing, western China, in the second half of 2012, according to sources from...
Friday 11 May 2012
LCD TV shipments to grow 7% in 2012, says DisplaySearch
For the second year in a row, worldwide TV shipments are expected to remain flat: 2012 shipments to developed markets, especially Western Europe and Japan, are expected to be down...
Friday 11 May 2012
Pegatron expects gross margin to rise quarter by quarter in 2012
Pegatron recorded gross margins of 4.73% in the first quarter of 2012 and expects margins to increase quarter by quarter through the year, company CEO Jason Cheng said at a May 10...
Friday 11 May 2012
AUO lands notebook touch panel orders from Acer, Lenovo and Asustek
AU Optronics (AUO) has recently landed OGS (one glass solution) touch panel orders for notebooks from Acer and Lenovo, in addition to Asustek Computer, which will purchase over 50%...
Thursday 10 May 2012
Turkey-based Vestel to compete with Taiwan makers for OEM TV orders
Turkey-based OEM TV maker Vestel is emerging as a strong contender to compete with Taiwan-based OEMs for orders to be released by Japan's brand TV vendors including Sharp and Toshiba,...