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Tuesday 8 May 2012
Samsung aims to take up 60% of India smartphone market in 2012
Having captured a 45% share of the smartphone market in India in the first quarter of 2012, Samsung Electronics has revealed recently that it aims to ship 11 million smartphones in...
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Inventec sees decreased April revenues
Taiwan-based ODM maker Inventec has reported revenues of NT$20.254 billion (US$687 million) for April, dipping 22.11% on month and 16.30% on year, while its January-April revenues...
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Simon Sze and his invention of floating-gate NVM
NAND flash memory is among the key components used in today's popular consumer technology products. The birth of NAND flash could be credited to two Bell Labs researchers who fabricated...
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Getac, Bin Chuan announce revenue performance in April
Taiwan-based notebook chassis and component makers Getac Technology and Bin Chuan Enterprise have announced their revenues for April with Getac saw drop and Bin Chuan achieved grow...
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Wistron, Compal focus on touchscreen technologies
Notebook ODMs Wistron and Compal Electronics are optimistic Windows 8 will bring a new trend for touchscreen control, and the companies have been working aggressively in the touchscreen...
Tuesday 8 May 2012
AMD readies Trinity APU in May and preparing more CPUs for later
AMD is set to launch its latest A series APUs codenamed Trinity in May and will initially only release models for notebooks with models for desktops to wait until August, while the...
Monday 7 May 2012
Taiwan April export value down
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$25.54 billion in April 2012, decreasing 3% on month and 6.4% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$24.86 billion rose...
Monday 7 May 2012
Advantech expanding into emerging markets outside China
Industrial PC player Advantech has been aggressively expanding into other potential markets outside of China and is currently putting more focus in emerging markets such as India,...
Monday 7 May 2012
ASRock tapping China market partly through Asustek channels
ASRock has set aside a budget of over NT$100 million (US$3.4 million) for setting up a retail network in the China market, and has obtained assistance from Asustek Computer which...
Monday 7 May 2012
Apple reportedly to release US$799 MacBook Air in 3Q12
Apple is reportedly considering responding to the upcoming second-generation ultrabooks by launching a US$799 MacBook Air in the third quarter of 2012, according to sources from the...
Monday 7 May 2012
OGS solutions to account for up to 10% of Wintek touch panel shipments in 2Q12
Shipments of OGS (one glass solution) touch panels will account for 8-10% of Wintek's total touch solution shipments in the second quarter of 2012 compared to 3% in the first quarter,...
Monday 7 May 2012
Foxconn may receive large-size TV orders from Vizio, say sources
Foxconn Electronics is likely to also land large-size OEM TV orders from Vizio in addition to existing clients including Sharp and Suning Appliance after it took up a 46.5% stake...
Monday 7 May 2012
China TV firms see increasing sales as domestic demand heats up
China TV firms have overtaken Japanese and Korean ones in China's market as Chinese consumers are increasingly purchasing LCD TVs.
Monday 7 May 2012
Taiwan projector market to show flat growth in 2012
Taiwan's projector market is expected to be flat in 2012 compared to 2011 due to uncertain order visibility, according to industry sources.
Monday 7 May 2012
TV panel prices continue to rise in 1H May, says DisplaySearch
Quotes for large-size LCD panels continued advancing in the first half of May due to a tight supply in the segment, according to DisplaySearch.