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Tuesday 24 April 2012
Compal Communications to see strong smartphone shipments to Nokia in 2Q12
Taiwan-based Compal Communications is likely to see its smartphone shipments in second-quarter 2012 increase sequentially by 30-40% to 2.5-3.0 million units mainly due to ODM production...
Tuesday 24 April 2012
HTC plans to develop customized processors
In order to have significant product differentiation, HTC plans to cooperate with Qualcomm, Nvidia and ST-Ericsson to develop and produce customized processors with specific functions...
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Taiwan March manufacturing production index up on month, down on year
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2006 as base year) of 138.69 for March 2012, increasing by 12.77% on month but decreasing by 3.77% on year, according to statistics...
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Taiwan March unemployment rate slightly down sequentially
Taiwan had 470,000 jobless citizens in March 2012, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 4.17% which fell by 0.08 percentage points on month and by 0.31 percentage points on year,...
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Strong short-term orders may appear for component makers in 2Q12 or 3Q12
Due to their order visibility greatly shrinking from half a year originally to about 2-3 months after Japan's earthquake in March 2011, upstream component makers believe if demand...
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Notebook players ready to host investor meetings
Notebook players including Inventec, Acer, Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Asustek Computer are all set to host their investor meeting before the end of April.
Tuesday 24 April 2012
HP, Dell and Asustek said to plan launch of 15-inch ultrabooks without an ODD
As Apple reportedly may remove the design of the internal optical disc drive (ODD) for its new MacBook Pro and make it an optional pick, sources from supply chain pointed out that...
Monday 23 April 2012
Japan vendors question Korea LED TV over power consumption
Japanese LED TV firms are questioning whether Korean brand high-end direct-type LED TVs such as the ones made by LG Electronics are as energy efficient as Japanese made edge-lit LED...
Monday 23 April 2012
3D TV growth momentum to slip in 2012, say sources
Although the global market for 3D TVs is expected to continue to expand in 2012, the growth momentum will slow down in the year as most top-tier brand vendors are shifting more focus...
Monday 23 April 2012
Samsung steps up outsourcing of TV production to Taiwan makers, say sources
In light of slow growth and increasing cost competition in the global TV market, Samsung Electronics has begun outsourcing part of front-end TV production to Taiwan-based makers,...
Monday 23 April 2012
Taiwan attracts January-March foreign direct investment of over US$1 billion
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 540 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$1.056 billion in January-March 2012, respectively...
Friday 20 April 2012
Taiwan March export order value up sequentially
Taiwan received export orders worth US$38.37 billion in total in March 2012, increasing 13.01% on month but decreasing 1.58% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs...
Friday 20 April 2012
LCD TVs may be included in Taiwan energy-saving subsidies program
Taiwan's government will be offering another set of subsidies valued at NT$670 million (US$ 22.7 million) for purchases of energy-saving home appliances, such as air conditioners,...
Friday 20 April 2012
Global notebook shipments to reach 55 million units in 2Q12, says Digitimes Research
A total of 55 million notebooks will be shipped globally during the second quarter of 2012, increasing 17.6% on quarter and 9.5% on year, according to a forecast by Digitimes Resea...
Friday 20 April 2012
Commentary: Nokia could make mistake again in feature phone segment
Nokia has announced weaker than expected results for the first quarter of 2012, citing "greater than expected competitive challenges," as CEO Stephen Elop has indicated...