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Thursday 12 April 2012
Virtual screen will be ubiquitous in 2015, says Asustek Chairman
Chairman of Asustek Computer Jonney Shih, commenting on the PC industry's future, pointed out that as the PC industry is heading toward a cloud computing generation, virtual screens...
Thursday 12 April 2012
Intel expected to bring forward the launch of Ivy Bridge
Intel, which originally planned to announce its new Ivy Bridge processors on April 29, is expected to bring forward the announcement to April 23 with Asustek computer, Acer, Lenovo...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Acer sees decreased March revenues
Acer on April 10 reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$31.75 billion (US$1.07 billion) for March, dropping 15.4% on month and 22.08% on year. January-March non-consolidated revenues...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Young Optics enjoys rising March revenues
Projector maker Young Optics has announced March consolidated revenues of NT$514 million (US$17 million), representing an on-month increase of 10.85% but an on-year decrease of 14.52%...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
China market: Channel operators strengthening smartphone lineups, say sources
China-based retail channel operators including Gome Electrical Appliances, Suning Appliance and Dixintong all have strengthened their deployments in the smartphone segment due to...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
FLA probe into Apple supplier a 'moment of reckoning' for electronics, says IHS
For the footwear and apparel industry, the moment of reckoning came in the 1990s, when companies including Nike faced damaging revelations over their use of sweatshop manufacturing...
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Foxconn March revenues increase
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on April 10 reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$278.728 billion (US$9.43 billion) for March, increasing 17.83% on month and 29.70%...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Asustek sees increased March revenues
Asustek Computer has reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$29.794 billion (US$1.01 billion) for March, growing 7.96% on month and 22.87% on year. January-March non-consolidated...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Taiwan market: Channel operator Cyber 3C+ begins trial operations
Cyber 3C+, a new chain store for the sale of IT products established by retail channel operator Cybermart of the Foxconn Group in Taiwan, has begun trial operation of its first shopping...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Notebook ODMs to see gross margins improve in 2Q12 on increasing shipments of ultrabooks
Gross margins of Taiwan-base notebook ODMs are expected to rebound in the second quarter of 2012 along with the launch of new ultrabook models by branded vendors including Hewlett-Packard...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Foxconn making smartphones for Xiaomi
Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) has begun ODM production of second-generation smartphones for China-based vendor Xiaomi, according to China-based website iMobile. FIH has become...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Winbond, Macronix post mixed March results
Non-DRAM specialist Winbond Electronics saw its March revenues increase 14.6% sequentially, while revenues at fellow company Macronix International declined 11.8% on month.
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Notebook ODMs enjoy on-month growth in March revenues
Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron have announced their revenues for March, with each of the firms enjoying shipment growth on month.
Monday 9 April 2012
Taiwan March export value up on month
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$26.34 billion in March 2012, increasing 12.6% on month but decreasing 3.2% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$23.99...
Monday 9 April 2012
New ultrabooks and MacBook Pro expected to help slim 15-inch notebooks
As Apple will launch its updated MacBook Pro, while notebook brand vendors are aggressively pushing 15-inch ultrabooks, market watchers believe the competition will help reduce the...