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Tuesday 3 April 2012
Digitimes Research: New iPad did not impact notebook shipments in March
The notebook industry, which was in a downturn, seems to be in recovery in March as hard drive shortage issues have already been resolved, while consumer demand is also rising. In...
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Samsung widens lead in US LCD TV shipments with record high market share in 4Q11, says IHS iSuppli
Samsung Electronics in the fourth quarter of 2011 solidified its leadership of the US LCD TV market, as its share of unit shipments reached a record high, according to IHS iSuppli.
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Quanta, Compal expected to achieve growth in 2H12 gross margin
Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics are both expected to see falling gross margins in the first quarter of 2012 with Quanta's problems due to its weak shipments for non-notebook...
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Intel to push StudyBook tablet PC for emerging markets
Intel is set to push a tablet PC product codenamed StudyBook to target emerging markets and will adopt the same sales model as its Classmate PC, according to sources from PC players...
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Government of Chongqing, China reportedly to accelerate subsidy to notebook players
After the sudden replacement of Chongqing's committee secretary in China, the government of Chongqing reportedly will accelerate the subsidy it promised to notebook players as a pacification...
Monday 2 April 2012
Samsung expects to see 30% on-year growth in 2012 notebook shipments
Samsung Electronics has internally set a goal of achieving 30% on-year growth in its notebook shipments in 2012 with 30% of the total volume being ultrabooks and the ultrabook proportion...
Monday 2 April 2012
Win Semi, VPEC to benefit from new iPad
A teardown analysis performed by Chipworks has revealed that Avago supplies three power amplifiers – one WCDMA PA and two 4G LTE ones – for Apple's new iPad. Avago's main...
Monday 2 April 2012
Compal posts 2011 net EPS of NT$2.53
Notebook ODM Compal Electronics generated net EPS of NT$2.53 for 2011, according to the company's 2011 financial report.
Friday 30 March 2012
Soft-World to deal out 2011 dividend of NT$2.50
Soft-World International, the largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, has decided to distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$2.50 (US$0.084) for 2011, according to...
Friday 30 March 2012
Acer suffers net loss per share of NT$2.52 in 2011
Acer on March 29 released its 2011 financial results, recording a net loss per share of NT$2.52 (US$0.085).
Friday 30 March 2012
Sony battles to take top spot in connected TV market
Sony is increasing the proportion of connected TVs in its LCD TV shipments, with aims to take a 60% share of the segment worldwide in 2012, according to the company. The vendor will...
Friday 30 March 2012
China market: Top-4 local vendors to keep entry-level smartphone prices around CNY1,000 in 2012
The top-4 China-based branded handset vendors - Huawei Device, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad - will continue to develop the CYN1,000 (US$159) smartphone segment in China in 2012 and will...
Friday 30 March 2012
Game First lands exclusive sales agent rights for Diablo III from Blizzard Entertainment
Game First International, a subsidiary of Taiwan's largest online game developer/operator Soft-World International, on March 29 announced that it has obtained exclusive agent rights...
Friday 30 March 2012
TV vendors mixed about China LCD panel tariff hike
China's finance ministry has confirmed that from April 1, 2012, tariffs on imported LCD TV panels without backlight units (BLUs) that are 32 inches and larger will be increased to...
Friday 30 March 2012
TSMC to fab Dialog chips used in Apple devices, says report
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which reportedly has cut into the supply chain for the existing iPhones and iPads through providing foundry services for Broadcom,...