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Friday 10 August 2012
Foxconn sees increased July revenues
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on August 10 reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$248.695 billion (US$8.29 billion) for July, increasing 5.01% on month and 8.39%...
Friday 10 August 2012
Quanta July notebook shipments down 16.7% sequentially
Quanta Computer shipped 4.5 million notebooks in July, dropping 16.7% on month, according to the company.
Friday 10 August 2012
Asustek, Pegatron see sequential drops in July revenues
Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$30.207 billion (US$1.01 billion) for July 2012, declining 16.14% on month and 5.18% on year. For the January-July period, revenues amounted...
Friday 10 August 2012
Taiwan market: Samsung launches Smart Camera EX2F
Samsung Electronics on August 9 unveiled the Smart Camera EX2F, a bridge camera, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$16,990 (US$566), according...
Friday 10 August 2012
Microsoft working to minimize Surface impact, says Acer chairman
After publicly urging Microsoft to reconsider its move to launch own-brand tablet PCs recently, Acer chairman JT Wang on August 9, commented that Microsoft is pushing Surface to help...
Friday 10 August 2012
Compal notebook shipments unlikely to suffer setback in 2012, says chairman
Compal Electronics is unlikely to suffer a setback in notebook shipments in 2012 although it is facing mounting pressure in the second half of the year due to conservative attitudes...
Friday 10 August 2012
TSMC 40nm supply tightens on growing demand from MediaTek
Demand for MediaTek's smartphone chips, which are mainly supplied to China-based clients, has been growing causing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 40nm foundry...
Friday 10 August 2012
China TV vendors expect sales to increase in October
China-based TV vendors do not expect to see LCD TV sales increase substantially until the October 1 holidays due to lack of promotion by energy saving subsidies since they were issued...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Intel to try out wireless charging technology in ultrabooks and smartphones in 2H13
Intel may adopt its self-developed wireless charging technology into Intel-based ultrabooks and smartphones in the second half of 2013, according to sources from the upstream supply...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Taiwan notebooks – 2Q 2012
Taiwan notebook shipments increased 5.6% sequentially but decreased 1.1% on year to reach 44.77 million units in the second quarter of 2012.
Thursday 9 August 2012
Surface is a must for Microsoft, say chip makers
Commenting on recent complaints from PC brand vendors and ODMs about Microsoft's moves over its Surface tablet PC, sources from first-tier chip makers pointed out that the release...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Wistron, Inventec suffer on-month revenue drop in July
Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$48.84 billion (US$1.63 billion), down 16.32% on month and 5.28% on year, with combined consolidated revenues for the first seven months...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Lite-On Technology reports July revenues down 3.3% on-month
Warren Chen, CEO of the Lite-On Group and Lite-On Technology, has said market conditions in the third quarter may be worse than expected. Chen believes the group's third-quarter 2012...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Sampo sees 51.2% increase in TV sales due to government subsidies
In Taiwan, Sampo has reported a 51.2% increase in domestic TV sales during July compared with the same period in 2011 due to energy saving subsidies issued by the Taiwan government...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Notebook ODMs shipments may stay weak in August
Taiwan notebook ODMs may see their shipments in August stay flat on month and will not have a chance to recover until September, according to sources from notebook makers.