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Wednesday 18 July 2012
NAND flash makers worried about possible delay of new iPhone
Recent speculation that the launch of Apple's next-generation iPhone could be delayed is drawing concerns from NAND flash chipmakers over the strength of demand in the second half...
Wednesday 18 July 2012
Taiwan market: Canon launches digital movie camera Cinema EOS C300
Canon has unveiled Cinema EOS C300, its first model of interchangeable-lens digital cinema camera series, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of...
Wednesday 18 July 2012
Quanta lands HP 2013 orders for 18 million notebooks, says newspaper
Taiwan-based Quanta Computer has obtained ODM orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP) for 18 million notebooks to be shipped in 2013, according to Chinese-language newspaper Economic...
Wednesday 18 July 2012
CSR to sell mobile technology to Samsung for US$310 million
CSR announced on July 17 that it has entered into a conditional binding agreement with Samsung Electronics for the transfer of CSR's development operations in handset connectivity...
Wednesday 18 July 2012
Micron enters mass production of 45nm phase change memory
Micron Technology has announced high volume availability of its 45nm phase change memory (PCM) for mobile devices featuring 1-gigabit (Gb) PCM plus 512-megabit (Mb) LPDDR2 in a multichip...
Wednesday 18 July 2012
BenQ TV looks to expand in the Middle East
BenQ plans to start tackling markets in the Middle East with hopes that it will have combined shipments of 100,000-120,000 units by the end of the year.
Wednesday 18 July 2012
BenQ to release new smart and LED TV models
BenQ is planning to release a new 42-inch direct-type LED TV and a 55-inch smart TV in order to meet growing trends among smart products in Taiwan, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 17 July 2012
Taiwan market: Sony holds top LCD TV sales spot
Sony has claimed the number one TV sales spot in Taiwan this year through May with a 20% market share while Samsung Electronics has come in at second place with a 16.8% share.
Tuesday 17 July 2012
Digitimes Research: 2Q12 global shipments of e-book readers up 5.5% sequentially
An estimated 1.53 million e-book readers were shipped globally during the second quarter of 2012, rising 5.5% on quarter but dropping 63.1% on year, according to Digitimes Research...
Tuesday 17 July 2012
Notebook brand vendors delay orders from July to late August
Notebook brand vendors, seeing uncertainties in the US and Europe, have decided to postpone some of their July orders to late August in order to gain more time and flexibility to observe...
Tuesday 17 July 2012
Netronix expected to ship one million e-book readers in 2012
Netronix, a Taiwan-based ODM maker of e-book readers, has established partnership with a large operator of e-book platform and vendor of e-book readers for ODM production of e-book...
Tuesday 17 July 2012
Chassis makers Ju Teng and Catchers expected to benefit from 7-inch tablet PCs
Ju Teng and Catcher Technology are expected to see strong performances in the second half of the year since Ju Teng is reportedly the chassis supplier of Google's Nexus 7 and strong...
Tuesday 17 July 2012
Government energy subsidies prove effective for TV sales in Taiwan
The TV industry in Taiwan is expected to face a major slowdown from August until the end of the year due to recent energy-efficient subsidies that include funding for LCD TVs ending...
Tuesday 17 July 2012
Tablet price battle apparent in US market
Tablet prices are dropping in the US with Samsung's 7-inch Galaxy Tab now priced at US$219 from US$399 in various stores such as Wal-Mart and Best Buy along with white-brand tablets...
Monday 16 July 2012
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to enjoy 5% growth in 2Q12
Global notebook shipments, facing overstocked inventory in March and a weakening worldwide economy starting in May, only achieved sequential growth of 5% in the second quarter, while...