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Monday 16 July 2012
Digitimes Research: 2Q12 shipments of tablet PCs increase
A total of 20.07 million tablet PCs were shipped globally by ODM/OEM makers to international vendors in second-quarter 2012, rising 3.3% on quarter, according to Digitimes Research...
Monday 16 July 2012
MIPS focused on growing Android market, partnerships in Asia
With Google adding MIPS into its Android NDK, application developers are now able to bring their natively-developed Android applications to MIPS-based products, according to Mark Pittman,...
Monday 16 July 2012
Asustek tablet PC shipments to surpass 2.5 million units in 3Q12
Asustek Computer is expected to see its tablet PC shipments reach a total of 2.5 million units with the addition of shipments of Google's Nexus 7, according to market watchers.
Monday 16 July 2012
TV price battle in China continues
Flat-screen TV prices have dropped in China due to price wars between vendors, while the country's flat-screen TV exports from January-May saw their average selling price (ASP) decline...
Monday 16 July 2012
MediaTek, Spreadtrum reportedly to land large orders for feature phones
Despite a slowdown in demand for feature phones, MediaTek and Spreadtrum Communications are expected to land large-volume solution orders for feature phones from international brands...
Monday 16 July 2012
NOR flash makers find new growth areas to compensate for slowing sales in cellphones, says IHS
NOR flash memory sales growth may be tapering off in mobile handsets and smartphones, but lucrative embedded applications in the tablet, automotive and industrial markets are picking...
Monday 16 July 2012
Lenovo increasing in-house production a warning for Taiwan-based supply chain makers
Lenovo will set up production lines in Japan and Brazil and is establishing lines at LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology, a joint venture making notebook and all-in-one PCs in northern...
Friday 13 July 2012
ITRI, Taiwan battery firms jointly showcase STOBA lithium batteries in Japan
To support Taiwan-based battery firms entering international markets, the Taiwan-based Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has set up a Self Terminated Olygomers with hyper-branched...
Friday 13 July 2012
Vizio retakes lead in US LCD TV market; Samsung maintains overall TV dominance
One year after falling to second place, Vizio in the first quarter reclaimed leadership in the US LCD TV market as consumers flocked to buy its affordable sets, according to the IHS...
Friday 13 July 2012
HP to reduce notebook ODM orders to Foxconn in 2013
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is in the request for quotation (RFQ) process for placing ODM orders for notebooks to be shipped in 2013, and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry)...
Friday 13 July 2012
The future of the industry: By consumers, for consumers
Twenty years ago, technological innovations were driven by demand from large companies, governments and the military. Today, the world is led by consumerism, and meeting consumers'...
Friday 13 July 2012
Teco expects to bump up revenues with air conditioner sales in July
Teco expects revenues to increase in the third quarter of 2012 due to growing demand for air conditioners and increased order visibility.
Friday 13 July 2012
Asustek expected to see sequential growth of 10-20% in 3Q12 notebook shipments
Asustek Computer is expected to see notebook shipments in the third quarter of 2012 increase 10-20% on quarter. Motherboard shipments will grow about 10%, according to market watch...
Friday 13 July 2012
Acer growth in 2012 shipments expected to drop from forecast 10% to 0-5%, say Taiwan makers
Acer will see its total PC shipments in 2012 increase 0-5% from 2011, lower than the target of 10% set by the company in early 2012, according to market experts in Taiwan.
Thursday 12 July 2012
HP Taiwan merges departments and reassigns leadership
To lower costs, HP has merged two departments, Personal Systems Group (PSG) and Imaging and Printing Group (IPG), into one group called Printing and Personal Systems (PPS). Richard...