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Thursday 28 June 2012
Quanta to manufacture Toshiba notebooks at Chongqing plants from July
Toshiba, the sixth-largest notebook vendor worldwide, will have its notebooks from Quanta Computer shifted from Quanta's Songjiang plants to plants in Chongqing starting July, according...
Thursday 28 June 2012
SSD developers gearing up for ultrabook demand
Developers of solid-state drives (SSD) and related components including Lite-On IT, LSI (formerly SandForce), Marvell, Phison Electronics and SanDisk are all gearing up to fulfill...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Notebook ODMs expected to see strong shipment growth in June
With low comparison bases set in May, notebook makers are expected to see their shipments increase significantly on month in June with Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
MediaTek launches dual-core MT6577 smartphone platform
MediaTek has announced the availability of its MT6577, a dual-core platform developed specifically for sub-US$200 smartphones – which the firm recognizes as the fastest-growing...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Huawei adopts MediaTek dual-core chip for smartphones, says report
MediaTek's new MT6577, which uses a dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex A9 CPU, has been adopted by China-based Huawei for as many as four of its upcoming smartphone devices, according to a Chinese-language...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Digitimes Research: Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad to take 40% of China smartphone market in 2012
The development of China's smartphone market has drawn much attention, particularly in 2012, during which the local brands Huawei Device and ZTE will make it to the global top-10 smartphone...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Ultrabook vendors may have difficulty lowering price to US$799
Though Intel has been actively promoting second-generation ultrabooks, it is still difficult for vendors to launch such models at prices below US$799 as targeted by Intel in third-quarter...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Digitimes Research: Merger with MStar to boost MediaTek presence in digital TV segment
MediaTek's planned merger with MStar Semiconductor will help MediaTek expand its presence in the digital TV-chip market, as well as enhancing its capability in the ever increasing...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Strong ultra-like notebook demand creating shortages of slim panels and metal chassis
Seeing ultrabooks suffer from weak sales, notebook brand vendors have turned to push ultra-like notebooks, causing slim panel and metal chassis to both see shortages, according to...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Microsoft Surface blurs boundary between tablet and ultrabook
Microsoft's announcement of Wintel-based Surface tablet PCs have blurred the boundary between tablets and ultrabooks as Microsoft's tablet PC adopts an Ivy Bridge processor that is...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
ECS passes 2011 finance report with growth of more than 7%
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) hosted a shareholder meeting on June 25, passing its finance report for 2011 with consolidated revenues reaching NT$72.7 billion (US$2.43 billion),...
Monday 25 June 2012
MSI to launch a slide ultrabook in 4Q12 with a price of US$799
Micro-Star International (MSI) is set to launch an 11.6-inch slide ultrabook, Ultrabook Slider S20, combining ultrabook and tablet PC functions together with a weight of about 1.3kg...
Monday 25 June 2012
China rolls out over 440 million handsets in January-May
There were 440.47 million handsets produced in China during January-May 2012, growing by 5.2% on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Monday 25 June 2012
China and Taiwan TV panel competition increasing as new panel sizes are produced
LCD TV competition will be heating up this summer as China-based panel manufacturers such as China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) will be producing new TV panel sizes in order...
Monday 25 June 2012
Vizio and BenQ to release new LCD TV models despite dropping TV prices
Vizio and BenQ will put out new large-sized TV models that have more value-added features such as 3D and Internet connectivity along with new direct-type LED models in July despite...