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Monday 25 June 2012
Compal lowers sequential growth in 2Q12 notebook shipments, says report
Compal Electronics has downward adjusted its forecast on-quarter growth in notebook shipments for the second quarter of 2012 from 15% originally to 7.9-10%, the Chinese-language Commercial...
Monday 25 June 2012
Foxconn Group suffers book loss of over NT$6.4 billion from investment in Sharp
Four members of the Foxconn Group made a combined investment of JPY66.907 billion (US$30.9 million) in Japan-based Sharp for a 9.88% stake, but have suffered a total book loss of NT$6.405...
Monday 25 June 2012
Quanta Computer expected to ship 12-15 million tablet PCs in 2012
Quanta Computer is expected to ship 12-15 million tablet PCs to become the largest ODM maker of non-iPad tablet PCs in 2012, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Friday 22 June 2012
BIOS designers to compete for Windows smartphone market
In addition to BIOS solutions for Windows 8, Insyde Software, Phoenix Technologies and American Megatrends are also aggressively competing for the smartphone BIOS market as Microsoft...
Friday 22 June 2012
China TV brands to have 19% of global TV share by 2014
China TV brands are estimated to have a 19% share of the global TV market by 2014 due to increasing LCD TV orders in China.
Friday 22 June 2012
Microsoft to push Windows Phone 8 smartphone launch to 4Q12
Microsoft will push the launch of Windows Phone 8-based smartphones to the fourth quarter of 2012 with Nokia, HTC, Samsung Electronics and Huawei Device being in the first wave of...
Friday 22 June 2012
China TV orders exceed panel capacity
Taiwan-based panel makers such as AU Optronics (AUO) and Chimei Innolux (CMI) are seeing orders from China-based TV brands exceed their production capacity, according to industry s...
Friday 22 June 2012
Impact of iPad on notebook market decreasing, say Taiwan ODMs
While iPad is still selling globally, its negative impact on the global notebook market is declining mainly because tablet PCs, including Android models, focus on entertainment rather...
Thursday 21 June 2012
Digitimes Research: Microsoft tablet PC plan may benefit the industry
Microsoft's own-brand Surface tablet PCs have triggered market watchers to believe that the company will turn its business model from purely software licensing to hardware sales which...
Thursday 21 June 2012
VIA announces ARM-based digital signage system with Android support
VIA Technologies has announced the VIA ARM digital signage (DS) system.
Thursday 21 June 2012
Taiwan attracts January-May foreign direct investment of over US$2.1 billion
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 966 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$2.115 billion in January-May 2012, respectively...
Thursday 21 June 2012
Branded handset vendors cutting orders to component suppliers, say sources
A number of branded handset vendors, including Nokia, Motorola Mobility, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, RIM, HTC, Huawei Device and ZTE, have reduced...
Thursday 21 June 2012
Lenovo reportedly to launch dual-screen notebook similar to Asustek Taichi
As notebook vendors are gradually turning to push new notebook industrial designs hoping to attract consumers, Lenovo reportedly plans to develop a dual-screen notebook similar to...
Thursday 21 June 2012
Intel to host supply chain symposium focusing on ultrabooks
Intel plans to host what it call the Intel Ultrabook Ecosystem Symposium in two locations, one in Taiwan on July 31 and one in China on August 2, according to sources from notebook...
Thursday 21 June 2012
Taiwan May export order value up on month, down on year
Taiwan received export orders worth US$36.47 billion in total in May 2012, increasing 1.07% on month but decreasing 3.04% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry...