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Friday 10 November 2017
Acer 3Q17 net income hits 27-quarter high
Acer has announced its the financial results for the third quarter of 2017, with consolidated revenues rising 13% sequentially to reach NT$60.58 billion (US$2.01 billion), and net...
Friday 10 November 2017
Acer to own 51% of AOpen shares to expand digital signage business
Acer has announced that its participation in AOpen's private placement of shares has been approved by its board of directors. Acer said the move is a part of its strategy to expand...
Thursday 9 November 2017
China-based Zhaoxin Semiconductor expects CPU sales to double in 2017, 2018
Zhaoxin Semiconductor, a leading China maker of x86 processors, expects its annual CPU sales to double for two consecutive years in 2017-18 due to its successful penetration into...
Thursday 9 November 2017
iPhone X costs Apple US$370 in materials, says IHS Markit
Teardown engineers at IHS Markit have completed their preliminary physical dissection of the new Apple iPhone X and found that the model A1865 version of the smartphone with 64GB...
Thursday 9 November 2017
Oppo, Xiaomi to adopt 3D sensors for smartphones in 2018
China-based vendors Oppo and Xiaomi Technology will adopt 3D sensing solutions for smartphones to be launched in 2018, with such solutions to be developed by Himax Technologies via...
Thursday 9 November 2017
Spreadtrum chips adopted by Accent for smartphones sold in North Africa
Spreadtrum Communications, a China-based fabless chipmaker specializing in mobile SoCs, has announced its solutions have been selected by Accent, an IT brand based in Morocco, for...
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Synnex October revenues up on year
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$33.368 billion (US$1.10 billion) for October, slipping 11.03%...
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Chunghwa Telecom to join IoT investment fund
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has decided to invest an amount of not exceeding NT$600 million (US$19.88 million) in an IoT investment fund run by the Taiwan government-backed Taiwania Capital...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Advantech reports 14.12% on-year rise in October revenues
Advantech has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.621 billion (US$119.98 million) for October 2017, representing a 8.05% drop on month and 14.12% increase on year.
Tuesday 7 November 2017
HTC revenues decrease in October
HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$6.06 billion (US$201 million) for October, down 6.8% on month and 25.8% on year.
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Digitimes Research: China vendors to see 11% growth in smartphone shipments in 4Q17
Smartphone shipments, including exports, by China-based vendors are expected to reach 199.1 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, up 11.1% from the 179.2 million units shipped...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Cambricon aims to take 30% of China AI chip market in 3 years
China AI startup Cambricon Technologies aims to capture a 30% share of the China market for AI chips within three years, expecting more than one billion devices to adopt AI processors...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Asustek Zenbo to be available in China November 14
Asustek Computer, in a partnership with China-based Tencent, will start selling its companion robot Zenbo in China next week. The robot is expected to be also available in the US...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Top-5 smartphone vendors occupy over 75% of China market, says IDC
While the smartphone market in China declined 1% on year in shipment volume in third-quarter 2017, the share of the top-five smartphone vendors there grew from 65.2% in second-quarter...
Monday 6 November 2017
Apple likely to expand supply chain for Apple Watch
Apple has seen an over 50% sequential increase in Apple Watch Series 3 sales in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, and some market watchers expect that Apple is likely to add...