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Friday 25 December 2009
China market: 3G users top 10 million at end of 2009, says MIIT
After the government issued the first three 3G mobile communication licenses in early 2009, the total number of 3G subscribers in China has been rapidly increasing and is expected...
Thursday 24 December 2009
Taiwan market: Netbook sales through 3G carriers to drop 20% sequentially in 4Q09
Netbook sales through bundling with 3G services in Taiwan are expected to drop more than 20% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2009 due to the rapid drop in netbook retail prices,...
Thursday 24 December 2009
Netbook shipments grow 103% on year in 2009; revenues up 72%, says DisplaySearch
Notebook revenues are expected to reach US$109 billion in 2009, down almost 7% on year, according to DisplaySearch. A dramatic increase in the size of the mini-note (netbook) market...
Wednesday 23 December 2009
Kingston to see more than US$1 billion in Asia revenues in 2009
Kingston Technology will see revenues reach US$1.1 billion in Asia in 2009, up over 20% from US$900 million in 2008, according to Scott Chen, company vice president for APAC business...
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Samsung expected to stay as eighth-largest global notebook brand in 2010
Samsung Electronics, the eighth largest global notebook brand since the second quarter of 2009 is expected to expand its shipment gap with the ninth largest brand Sony in 2010 and...
Tuesday 22 December 2009
PC market returns to growth with double-digit gains through 2013, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments returned to positive growth in the third quarter of 2009 buoyed by strong back-to-school demand with an increase of 2.3% after three consecutive quarters of...
Monday 21 December 2009
Memory segment to fall by less than overall chip revenues in 2009, says Gartner
Worldwide chip revenues are set to post a 11.4% decline in 2009, following 2008 when the revenues dropped 5.4%, according to Gartner. The research firm commented that 2009 will mark...
Friday 18 December 2009
Japan chip gear book-to-bill slips to 1.18 in November 2009
Japan-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.18 in November 2009 compared to the prior month's level of 1.28, according to Semiconductor Equipment...
Thursday 17 December 2009
Worldwide mobile device sales on pace for flat growth in 2009, says Gartner
Stronger-than-expected sales in Western Europe and an acceleration in the gray market in the third quarter of 2009 will drive worldwide mobile device sales to end users to 1.214 billion...
Thursday 17 December 2009
CPT to supply Sony VAIO P netbook panels at the end of 2009
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will start supplying special-specification high-resolution 8-inch widescreen LCD panels for Sony's VAIO P netbook at the end of 2009, with monthly shipments...
Thursday 17 December 2009
Notebook players secure LED supply to prevent possible shortage in 1H10
Some notebook makers have recently worked aggressively to secure LED supply to prevent possible shortages in the first half of 2010 amid high demand from both LCD TV and notebook...
Thursday 17 December 2009
China market: 3G network investments total over 102 billion yuan in January-October 2009
China Mobile Communications, China Telecom and China United Telecommunications (China Unicom) invested a total of 102.3 billion yuan (US$14.97 billion) in establishing their 3G infrastructure...
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Global LED market reach US$7.4 billion in 2009, says iSuppli
The 2009 holiday season has turned into the coming-out party for the use of LEDs for general illumination, paving the way for double-digit sales growth in 2009 and a near doubling...
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Arima Communications sets 2010 handset shipment target at 14-16 million units
Arima Communications aims to ship 14-16 million handsets in 2010, up 16-33% from 12 million units for 2009, thanks to orders from LG Electronics and Sony Ericsson, sources at handset...
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Taiwan market: LCD TV demand to reach 1.15 million units in 2010, says Chimei VP
The Taiwan LCD TV market is expected to grow 16% to 1.05 million units in 2009 and to 1.15 million units in 2010, according to Chimei vice president of brand development division...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research