As consumers' disposable incomes dwindle, they are flocking to buy low-cost netbook PCs, driving global shipments up by 68.5% in 2009 and by a 2,424% in 2008, according to iSuppli.
Network equipment maker D-Link plans to shift its focus to the development of 3G related devices such as network data cards, and other products supporting EV-DO and WCDMA technologies,...
STATS ChipPAC has posted its second straight quarterly loss in the first quarter of 2009, joining fellow packaging and testing house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE). Its...
Shipments of mini-notebooks (netbooks) in Asia-Pacific will reach four million units in 2009, growing by a robust 82% over 2008, according to Gartner. Growth will stabilize at 20%...
Taiwan-based Inventec has landed several CULV-based ultra-thin notebooks orders from Acer including 13.3-inch models, which will start shipping in May-June this year, 15.6-inch models,...
Chimei, a brand operated by Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), shipped 42,000 LCD TVs to the Taiwan market in the first quarter of 2009, up 30% on year, according to Cheng Liang-Bin,...
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) remained the biggest LCD TV panel supplier to China vendors in the first quarter, with one third of its total TV panels shipped to the China market,...
FC Tseng, vice chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Tuesday said that the decline in the global semiconductor market this year is expected to narrow to 20%,...
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has announced that combined TFT-LCD net sales for the first quarter of 2009 amounted to NT$44.26 billion (US$1.31 billion), a 1.3% increase over the...
Global notebook shipments are expected to reach 200 million units in 2010, of which, netbooks will account for 25% or 50 million units, according to Acer chairman JT Wang.
Asustek Computer aims to remain the top LCD monitor vendor in Taiwan in 2009 and account for 22-25% of the local market, according to market sources. For the worldwide market, Asustek...
Taiwan-based industrial PC maker DFI saw 35% of revenues coming from casino gaming machines in 2008 and expects the product line to account for 38% of its 2009 revenues, followed...
Quanta Computer's notebook shipments should be able to grow 10% on year to reach 40 million units in 2009, assuming that the global notebook market also expands at an annual rate...
Taiwan's industrial production index (IPI) posted an on-year decrease of 26.03% in March 2009, with the manufacturing sector decreasing 26.78%, according to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign...
