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Friday 18 September 2009
Netbooks salvage PC volumes, but take a toll on shipment value, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments fell 2.4% on year in the second quarter of 2009, while shipment value was down 19.1% over the same period, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.
Wednesday 16 September 2009
Taiwan PC makers to benefit from new HP products
Hewlett-Packard (HP), at the Nothing But HP for Me event in Singapore on September 15, unveiled more than 20 new PCs ranging from netbooks, ultra-thin and traditional notebooks, and...
Wednesday 16 September 2009
Intel sets shipment goal for new desktop CPUs
Intel has internally set a shipment goal of one million Lynnfield (Core i5 and i7) CPUs for desktops by the end of 2009, according to industry sources.
Friday 11 September 2009
SiS announces SiS672 chipset adopted for Lenovo nettop
Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has announced the SiS672/968/307DV chipset supporting Intel's Atom 230 CPU has being adopted by Lenovo to develop its IdeaCentre Q100 nettop.
Monday 31 August 2009
Wistron expects business diversification to take effect in 2010
Wistron's business diversification strategy will start affecting the revenues proportion of the company's business lines in 2010, according to company chairman Simon Lin.
Monday 31 August 2009
Taiwan market: New Intel desktop platform to be announced on September 8
Intel's upcoming Core i5-750, Core i7-860 and Core i7-870 CPUs as well as P55 chipsets are expected to be announced on September 8, 2009, according to sources at motherboard makers...
Thursday 20 August 2009
Overall PC market in Canada sluggish in 2Q09, says IDC
The overall client PC market (including desktop and portable PCs, but excluding x86 servers) in Canada performed very close to forecast, with shipments in the second quarter down...
Thursday 20 August 2009
Acer launches nettop for US professional market
Acer America has announced the new Veriton N260G-U2802CP, an ultra-compact nettop for the US professional market. It will be available via Acer's authorized resellers with prices...
Thursday 13 August 2009
AMD announces new desktop quad-core Black Edition processor
AMD has announced a quad-core processor for desktops, the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition.
Thursday 13 August 2009
Motherboard makers pessimistic about desktop PC market future
Motherboard makers believe the desktop PC market is unlikely to see any dramatic comeback in the future despite Intel's recently held summit in China to discuss strategies to improve...
Monday 10 August 2009
Western Europe PC market sees 3% decline in 2Q09, says Gartner
PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 13.3 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 3.3% decline from the same period in 2008, according to Gartner.
Tuesday 4 August 2009
Nvidia Tesla GPU selected for workstation from HP
Nvidia has announced that Hewlett-Packard (HP) is adopting up to two Tesla GPUs in its Z800 workstation for the high-performance computing market.
Wednesday 29 July 2009
Pegatron starts ODM notebook shipments to Toshiba
Pegatron Technology reportedly began ODM production on a notebook for Toshiba starting in June of 2009, at a volume of about 50,000 units, according to industry sources.
Friday 17 July 2009
PC outlook improves in 2Q09 as consumer spending stabilizes shipments, says IDC
Global PC shipments again came in slightly ahead of expectations in the second quarter of 2009, lessening fears over the extent of the PC market slump. Worldwide PC shipments (including...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Worldwide PC shipments decline 5% in 2Q09, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 5% decline from the second quarter of 2008, according to preliminary results from Gartner. The market...