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Tuesday 13 January 2009
WinHEC 2008: Acer Aspire Predator desktop PC scoops design award
During the recently concluded WinHEC 2008, the futuristic looking Acer Aspire Predator G7000 series desktop PC was chosen for a WinHEC 2008 award based on its distinctive industrial...
Monday 12 January 2009
AMD announces Dragon desktop PC platform
AMD has launched Dragon platform technology for desktop PCs featuring the new AMD Phenom II X4 processor.
Thursday 8 January 2009
Foxconn and Shuttle to launch VIA-based mini desktop PCs, says paper
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Shuttle are both planning to launch mini desktop PCs using VIA Technologies' Trinity platform, according to a Chinese-language...
Thursday 8 January 2009
Lenovo to cut 11% of workforce in 1Q09
Lenovo has announced that it expects to reduce the number of its employees worldwide by 2,500 during the first quarter of 2009, approximately 11% of its total workforce. This includes...
Wednesday 7 January 2009
AMD rolls out low-power desktop CPUs for nettops and all-in-one PCs
AMD has rolled out a set of low-power desktop CPUs targeted at nettops, all-in-one PCs and ultra-small form factor PCs, dubbed Ultra-Value Clients (UVCs) by the chip maker.
Monday 5 January 2009
AMD to introduce six 45nm business class desktop CPUs in 3Q09
Following AMD's recent update to it 45nm consumer desktop CPU schedule, sources at motherboard makers have revealed the company also plans to launch six 45nm processors for its business...
Friday 26 December 2008
AMD desktop CPU schedule updated
AMD plans to launch six 45nm CPUs under its Athlon line including the quad-core Athlon X4 615 and 605 and triple-core Athlon X3 420 and 410 in April next year and dual-core Athlon...
Wednesday 24 December 2008
Notebook shipments exceed desktops for first time in 3Q08, says iSuppli
Global notebook PC shipments exceeded those of desktops on a quarterly basis for the first time ever in the third quarter, marking a watershed event in the history of the industry,...
Tuesday 23 December 2008
Taiwan market: Vendors drop desktop PC prices to clear inventory
As the desktop PC market continues to feel greater impact from notebooks and netbooks as well as increasing pressure from nettops and upcoming all-in-one PCs, first-tier PC vendors...
Monday 8 December 2008
USI sees drop in November revenues
Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) has announced consolidated revenues of NT$4.15 billion (US$123.85 million) for November 2008, a drop of 19% on month and 37% on year. Accumulated...
Thursday 4 December 2008
PC market will slow as financial turmoil spreads, says IDC
As the economic crisis continues to evolve – constraining GDP, consumer and commercial confidence, capital and credit availability, and creating other challenges – demand...
Thursday 4 December 2008
LCD monitor shipments flat in 3Q, says DisplaySearch
Findings from the DisplaySearch's report reveal that the third quarter LCD monitor shipments of 42.8 million units were only fractionally greater than the second quarter's results...
Wednesday 3 December 2008
AMD updates chipset schedule for next year
AMD plans to launch a new entry-level IGP chipset, the 760G based on RS780 architecture, in January 2009. The chipset will support DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0, but will not support...
Tuesday 2 December 2008
New Taiwan accounting standard to affect profits in PC supply chain
Although the Taiwan government has announced a delay in implementing a new accounting standard for inventory accounting, players in the PC supply chain have already started adopted...
Monday 1 December 2008
JP Morgan expects global PC shipments to drop 5% in 2009, says paper
JP Morgan has lowered its global PC shipment growth forecast for 2009 to a 5% decline, with the first three quarters next year all seeing negative growth, according to the Chinese-language...