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Thursday 28 June 2012
Pegatron turns conservative about 3Q12
Pegatron Technology, seeing the weak global economy, while consumers have halted their purchase plans to wait for Windows 8, has turned conservative about the PC market in the third...
Thursday 21 June 2012
Intel to host supply chain symposium focusing on ultrabooks
Intel plans to host what it call the Intel Ultrabook Ecosystem Symposium in two locations, one in Taiwan on July 31 and one in China on August 2, according to sources from notebook...
Thursday 14 June 2012
Advantech maintains goal of challenging US$1 billion revenues for 2012
Although the IT market had been seriously affected by global economic turmoil, as the situation began turning positive in May, industrial PC (IPC) player Advantech will maintain its...
Thursday 15 March 2012
Asustek, Inventec push into cloud computing business
Asustek Computer has been aggressive about cloud computing and is set to launch its private cloud service for the National Taiwan University (NTU) in March, while Inventec, seeing...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Intel to postpone mass shipments of Ivy Bridge processors
Intel recently notified its partners about plans to postpone mass shipments of its upcoming Ivy Bridge processors. Despite that the company will still announce the new products and...
Tuesday 17 January 2012
Asustek expected to suffer 20% on-quarter decline in 1Q12 revenues
Asustek Computer is expected to see on-quarter revenues drop of 20% in the first quarter of 2012 with the amount drop to only NT$80 billion (US$2.67 billion) from about NT$100 billion...
Thursday 5 January 2012
Taiwan market: Handset shipments to grow only 5% on year in 2012
Handset sales, including both smartphone and feature phones, in the Taiwan market are expected to only grow slightly by 5% on year in 2012 due to the uncertainty over macro economic...
Thursday 5 January 2012
2012 Olympic Games to not stir up replacement demand for LCD TVs, say sources
The holding of the 2012 Olympic Games this summer in London may not be able to stir up replacement demand for LCD TVs due to a slow recovery of the global economy, especially in Europe,...
Thursday 8 December 2011
Winbond expects business rebound in 2Q12
Winbond Electronics expects its operations to hit bottom between the fourth quarter of 2011 and first-quarter 2012, but will rebound along with a better global economy in the second...
Wednesday 30 November 2011
Strong Black Friday sales do not represent economic recovery, say PC players
Despite that total purchasing on Black Friday is estimated to have amounted at US$11.4 billion, up 6.6% on year, PC players are still conservative about upcoming demand since the...
Thursday 10 November 2011
PCB production value to see slower growth in 2012
Global PCB production value will grow less than 5% in 2012, compared to the larger 7.4% rise estimated for 2011, Simon Chen, chairman for the Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA),...
Thursday 3 November 2011
Taiwan server shipments to return stable after election in 1Q12
Although server shipments in Taiwan in the first two quarters of 2011 saw over 10% on-year growth compared to the same period in 2010 and the volume in the third quarter is also expected...
Thursday 27 October 2011
Bad economy brings opportunities for Taiwan panel makers, says JC Wang of CMI
The world's economic downturn due to debt crises in Europe has caused Korea- and Japan-based panel makers to suspend expansion plans in terms of large-size panels, which is giving...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Asustek expects 4Q11 notebook shipments to be at 3.6 million units
Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Asustek Computer expects its notebook shipments in the fourth quarter to be at around 3.6 million units if the overall global economy does not fluctuate...
Tuesday 6 September 2011
Notebook players limit initial Ultrabook shipment volume below 50,000 units
First-tier notebook brand vendors Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba and Asustek Computer, understanding that demand for notebooks is unlikely to recover in the fourth quarter, while Apple's products...
CHT
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