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Tuesday 10 April 2012
Notebook ODMs enjoy on-month growth in March revenues
Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron have announced their revenues for March, with each of the firms enjoying shipment growth on month.
Thursday 9 February 2012
Quanta, Wistron see on-month drop in January revenues
Quanta Computer and Wistron have announced their January results with both suffering on-month drops in terms of revenues and notebook shipments.
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Chilisin positive about demand for handheld devices
Inductor supplier Chilisin Electronics expects brisk demand for products used in smartphones, tablets and other consumer handheld devices to sustain its revenue growth in 2012. Meanwhile,...
Monday 30 January 2012
Wistron looks to 20% notebook shipment growth in 2012, says paper
Wistron expects its shipments of notebooks, servers and hand-held devices to grow 20% on year in 2012, while LCD TV shipments will stay flat for the year, the Chinese-language Economic...
Friday 20 January 2012
ARM not worried about Intel foray into handheld device platforms, says ARM executive
ARM is not under competitive pressure from Intel's move into processor platforms for handheld devices, because Intel does not let clients know the value of adopting its platforms...
Friday 9 December 2011
Inductor maker Chilisin expects 2012 sales to grow 10-15%
Chilisin Electronics expects revenues for 2012 to increase 10-15% buoyed by demand for consumer handheld products such as smartphones and tablet PCs, according to the company.
Thursday 8 December 2011
Macronix raises guidance for 4Q11
Macronix International has raised its guidance for the fourth quarter of 2011, thanks to brisk sales of its ROM chips used in handheld games consoles.
Monday 26 September 2011
Curved cover glass to be popular among handheld devices
Curved cover glass may be the next big thing in terms of handheld device designs as both Apple and the non-Apple camp are reportedly gearing up for the releases of products with curved...
Friday 9 September 2011
FCCL maker Thinflex looks to improving utilization rates
Taiwan-based Thinflex, a supplier of flexible copper clad laminates (FCCLs), expects utilization rates at its plants in China and Taiwan will rebound to 70% in the third quarter of...
Thursday 18 August 2011
Strong sales of Nintendo 3DS to benefit Taiwan suppliers
Sales of Nintendo's 3DS handheld gaming devices increased sharply in the Japan market during the week from August 8-14 after the vendor cut the device's price by 40%. The strong sales...
Thursday 28 July 2011
Macronix allocates more capacity to flash production
Macronix International has said that capacity at its newly-opened 12-inch fab has almost all shifted to NOR flash production to meet demand for new orders. The capacity was originally...
Tuesday 26 July 2011
NAND flash densities in video game platforms to climb more than 40% in 2011, says IHS
Despite the high cost of NAND flash memory, NAND densities in 2011 will rise more than 40% in home consoles and handheld devices, the principal modes for gaming entertainment, according...
Friday 17 June 2011
Rugged handheld computer maker Unitech looks to strong sequential revenue growth in 2Q11
Rugged handheld computer maker Unitech Electronics is expected to post revenues of NT$599 million (US$20.78 million) in the second quarter of 2011, up 27.9% sequentially, buoyed by...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Quanta, Wistron, Inventec see mixed results in May
Taiwan-based notebook makers Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec reported mixed results in May revenues. Quanta and Wistron both saw growth in notebook shipments in the month.
Thursday 24 March 2011
Sony, Nintendo console sales impacted by Japan earthquake
Supply of Sony's Blu-ray drive pick-up heads is facing danger of seeing shortages as the plants of Sony Shiraishi Semiconductor, a Blu-ray drive pick-up head manufacturing subsidiary...