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Thursday 20 August 2009
Early sales of Core i5 and i7 CPUs unlikely to stop despite Intel warning, say sources
Although Intel is asking vendors to stop selling socket 1156-based CPUs - as well as P55-based motherboards - that it has not yet officially launched, retailers are unlikely to listen...
Thursday 20 August 2009
Global LCD TV shipments rise 27% on year in 2Q09, says DisplaySearch
Global TV revenues fell 12% on year to US$23.7 billion while shipments fell 8% on year to 44.6 million units, according to DisplaySearch. Not all technologies fared equally though...
Wednesday 19 August 2009
North America chip equipment orders up 62% sequentially in July, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$569.7 million in orders in July 2009 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.06, according...
Tuesday 18 August 2009
Global LCD TV shipments expected to increase 10-15% in 2010
Global LCD TV shipments are estimated to increase 10-15% to 155 million units in 2010 amid a gradually recovering global economy, according to market sources.
Friday 14 August 2009
Consumer IC orders drop on weak back-to-school and holiday season demand
Growth momentum of consumer ICs is expected to be weak in the second half of 2009 because back-to-school and year-end holiday season demand from the US is not picking up amid a weak...
Friday 14 August 2009
Asia-Pacific region will have 39% of cellular towers worldwide by 2014, says ABI Research
The Asia-Pacific region will see huge numbers of cellular towers built over the next five years, with demand driven by the massive, rapid increase in mobile subscribers in China and...
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Global PND market recovering from slump, say sources
Sequential improvements in revenues in the second quarter of 2009 recorded by the word's top-two vendors, Garmin and TomTom, signal that the global PND market has recovered from the...
Monday 10 August 2009
Amtran July 2009 revenues drop almost 30% sequentially
Taiwan-based TV maker Amtran Technology has announced revenues of NT$4 billion (US$121.86 million) for July 2009, down 28.99% from NT$5.64 billion for June and down 10.62% from NT$4.5...
Tuesday 4 August 2009
Acer performs well in North America and Western Europe in 2Q09, says IDC
Acer shipped 2.56 million notebooks in Western Europe during the second quarter of 2009, a sequential growth of 8.6% in contrast to a 10.2% decrease for the whole market, according...
Friday 31 July 2009
Smartphone growth encouraging, yet worldwide handset market still expected to shrink in 2009, says IDC
The worldwide handset market recorded another quarter of on-year decline in the second quarter of 2009. According to IDC, handset vendors shipped a total of 269.6 million units worldwide,...
Wednesday 22 July 2009
North American chip equipment orders continue recovery in June, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$323.4 million in orders in June 2009 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.77, according...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Panel makers report clearer order visibility for North America LCD TV holiday sales
LCD panel makers are reporting clearer order visibility from the North America market, and they expect significant demand to last until September, according to market sources.
Tuesday 23 June 2009
MStar GPS chips have positioning issues, sources claim
An estimated 100,000 GPS devices built around an MStar Semiconductor solution and shipped to Taiwan, China, and North America shut down at zero o'clock on June 14 (GMT time), which...
Monday 22 June 2009
Mitac places orders as PND demand increases in North America
Mitac International recently placed a large order of PND processors due to the improving PND market demand in the US, helping to digest inventory at its IC distributor Zenitron, according...
Friday 19 June 2009
North American chip equipment orders continue rising, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$288.5 million in orders in May 2009 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.74, according...
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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