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Tuesday 5 May 2015
PC demand slow in 2Q15, say Taiwan IC design firms
IC demand for PCs is unlikely to pick up until the second half of 2015, when new Intel processors and Windows 10 will be available, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design...
Friday 10 April 2015
Digitimes Research: Microsoft new Windows 8.1 licensing subsidies to boost notebook ASPs, but may see limited demand
Microsoft launched its latest Windows licensing fee subsidy program for Windows 8.1 in March which expanded the coverage of notebook models, adjusted subsidies, canceled the previous...
Monday 23 March 2015
Digitimes Research: White-box tablet players turn to Windows 2-in-1s using Intel Bay Trail in 2Q15
Shipments for white-box tablets using Intel solutions enjoyed significant growth on quarter in the fourth quarter of 2014 and are expected to see flat performance or drop slightly...
Monday 23 March 2015
Supply chain has weak order visibility for 3Q15 despite Windows 10 launch
With Intel having recently lowered its revenue forecast for the first quarter, sources from the upstream supply chain have pointed out that channel demand remains weak and order visibility...
Wednesday 18 March 2015
WinHEC 2015: Windows 10 to launch summer 2015 in 190 countries and 111 languages around the world
At the Windows Hardware Engineering Community (WinHEC) summit, Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Windows, Microsoft, announced that Windows 10 will launch in 190 countries...
Tuesday 3 March 2015
MWC 2015: Acer launches its first Windows 8.1 smartphone
Acer has unveiled the Liquid M220 smartphone, its first Liquid smartphone to run on the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system, featuring a 4-inch 233ppi display.
Wednesday 11 February 2015
Notebook component suppliers ramping shipments of high-end parts to beef up profits
Suppliers in the notebook component supply chain in Taiwan plan to raise shipment ratios of high-end components and parts in order to boost their profitability in 2015, according...
Friday 23 January 2015
Free upgrade to Windows 10 unlikely to boost notebook replacement
Microsoft has announced Windows 10 will be available as a free upgrade to Windows 7 and 8 for the first year, but sources from the notebook supply chain believe the strategy is unlikely...
Friday 23 January 2015
Digitimes Research: Windows 10 unlikely to bring dramatic changes to mobile device market in 2015
Microsoft on January 21, 2015 announced Windows 10, but Digitimes Research believes the operating system, though falling in line with the software giant's Mobile First, Cloud First...
Thursday 22 January 2015
Microsoft unveils Windows 10
Microsoft has unveiled Windows 10. A free upgrade for Windows 10 will be made available to customers running Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1, who upgrade in the first...
Thursday 15 January 2015
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments to decline 11.8% in 2015
Global tablet shipments are estimated to drop 11.8% on year to reach 244 million units in 2015 as demand for high-end and entry-level tablets has both become saturated, while large-size...
Wednesday 24 December 2014
PC vendors not expecting Windows 10 to trigger replacement demand
Microsoft is expected to launch Windows 10 in the second half of 2015, but Taiwan-based PC vendors doubt whether it can stimulate PC replacement demand because consumers will be able...
Monday 22 December 2014
WP phones market share to continue dropping before arrival of new model
The global market share of Windows Phone (WP)-based smartphones is expected to continue declining before Microsoft Mobile launches its next generation WP phone in the second half...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Microsoft ending support for Windows Server 2003 expected to drive replacement of servers, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft plans to end technical support for Windows Server 2003 in July 2015 and this is expected to drive global demand for replacing or upgrading more than 10 million Windows Server...
Friday 31 October 2014
Digitimes Research: Skylake processor delay to weaken Windows 10 notebook demand
Intel's Skylake-based processors, originally expected to launch in early third-quarter 2015 to support the release of Windows 10-based notebooks, may not become available until the...