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Friday 18 November 2011
Compal reportedly to bid heavily on Windows 8, says paper
Compal Electronics, optimistic about the potential of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system, has reportedly instructed the engineers from its notebook, tablet PC and smartphone...
Friday 18 November 2011
ARM builds new R&D center in Taiwan
ARM has announced the opening of a new R&D center at the Hsinchu Science Park, northern Taiwan. The focus of the center will be physical IP development and processor implementation...
Friday 11 November 2011
Notebooks players bid on both Intel and ARM
As ARM has been aggressively cutting into the notebook industry, where Intel has dominated for a while, notebook players are adopting a strategy to bid on both ARM and Intel platforms...
Thursday 10 November 2011
Asustek, Acer reduce ultrabook orders by 40%
Asustek Computer and Acer have recently reduced their ultrabook orders from 250,000-300,000 units originally to 150,000-180,000 units by the end of 2011 due to the unsatisfactory...
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Asustek delays Transformer Prime to December
Asustek Computer, which had originally been set to launch its latest Transformer Prime tablet PC with Android 3.2 on November 9, has postponed the launch schedule to early December...
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Asustek expected to ship 1.8 million tablet PCs in 2011, says CEO
Asustek Computer expects its tablet PC shipments will reach its goal of 1.8 million units in 2011 as the company launches its second-generation quad-core Transformer Prime on November...
Monday 31 October 2011
Acer chairman welcomes HP decision to not spin off PC business
Commenting about Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) recent decision that the company will not spin off its PC business, Acer chairman JT Wang has welcomed the decision and believes that HP's...
Tuesday 25 October 2011
New Windows verification process creates controversy between ODM and brand vendors
Microsoft's new verification system for Windows 8 - OA 3.0 - which will add complications toward the upstream ODM's production lines and relatively generate significant extra cost,...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Asustek launches Zenbook series ultrabooks
Asustek Computer has unveiled its Zenbook series ultrabooks saying it is confident it has the closest performance/price ratio compared to Apple's MacBook Air.
Thursday 29 September 2011
Ultrabooks expected to impact tablet PCs
With notebook players such as Acer, Asustek Computer as well as Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP) all set launch ultrabooks in the near future, sources...
Thursday 22 September 2011
Notebook players pessimistic about ability of Ice Cream Sandwich to defeat iOS
Notebook players, seeing that first-tier brand vendors such as RIM, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are all backing away from the tablet PC bandwagon, are turning pessimistic about...
Thursday 15 September 2011
Microsoft reimagines Windows, presents Windows 8 developer preview
At its developer-focused BUILD conference, Microsoft has showcased a detailed preview of the next major release of Windows, codenamed Windows 8. The company also detailed new tools...
Thursday 15 September 2011
PC players optimistic about re-rise of Wintel
PC players are starting to turn optimistic about a return of Wintel as Intel and Microsoft have each hosted global developer conferences to promote the upcoming Ivy Bridge processors...
Wednesday 14 September 2011
AMD sets to deliver next generation x86 platforms for Windows 8
AMD has announced that it has created drivers to enable support for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system on AMD-based tablets, netbooks, PCs and servers. Continuing a long history...
Thursday 1 September 2011
Gross margins for PC ODMs expected to turn healthy in 2012
Gross margins of PC ODM players are expected to return healthy in 2012 as the notebook supply chain has already reached a mutual consensus to refuse low-margin orders in the future,...
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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