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Friday 19 April 2019
Price rally for small- and mid-size TV panels to stop
The ongoing rally in prices of small- and medium-size TV panels is likely to last only until June or July due to a pile-up of inventories in the supply chain, according to industry...
Friday 19 April 2019
Compal enhancing non-notebook offerings
Compal Electronics has been enhancing its non-notebook product lines to include a wide range of smart home and healthcare devices. Tablets and smartwatches remain the major drivers...
Friday 19 April 2019
TSMC 7nm utilization to climb in 2H19, says CEO
TSMC will see its 7nm process utilization rate climb substantially in the second half of 2019, driven by a seasonal pick-up in demand for smartphones, as well as chip demand for HPC,...
Thursday 18 April 2019
Getac eyeing sharp growth in ruggedized PC market
Ruggedized PC vendor Getac Technology expects its sales to increase by a double-digit percentage on year in 2019, and the company has been offering full-set platform solutions to...
Thursday 18 April 2019
Renesas migration to fab-lite model to benefit Taiwan OSAT firms
Renesas is reportedly moving toward a fab-lite business model by temporarily shutting down some frontend and backend fabs, with its Taiwan-based OSAT partners including ASE, Ardentec,...
Thursday 18 April 2019
Acer eyeing opportunities from big enterprises, says chairman
Acer is eyeing business opportunities from big enterprises by using its non-traditional PC products such as monitors, artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and digital signage to...
Wednesday 17 April 2019
AMD intros Ryzen Embedded R1000 SoC to Taiwan
AMD has announced the latest member of its Ryzen Embedded product family, the new R1000 SoC series, which is ideal for applications in digital displays, high-performance edge computing,...
Wednesday 17 April 2019
Laser TV sales gaining momentum in China
Sales of laser TVs, particularly 4K-enabled models, are expected to gain momentum in China in 2019, buoyed by significant reductions in product prices and coordinate efforts by related...
Wednesday 17 April 2019
Samsung launches new smartphones, tablets, wearables in Taiwan
Samsung Electronics has launched an array of new products, including five models of its A-series smartphones, three new tablets and two smart bracelets, in Taiwan, aiming at further...
Tuesday 16 April 2019
Acer to increase ultra-thin notebook promotion in Asia Pacific
Acer will be promoting sales of its thin and light models in the Asia Pacific region this year, according to company president of Pan Asia Andrew Hou.
Tuesday 16 April 2019
AMD 7nm chips for next-generation PlayStation to be ready in 3Q20
AMD's 7nm CPU and GPU are expected to be adopted by Sony in its next-generation PlayStation and the processors are estimated to be ready in the third quarter of 2020 for the games...
Tuesday 16 April 2019
Commercial segment provides bright spot in traditional PC market in 1Q19, says IDC
The worldwide market for traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 3% on year in the first quarter of 2019, according to IDC. Global shipments were...
Monday 15 April 2019
IC materials distributors see stable revenue increases in 1Q19
Taiwan-based distributors of semiconductor materials have posted revenue increases in the first quarter of 2019, mainly driven by ramp-up in demand for high-end chips for 5G, AI and...
Monday 15 April 2019
Samsung set to lose semiconductor market lead in 2019
Samsung Electronics increased its lead as the No. 1 semiconductor vendor due to the booming DRAM market in 2018, according to Gartner. However, the memory chip giant is likely to...
Monday 15 April 2019
Notebook ODMs see rising shipments in March
Quanta Computer saw its March notebook shipments rise by almost one million units on month to arrive at 2.8 million units, while Compal Electronics' volumes picked up 75% on month...