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Tuesday 30 January 2018
Global 1Q18 server shipments to be flat, says Digitimes Research
Worldwide server shipments in the first quarter of 2018 are expected to stay flat or drop slightly due to seasonal impact, but demand from large-size datacenter clients will remain...
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Chimei Materials breaks ground for China polarizer plant
Taiwan-based Chimei Materials recently broke ground for a new plant in Xian, China where it will install its second 2,500mm polarizer production line.
Monday 29 January 2018
Gaming to surpass notebook in production value in 2020, says TH Tung
Taipei Computer Association (TCA) chairman TH Tung has pointed out that the production value of the gaming industry will have a good chance of reaching US$143.5 billion by 2020, an...
Friday 26 January 2018
HTC ships standalone Vive Focus in China
HTC has begun shipping its Vive Focus VR devices to consumers in China, expecting the availability of the standalone VR products to boost its sales performance for the first quarter...
Friday 26 January 2018
Acer, Compal eye business from elderly
Taiwan-based IT firms including Acer and Compal Electronics have been keen on planning products and services for Taiwan's elderly consumer groups.
Friday 26 January 2018
Toray to expand MLCC materials production capacity, says report
Japan-based Toray will invest a total of JPY1.1 billion (US$10 million) in building additional production capacity of release films for MLCC materials, according to a Taiwan-based...
Friday 26 January 2018
Shih dismisses speculation over Acer succession
Acer founder Stan Shih has dismissed media reports claiming he is planning to have his son, Maverick, currently president for the BYOC business unit, take the helm of the entire co...
Friday 26 January 2018
Semiconductor shipments to exceed 1 trillion devices in 2018, says IC Insights
Annual semiconductor unit shipments (integrated circuits and opto-sensor-discretes, or O-S-D, devices) are expected to grow 9% in 2018 and top one trillion units for the first time,...
Thursday 25 January 2018
MSI donates e-sports hardware to ESL One Genting 2018
Micro-Star International (MSI) has cooperated with Electronic Sports League (ESL) by sponsoring gaming hardware for use in ESL One Genting 2018 e-sport event in Malaysia during January...
Thursday 25 January 2018
Smaller foundry houses upbeat about MOSFET-driven revenues in 2018
Second-tier wafer foundry houses including Episil Technologies, Mosel Vitelic and Hejian Technology are all optimistic about their revenue prospects for 2018 as they have enjoyed...
Thursday 25 January 2018
Compal expects PC revenue proportion to drop to 65% in 2018
Compal Electronics saw the revenue proportion for PC products slip from over 70% in the past to 68% in 2017 and expects the percentage to further drop to 65% in 2018, as shipments...
Thursday 25 January 2018
Calin relying on automotive lenses for growth
Optical lens maker Calin Technology has revealed it has shifted its focus from digital camera applications to automotive ones for business growth.
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Seasonality and increased commercial investment keep EMEA PC market positive, says IDC
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) recorded slight growth in the fourth quarter of 2017, with the market's shipments...
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Arbor obtains orders for car-use IoT solutions
Taiwan-based Arbor Technology has disclosed its car-use Internet of Things (IoT) solutions have been adopted by an autonomous driving technology developer, who will receive a supply...
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Gigabyte sees weak motherboard orders in 1Q18
Motherboard orders received by Gigabyte Technology so far in the first quarter of 2018 are much lower than those received during the same period of a year earlier, an apparent result...