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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...
Tuesday 23 January 2018
Acer eyeing e-sport hardware market in Indonesia
Acer will launch promotional campaigns to boost gaming PC sales in Indoneisa, the host country of the Asian Games 2018 whose e-sport demonstration event is expected to prompt more...
Tuesday 23 January 2018
Acer seeking higher revenue contribution from Asia Pacific enterprise sector in 2018
Acer saw its revenues from the enterprise PC business in Asia Pacific grow 7% on year and account for 41% of the region's overall sales in 2017, and for 2018 the company will seek...
Tuesday 23 January 2018
China gaming monitor shipments to rise to over 1 million units in 2018
Gaming monitor shipments in China are expected to reach 1.07 million units in 2018, buoyed by increasing popularity of e-sports events, according to marketing consulting firm Sigma...