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Thursday 20 July 2017
Acer expects more income from enterprise products in 2017
Acer has been aggressively pushing its revenue contribution from the enterprise product business and is planning to increase the percentage from 35% in 2016 to 40% in 2017 for the...
Thursday 20 July 2017
Taiwan market: Fujitsu launches new notebooks
Fujitsu has launched its new NB Lifebook U9-series notebooks in the Taiwan market targeting the business PC sector. The Japan-based brand aims to double its notebook shipments in...
Thursday 20 July 2017
Taiwan market: Garmin launches sports camcorder VIRB 360
Garmin has introduced VIRB 360, a sports camcorder enabling 360-degree video recording, for launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$25,900 (US$852), according...
Thursday 20 July 2017
TV inventory levels at top brands escalating
Inventory levels of TVs at the world's top-eight brands have scaled up recently, which could undercut demand for TV panels in the second half of 2017 and therefore push TV panel prices...
Wednesday 19 July 2017
Taiwan market: Asustek launches baby physiological monitor
Asustek Computer has launched Asus VivoBaby, a device to monitor a baby's heart rate, skin temperature and abdominal condition, and transfer data via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to the cloud...
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Installed 8-inch fab capacity to rise through 2020, says SEMI
Installed 8-inch (200mm) fab capacity has increased since 2009, and will reach close to 5.4 million wafers per month (wpm) by the end of 2017, according to SEMI. By 2020, 200mm capacity...
Tuesday 18 July 2017
China market: Replacement demand rising for aftermaket LED automotive headlights
Demand for automotive headlights with pluggable LED lighting sources has taken off in China's car maintenance sector, and Lumileds, Cree and Taiwan-based LED makers have cooperated...
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Macronix launches AEC-Q100 full compliant NAND flash memory
Macronix International has launched an AEC-Q100 Grade 2/3 compliant NAND flash memory product. The company added its NAND flash memory has passed all the stringent AEC-Q100 reliability...
Monday 17 July 2017
Lextar partners with China aftermarket automotive lighting maker
Taiwan-based vertically-integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics has disclosed it has formed a strategic alliance with Guangzhou ZEO Electronic Technology, one of the three largest...
Monday 17 July 2017
Taiwan IT players to see opportunities from electric vehicle industry
Taiwan-based notebook component suppliers including chassis makers Catcher Technology, Waffer Technology and Ju Teng; cooling module makers Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry and...
Monday 17 July 2017
Worldwide IT spending to grow 2.4% in 2017, says Gartner
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total US$3.5 trillion in 2017, a 2.4% increase from 2016, according to Gartner. This growth rate is up from the previous quarter's forecast of...
Monday 17 July 2017
TUV NORD calls upon vendors to prepare for growing importance of Automotive SPICE
Electronic systems account for an increasing share of automotive parts and therefore software plays a growingly important role in car safety and performance. To ensure the quality...
Friday 14 July 2017
Notebook vendors increase adoption of mixed material chassis in 2H17
Notebook brand vendors including Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) reportedly will increase their adoption of notebook chassis made of mixed materials in the second half as China has...
Friday 14 July 2017
ChinaJoy 2017 gaming show to run at the end of July
ChinaJoy 2017, a gaming, e-sport and IT entertainment show, will be hosted from July 27-30 in Shanghi, China and related players including Tencent, Alibaba Games, Intel, Microsoft,...
Friday 14 July 2017
Traditional PC market fares slightly better than expectations as component shortages ease, says IDC
Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, workstation) totaled 60.5 million units in the second quarter of 2017, posting an on-year decline of 3.3%, according to...