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Tuesday 28 March 2017
IPC maker IEI Integration reports increased earnings for 2016
Industrial PC (IPC) supplier IEI Integration saw its net profits grow 17% on year to NT$1.367 billion (US$45.19 million) in 2016. EPS for 2016 stood at NT$4.15 compared to NT$3.55...
Monday 27 March 2017
ALi, Alticast team up for pay TV
ALi, a Taiwan-based developer of set-top box chipsets, and Korea-based Alticast, which provides software used by the global pay-TV industry, have announced they will work together...
Friday 24 March 2017
Foxconn to hike Sharp TV panel capacity in Japan, says IHS Markit
Foxconn Electronics, after becoming the largest shareholder of Sharp, aims to increase global sales of Sharp-produced Aquos-branded LCD TVs to 10-12 million units in 2017 and will...
Friday 24 March 2017
Global LCD TV panel shipments in February down on month, up on year, says WitsView
There were 18.71 million LCD TV panels shipped globally in February 2017, decreasing 5.8% on month but increasing 4.6% on year, according to WitsView.
Friday 24 March 2017
Nintendo expects to ship 20 million Switch devices in first year
Nintendo estimates shipments of the Switch in its first year at 20 million units, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers, adding that they have a conservative estimate of shipping...
Friday 24 March 2017
Worldwide notebook shipment update - February 2017
The worldwide top-5 notebook brand vendors saw their combined shipments grow 20% on month and 22% on year in February, while the top-3 ODMs' shipments also grew 10% on month and 30%...
Wednesday 22 March 2017
PC vendors to hike prices in 3Q17
PC vendors, in order to reflect continual hikes in component costs, including display panels, DRAM, SSDs, Li batteries, plan to raise retail prices when new models equipped with revised...
Wednesday 22 March 2017
Apple announces new 9.7-inch iPad
Apple has updated its 9.7-inch iPad, featuring a brighter Retina display with over 3.1 million pixels. The device is enclosed in an aluminum unibody enclosure weighing one pound,...
Monday 20 March 2017
AOpen suffers net loss per share of NT$3.15 for 2016
Small form factor computing device and digital signage maker AOpen has released its 2016 financial report, posting consolidated revenues of NT$1.139 billion (US$35.9 million), gross...
Friday 17 March 2017
Acer expects large growth in 2017 shipments for Chromebooks, gaming notebooks and desktops
Acer expects double-digit percentage growth in 2017 shipments for Chromebooks and gaming PCs and, for Chromebooks in particular, Acer has market shares of 30-35% in the North America...
Friday 17 March 2017
Asustek sees largest global market share for gaming notebooks in January, say Taiwan makers
Asustek Computer had the largest global market share of 25% for gaming notebooks in January 2017, followed by Lenovo with 16%, HP with 14%, and Micro-Star International and Acer each...
Thursday 16 March 2017
Digitimes Research: Notebook players see rising shipments in February
The worldwide top-5 notebook brand vendors saw their combined shipments in February grow 20% on month and 22% on year, while the top-3 ODMs' shipments also experienced 10% on-month...
Thursday 16 March 2017
IC demand from PC sector will not pick up until August
Taiwan-based IC design houses have said that chip orders from notebook and other PC makers have been flat in March, and a major rebound of chip orders from the PC industry may not...
Thursday 16 March 2017
Microsoft new Surface Book enters mass production
Microsoft's new Surface Book reportedly entered mass production recently and shipments are expected to rise each month, according to sources from the related upstream supply chain...
Wednesday 15 March 2017
Digitimes Research: Compal, MSI see increased AIO PC shipments in 2016
Most Taiwan-based ODMs saw their all-in-one (AIO) PC shipments drop on year in 2016 except Compal Electronics and Micro-Star International (MSI). TPV-Inventa Technology - originally...