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Friday 17 February 2017
HannStar becomes largest small- to medium-size panel maker in Taiwan in 4Q16
HannStar Display enjoyed the spoils of its aggressive capacity expansion in the feature phone panel segment in the fourth quarter of 2016, helping Taiwan's small- to medium-panel...
Friday 17 February 2017
OLED smartphones and the TV pricing connection
One side effect of the expected craze for AMOLED panels in high-end smartphones this year is that LCD TV prices may not drop as quickly as they have in the past.
Friday 17 February 2017
15.74 million tablets shipped globally in 2016, says firm
There were 15.74 million tablets shipped globally in 2016, decreasing 6.6% on year. Apple was the largest vendor shipping 42.55 million iPads, according to Taiwan-based consulting...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Lenovo quarterly sales down 6% on year
Lenovo has announced results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2016. Quarterly revenues were US$12.2 billion, a 6% decrease year-on-year. Third quarter pre-tax income...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Samsung limps to smartphone gold in 2016
Nearly 1.5 billion smartphones were sold to end users in 2016, an increase of 5% from 2015, according to market research firm Gartner. And despite a sloppy second half of the year,...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Asustek expects sequential drop in 1Q17 revenues
Asustek Computer expects first-quarter 2017 revenues from the PC product line to decrease 15-20% on quarter, those from smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices to slip 10-15%...
Wednesday 15 February 2017
Digitimes Research: LED, optoelectronics focus on automotive applications at Lighting Japan 2017
Exhibitors focused LED and optoelectronics devices at Lighting Japan 2017 in Tokyo during January 18-20 on automotive applications, according to Digitimes Research.
Wednesday 15 February 2017
Notebook shipments get bump in 4Q16
The final quarter of 2016 brought good news to the global notebook industry, as shipments showed an on-year increase for the first time since 2012, according to data from Digitimes...
Wednesday 15 February 2017
Foxconn reaffirms US$5 billion investment in India
Amid concerns Foxconn is reconsidering plans to set up a mobile handset in India, the Taiwan manufacturing firm has reportedly met with ministers from the state of Maharashtra where...
Wednesday 15 February 2017
Asustek Computer nets NT$26 for 2016
Asustek Computer has released its unaudited financial report for the fourth quarter of 2016, leading to net EPS of NT$25.85 (US$0.834) for 2016.
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Clevo to see notebook shipments remain robust in 1Q17
Taiwan-based Clevo has reported increased revenues for January thanks to strong shipments of its notebooks in the China market. The company's January revenues came to NT$1.98 billion...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Taiwan notebooks – 4Q 2016
The notebook market has been showing signs of recovery, with Taiwan makers seeing their first on-year shipment growth since first-quarter 2012 in fourth-quarter 2016.
Tuesday 14 February 2017
China market: Asustek fails to reach DIY motherboard shipment goal in 2016
Asustek Computer aimed to ship 10 million DIY motherboards in the China market in 2016 but actually shipped nine million units, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Hewlett-Packard expected to be top notebook vendor in 2017
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to replace Lenovo as the top notebook vendor worldwide in 2017, according to data from Digitimes Research.
Monday 13 February 2017
Chin-Poon, Tripod January revenues decrease
PCB makers Chin-Poon Industrial and Tripod Technology have both reported on-year revenue decreases of 6.8% and 9.7%, respectively, for January 2017.