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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.
Monday 13 February 2017
Quanta continues to be largest notebook ODM for HP in 2017
HP has decided on the distribution of orders among its four main Taiwan-based ODMs for notebook to be launched in 2017, with Quanta Computer maintaining the status as the largest...
Monday 13 February 2017
Foxconn Electronics, Pegatron post mixed growth in January revenues
EMS provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) saw its consolidated revenues of NT$345.332 billion (US$10.96 billion) for January decrease 23.20% on month but increase...
Monday 13 February 2017
Acer focuses 2017 PC marketing on slim notebooks, gaming notebooks, says Taiwan president
Acer will focus PC marketing in 2017 on two market-niche product lines, slim notebooks and gaming notebooks, and will launch new models beginning the first quarter, according to the...
Friday 10 February 2017
Digitimes Research: All-in-one PC shipments to increase in 2017
Because of weak demand for all-in-one PCs, worldwide all-in-one ((AIO) PC shipments fell 4.8% on year to total only 12.11 million units in 2016, the third consecutive year of on-year...
Friday 10 February 2017
Mitac International lands orders for truck-use ELDs
Mitac International has obtained orders from US-based truck fleet management undertakers for electronic logging devices (ELDs), electronic devices for recording truck drivers' hours...
Friday 10 February 2017
AI helps Nvidia reach record revenues
Nvidia has reported fourth quarter (ending January 29, 2017) Fiscal Year 2017 revenues of US$2.17 billion, up 55% from US$1.40 billion a year earlier, and up 8% from US$2.00 billion...
Friday 10 February 2017
Asustek, MSI are top-2 gaming notebook vendors in 2016
While global gaming notebook sales in 2016 are estimated at 4.5 million units, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) shipped 1.2 million units and 800,000-850,000 units...
Thursday 9 February 2017
Compal Electronics ships 2.2 million notebooks in January
Compal Electronics shipped 2.2 million notebooks in January, declining 4.34% on year, and corresponding revenues dropped 8.56%, according to the company.
Thursday 9 February 2017
Acer to create VR system for National Palace Museum
Following its partnership with IMAX over virtual reality experience centers, Acer will cooperate with Taiwan's National Palace Museum to create a VR system for visitors to view the...
Thursday 9 February 2017
Samsung leads VR device makers in 2016, says report
Samsung Electronics led the global VR (virtual reality) device makers by shipping a total of 4.51 million units of its Gear VR devices in 2016, according to a Korea-based ET News...
Thursday 9 February 2017
Taiwan market: FET, MSPE Asia withdraw buyout bid for local cable TV network
Far EasTone Communications (FET) and its partner Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPE Asia) have decided to withdraw a buyout bid for Taiwan-based cable operator China Network...
Thursday 9 February 2017
Fire at Samsung SDI factory caused by defective batteries
Just weeks after Samsung stated that it was defective batteries that caused its Note 7 to burst into flames and that the company had implemented several controls to prevent it from...
Thursday 9 February 2017
IBM, Nokia and AT&T get together to foster trust in IoT
In a 2016 AT&T survey, 58% of the companies they spoke to stated that were not confident in the security of their IoT devices. This is not surprising considering that in the past...