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Tuesday 12 July 2016
PC shipments beat expectations in 2Q16 as US market returns to growth, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62.4 million units in the second quarter of 2016, an on-year decline of 4.5%, beating the forecast of negative 7.4% by roughly 3%, according to the...
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Notebook ODMs look to shipment growths in 2H16
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec have announced their June shipments with Quanta shipping four million notebooks, up 300,000 units...
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Asustek sees growth in June revenues; conservative about 3Q16
Asustek Computer saw its June consolidated revenues grow 33% on month and 2% on year to reach NT$42.39 billion (US$1.32 billion), but its revenues in the second quarter were down...
Monday 11 July 2016
ECS to declare US$90 million in bad debt in 2Q16 due to orders from Venezuela
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) was awarded a bidding project on classmate PC and education tablets by the government of Venezuela for over two million units at a total amount over...
Monday 11 July 2016
Gigabyte June revenues increase
Gigabyte Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.853 billion f(US$150.7 million) or June 2016, representing a 47.36% increase on month and 26.17% increase on year.
Monday 11 July 2016
Sino-American pushes air purifier and water filter businesses
Taiwan-based power supply maker Sino-American Electronics has turned to focus on developing air purifier products, as the PC and notebook market has been weakening, and its latest...
Monday 11 July 2016
MSI reports increased revenues for June
Micro-Star International (MSI) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$8.719 billion (US$270.74 million) for June 2016, representing a 22.59% increase on month and 25.59% increase...
Monday 11 July 2016
Asustek new products expected to improve 2H16 operations
Asustek Computer had slow performance in the first half as demand for notebooks continues to weaken, and the company has been reducing its existing ZenFone shipments in preparation...
Monday 11 July 2016
Certification service provider IST looks to auto, IoT for 2H16 growth
Taiwan-based Integrated Service Technology (IST), which offers full-scope verification and analysis services to the IC engineering industry with customers covering the whole spectrum...
Monday 11 July 2016
Taiwan market: Xiaomi launches new consumer electronics
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi has launched its new consumer electronics in Taiwan including the 6.4-inch Xiaomi Max smartphone, the Mi Air Purifier 2 and the Mi Smart LED Lamp...
Monday 11 July 2016
US enterprise sector to see PC replacement trend in 2H16
With the US Department of Defense deciding to upgrade four million units of their equipment to Windows 10 due to better security, sources from PC players expect the move to prompt...
Monday 11 July 2016
Inventec ships 1.6 million PCs in June
Inventec shipped 1.6 million notebooks and desktops in June 2016, increasing 6.7% on month. Shipments stood at 4.3 million units for the second quarter and 8.45 million units for...
Friday 8 July 2016
Motherboard players see 20-30% drop in 2Q16 shipments
Motherboard players' shipments suffered worse-than-expected sequential declines in the second quarter of 2016 with many seeing over 20% decreases and some around 30%, according to...
Friday 8 July 2016
Worldwide IT spending forecast to be flat in 2016, says Gartner
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to be flat in 2016, totaling US$3.41 trillion, according to Gartner. This is up from last quarter's forecast of negative 0.5% growth. The change...
Friday 8 July 2016
Synnex June revenues hit record
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International on July 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$29.810 billion (US$920 million) for June, its highest...