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Tuesday 3 November 2015
Digitimes Research: Worldwide tablet shipments decline 18% on year in 3Q15
Worldwide tablet shipments reached only 50.64 million units in the third quarter, up 9% from the second quarter, but still down sharply by 18% on year, despite the fact that Europe...
Monday 2 November 2015
Global LCD TV shipments grow 8% in 3Q15, says WitsView
Third-quarter 2015 LCD TV shipments worldwide stood at 53.1 million units, based on the latest reporting from WitsView. Global shipments grew 8.3% quarterly due to the effects of...
Monday 2 November 2015
Tablet vendors extending to application-specific models
In view of stagnant growth in global demand for consumer tablets, vendors have extended development to models for specific applications such as gaming, ruggedized and child-friendly...
Monday 2 November 2015
Taiwan notebooks – 3Q 2015
The launch of Windows 10 devices and the availability of Intel's Skylake-U processors shored up Taiwan makers' notebook shipments sequentially in the third quarter of 2015. But that...
Thursday 29 October 2015
Global wireless power revenues expected to reach US$17.9 billion in 2024, says firm
The increased reliance on electronics and the need to power them is expected to drive the adoption of wireless power, despite challenges associated with consumer awareness and competing...
Thursday 29 October 2015
Taiwan market: Samsung launches Gear S2 smartwatch, supporting wireless charging
Samsung Electronics has launched its Gear S2 smartwatch in Taiwan and is looking to release the Gear S2 e-Sim around the Lunar New Year holidays. Currently, the Gear S2 e-Sim is only...
Thursday 29 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD TV shipments increase 16% in 3Q15
Taiwan makers' shipments of LCD TVs reached 9.26 million in the third quarter of 2015, up 16.6% on quarter, according to Digitimes Research.The makers benefited from TV developments...
Thursday 29 October 2015
China tablet makers turn production lines to entry-level notebooks
A number of China-based white-box tablet makers have switched their production lines to notebooks and showcased a bunch of entry-level models at the recently concluded Global Sources...
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Smartwatches to trump mHealth wearables for integration into the US$34 billion smart home market
The smart home market, projected to reach US$34 billion in 2020 is becoming the center of activity for multiple IoT ecosystems, including wearables. In a report from ABI Research,...
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Asustek tops Taiwan-based global brands in 2015, says MOEA
Asustek Computer has been appraised as the most valuable Taiwan-based global brand in 2015 with brand value of US$1.780 billion, achieving the status for three consecutive years,...
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Magnetic sensor suppliers look to automotive sector for growth, says IHS
Led by ongoing price erosion in the electronic compass sensor market, year-over-year semiconductor-based magnetic sensor revenues grew less than 1% in 2014; however, the industry's...
Tuesday 27 October 2015
TV channels go direct to consumers to tap into surging subscription online video revenues, says IHS
The traditional TV channels business is entering a period of flux. According to Ted Hall, research director at IHS, the core concept of the channel is fragmenting, as audience behavior...
Monday 26 October 2015
Richtek to focus on analog chips for mobile devices, wearables
After becoming a unit of MediaTek, Richtek Technology will continue to expand its analog IC portfolio and move more aggressively to gain market share, according to sources familiar...
Monday 26 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to decline 17.5% on year in 4Q15
Global notebook shipments (not including detachable 2-in-1 products), are expected to drop 17.5% on year and 5.3% sequentially in the fourth quarter as most notebook vendors already...
Monday 26 October 2015
Suppliers see weaker-than-expected orders for iPad Pro
Apple is ready to sell its iPad Pro in November, but has only placed limited orders with the related upstream supply chain prior to the end of 2015 and for the first quarter of 2016,...