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Tuesday 20 January 2015
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments in 1Q15 to exceed 38 million units
There will be 38.525 million notebooks shipped globally during the first quarter of 2015, decreasing 16.4% on quarter and 2.4% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 20 January 2015
Profitability is priority, says Acer CEO
Acer has modified its business operational strategies from focusing on revenues and market share to maximizing net profit, and it aims to hike revenue proportions for mobile terminal...
Tuesday 20 January 2015
ECS sees Classmate PCs and Liva X mini PCs boost profits
Despite seeing motherboard shipments and profits continuing to decline, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is enjoying stable profits from its Classmate PC and Liva X mini PC product...
Monday 19 January 2015
Taiwan market: PC vendors step up competition
Toshiba reportedly will turn to focus mainly on enterprise products in Taiwan in 2015 as parts of its plan to gradually phase out from the consumer market worldwide and vendors including...
Monday 19 January 2015
Competition between Novatek and Realtek in TV-IC market to become fierce
The 2015 market for TV chips will continue to be led by MediaTek followed by MStar Semiconductor, while Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor will be fighting for the...
Monday 19 January 2015
Taiwan market: Ultra HD TV sales expected to reach 3,000 in 1Q15; 10,000 in 2015
Ultra HD TVs in the Taiwan market held an estimated 30% share of overall TV sales during the fourth quarter of 2014 and are likely to see a five-fold increase in on-year sales over...
Monday 19 January 2015
Compal Electronics aims to ship 100 million devices in 2015, says president
ODM Compal Electronics aims to ship 100 million notebooks, tablets, AIO (all-in-one) PCs, smartphones, LCD TVs and servers in total in 2015, according to company president Ray Chen...
Friday 16 January 2015
Acer leads in 4Q14 consumer PC, notebook sales in several countries
Acer recorded the largest market shares for consumer PCs and notebooks in several countries including Austria, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, the Philippines and Thailand,...
Thursday 15 January 2015
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments in 4Q14 over 46 million units
There were an estimated 46.059 million notebooks shipped globally during the fourth quarter of 2014, increasing by 3.1% on quarter and remaining unchanged on year, according to Digitimes...
Thursday 15 January 2015
Globalfoundries and Linear to offer joint analog solution for wearables and MEMS sensors markets
Contract chipmaker Globalfoundries and Linear Dimensions Semiconductor, which specializes in low-power analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, have announced that they are working...
Thursday 15 January 2015
Worldwide PC shipments grow 1% in 4Q14, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 83.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, a 1% increase from the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Gartner. These results indicate a slow,...
Thursday 15 January 2015
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments to decline 11.8% in 2015
Global tablet shipments are estimated to drop 11.8% on year to reach 244 million units in 2015 as demand for high-end and entry-level tablets has both become saturated, while large-size...
Thursday 15 January 2015
Commentary: Foxconn achieves success in one-stop service
The Foxconn Group's one-stop service integrating design, manufacturing and sales has achieved initial success in the release of Nokia N1 in China recently, where the initial shipments...
Wednesday 14 January 2015
Inventec chairman confident of shipping 100 million products in 2015
Inventec chairman Richard Lee, at Xiaomi's product launch conference in Taiwan, pointed out that the company is expected to see about 100 million ODM/OEM product shipments in 2015,...
Wednesday 14 January 2015
Acer founder lauds CEO despite revenues decline
Although Acer's consolidated revenues for 2014 hit an 8-year low, the company's founder Stan Shih still praised company CEO Jason Chen's performance, saying that it was not easy for...