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Thursday 20 November 2014
TV panel pricing continuing to hike in November
Pricing for TV panels under 55-inch underwent another hike in November because supply is still short of demand. In particular, price increases for some low price points are pronoun...
Thursday 20 November 2014
Taiwan market: Lenovo launches new Yoga tablets
Lenovo has launched its full series of Yoga tablets in Taiwan including the Yoga Tablet 2, the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro and the Yoga 3 Pro with sizes ranging from 8- to 13-inch.
Thursday 20 November 2014
Notebook supply chain starts preparing 1Q15 orders to minimize impact of labor shortages
With the notebook supply chain's labor shortages in the first quarter of 2015 expected to be a lot more serious than in previous years, some notebook brand vendors such as Dell have...
Thursday 20 November 2014
Taiwan handsets – 3Q 2014
Taiwan's top handset ODM Foxconn Electronics lost a significant amount of feature phone orders from Microsoft Mobile in the third quarter, while the biggest brand vendor HTC also...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Automotive IC market to display strongest growth through 2018, says IC Insights
Of the six major end-use applications for ICs, the automotive market is forecast to experience the strongest average annual revenue growth rate through 2018, according to IC Insigh...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
PCB maker Chin-Poon looks to flat performance in 4Q14
Automotive PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial is expected to report flat sequential growth in fourth-quarter sales bucking seasonal trends, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 19 November 2014
TV shipments in 2015 expected to increase 10%
TV supply chains estimate that TV shipments in 2015 will increase 10% on year to around 230 million driven by large-size TV demand in mature economies and small-size TV demand in...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Moto 360 leads first wave of Android Wear devices, says Canalys
Nearly five million smart and basic wearable bands shipped in the third quarter of 2014, with total unit shipments increasing 37% quarter on quarter as Android Wear made its mark...
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Amtran sees LCD TV supply to Vizio drop; Foxconn, TPV take over
LCD TV OEM maker Amtran will now be responsible for producing less than 10% Vizio's TVs as Vizio has shifted orders to Foxconn Electronics, TPV and Wistron.
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Macronix developing flash memory for IoT and wearable devices
Macronix International is now engaged in the development of memory solutions targeted at Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable device applications, according to company chairman Miin...
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Digitimes Research: White-box wearable vendors see potential in sport and children's markets
At the Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) 2014, many IT vendors showcased their latest wearable devices with white-box smart bracelets being a spotlight at the show, and...
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Smart TV sales to reach 228 million in 2018, says Futuresource
Smart TV sales reached 90 million units worldwide in 2013 and will grow at 21% CAGR to reach 228 million in 2018, according to Futuresource Consulting.
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Digitimes Research: LCD TV OEM market expected to surpass 50 million in 2015
The LCD TV contract manufacturing market is expected to surpass 50 million units in 2015, with Taiwan makers expected to be responsible for 38.33 million, according to Digitimes Re...
Monday 17 November 2014
Pricing for 32-, 40- and 42-inch TV panels expected to continue rising in 4Q14
Pricing for 32-, 40- and 42-inch TV panels is expected to continue rising in the fourth quarter of 2014 as Taiwan makers experience a shortage in supply, with the situation expected...
Monday 17 November 2014
Touchscreen controller IC prices to fall further in 2015
Prices of touchscreen controller ICs used in handsets are likely to fall 30% or more in 2015, due to fierce price competition among China- and Taiwan-based chip suppliers, according...