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Monday 10 November 2014
Altek revenues drop in October
Altek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.006 billion (US$33.53 million) for October 2014, representing a 10.23% drop on month and 28.44% drop on year.
Monday 10 November 2014
Inventec October sales flat on month
Inventec has reported consolidated revenues of NT$36.822 billion (US$1.23 billion) for October 2014, representing a 0.14% increase on month and 18.14% drop on year.
Monday 10 November 2014
Worldwide IoT market forecast to grow from US$1.3 trillion in 2013 to US$3.04 trillion in 2020, says IDC
The worldwide IoT market is forecast to grow from US$1.3 trillion in 2013 to US$3.04 trillion in 2020 with a CAGR of 13%, according to IDC.
Monday 10 November 2014
Inventec targeting 2015 business growth from non-notebook product lines
Notebook ODM Inventec saw consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2014 decrease on quarter and on year mainly due to shrinking shipments of notebooks, and hopes that non-notebook...
Monday 10 November 2014
Japan digital camera shipments in September down on year, says CIPA
Japan-based vendors shipped 3.962 digital cameras in September 2014, slipping 32.5% on year, while the corresponding shipment value of JPY87.62 billion (US$765 million) dropped 21.7%,...
Friday 7 November 2014
Three-quarters of vehicles sold in 2035 expected to have autonomous capability, says Navigant
The first vehicles with some level of self-driving capability are expected to come to market by 2020, with sales volumes for autonomous vehicles likely becoming significant by 2025...
Friday 7 November 2014
Nikon, Canon lower target DSLR camera shipments for fiscal 2014
Nikon and Canon have downward adjusted target global DSLR camera shipments for fiscal year 2014 (April 2014-March 2015) from 5.05 million units to 4.9 million units and from seven...
Friday 7 November 2014
Lenovo to launch low-cost Chromebook in early 2015
Lenovo reportedly will launch Chromebook models targeting the sub-US$170 segment in early 2015, a move which will further drag down profits for notebook vendors, according to Taiwan-based...
Friday 7 November 2014
Lenovo 3Q14 device sales hit record
Lenovo on November 6 indicated that it sold 35.6 million notebooks, desktops, tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices globally during the second quarter of fiscal 2014 (ended...
Friday 7 November 2014
Digitimes Research: Notebook shipments decline 15% in October
Global notebook shipments by top-five brand vendors and top-three ODMs declined 15% on average in October, affected by the roll-outs of new low-priced models in the previous month,...
Friday 7 November 2014
Clevo invests in rental real estate in Japan
Taiwan-based IT vendor Clevo on November 6 announced that its Japan-based subsidiary Lunaria Investment GK has invested JPY10.748 billion (US$93.9 million) to acquire three residential...
Thursday 6 November 2014
Acer posts small net EPS for 3Q14
Acer on November 6 released its financial report for the third quarter of 2014, recording net EPS of NT$0.24.
Thursday 6 November 2014
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 3Q 2014
The third quarter is traditionally the peak season for the small- to medium-size panel industry. But overall shipments from Taiwan-based makers saw a decline in third-quarter 2014,...
Thursday 6 November 2014
Intel Core M platform to account for below 10% of notebook shipments in 2015, say sources
Intel's new low-power-consumption Core M-series platform, featuring a fanless design, is expected to account for only 5-10% of most notebook vendors' shipments in 2015, and cooling...
Thursday 6 November 2014
NAND flash controller unlikely the cause of recent iPhone 6 Plus problem
Reports claimed recently that some 128GB iPhone 6 Plus users have their devices shut off without warning when downloading apps, with some users stating the phone has issues when more...