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Wednesday 22 January 2014
ECS expects to ship 3 million education-use tablets in 2014, says CNA
Taiwan-based ODM Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) shipped 300,000 education-use tablets in 2013 and expects to ship three million units in 2014, according to the Chinese-language...
Wednesday 22 January 2014
Taiwan ODMs struggle to land mobile device orders from Samsung
While Samsung Electronics are expected to roll out an array of new smartphones and tablets for high-end as well as entry-level segments in 2014, the vendor is quite unlikely to release...
Wednesday 22 January 2014
Acer to beef up marketing of fast growing product lines, says CEO
Acer will devote more efforts marketing products with fast growth, mainly smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks and other hand-held devices, in 2014, said company president and CEO Jason...
Wednesday 22 January 2014
Toshiba launches new subsidiary after completing acquisition of OCZ assets
Toshiba has finalized the purchase of all assets of OCZ Technology, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary. Effective immediately, the subsidiary will operate independently as OCZ Storage...
Wednesday 22 January 2014
Spreadtrum enters tablet market
Spreadtrum Communications announced on January 22 that it has entered the tablet market by introducing a quad-core chipset and a turnkey reference design.
Tuesday 21 January 2014
China white-box makers likely to launch array of wearable devices in 2Q14
China-based white-box mobile device makers are likely to launch an array of wearable devices, including smartwatches, in the second quarter of 2014, using chipset solutions from Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 21 January 2014
ASRock ships 7.6 million own-brand motherboards in 2013
ASRock shipped 7.6 million own-brand motherboards in 2013, slipping 1.3% on year and 15.6% short of the target of nine million units, according to the company.
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Philips to transfer remaining 30% stake in TV joint venture TP Vision to TPV
Royal Philips has announced that it has signed a term sheet to transfer its remaining 30% stake in TP Vision, the TV joint venture with TPV Technology, to a fully-owned subsidiary...
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Google's acquisition of Nest shows how B2C and advanced automation make for success in home energy management, says Lux Research
Google recently announced a cash purchase of home automation start-up Nest Labs for US$3.2 billion; Google Ventures has been a major investor in the company, whose last funding round...
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Novatek, Realtek to ramp up TV chip shipments to China
TV chip suppliers Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor will be able to ramp up their shipments of TV chips to China significantly in 2014, benefiting from China's government...
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Inventec to expand workforce in Taiwan, says chairman
Inventec will recruit 1,000 people to increase the number of employees in Taiwan from 6,000 to 7,000 in 2015, according to company chairman Richard Lee.
Monday 20 January 2014
Vizio expects increased Ultra HD TV shipments in 2014
Vizio expects increased Ultra HD TV shipments in 2014, with most demand coming from the North America market, according to industry sources.
Monday 20 January 2014
US weather and China labor shortages to cause 20% decline in notebook shipments
Global notebook shipments in the first quarter may drop 10-20% sequentially because of weather hazards in the US and labor shortages in China, according to sources from the upstream...
Monday 20 January 2014
Google turns focus to 8-inch tablet market
Seeing its second-generation Nexus 7 demand has been impacted by competitors' low-price 7-inch tablets, Google is planning to turn its focus to the 8-inch model market in mid-2014,...
Monday 20 January 2014
Actron looks to grab 50% global automotive diode share in 2014
Actron Technology expects its share in the global automotive diode market to reach 50% by year-end 2014 compared to 47-48% currently, according to company chairman Lu Ming-kuang.