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Tuesday 14 January 2014
Taiwan IC design houses gearing up for MEMS market boom in China
Acknowleging that demand for MEMS sensors for use in smartphones, tablets and other portable electronics devices is set to boom in China, Taiwan-based IC design houses including Sitronix...
Monday 13 January 2014
China TV vendors hold conservative shipment views for 2014
China TV vendors have conservative shipment estimates for 2014 due to a lack of energy-saving subsidies provided by the China government for LCD TV purchases.
Monday 13 January 2014
Acer to start new operation strategy in April to focus on BYOC
Acer new CEO Jason Chen at a press conference on January 13 pointed out that the company's main objective for the future operation is the establishment of its Build Your Own Cloud...
Monday 13 January 2014
Mitac to provide cloud computing in-car solution for Hertz
Mitac International will provide its Magellan in-car navigation solution featuring a Magellan GPS PND and Magellan's SmartGPS Eco, a cloud computing-based platform delivering local...
Monday 13 January 2014
Commentary: HP smartphone comeback efforts not promising
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is planning a comeback to the smartphone market, but it is generally believed that chance is lower for HP to make its renewal efforts a success.
Monday 13 January 2014
Synnex December revenues hit record
IT and consumer electronic products distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$32 billion (US$1.067 billion) for December, hitting a record...
Monday 13 January 2014
Pegatron December revenues down sequentially
Taiwan-based ODM Pegatron has reported it shipped 3.6 million notebooks in December, and generated consolidated revenues of NT$88.392 billion (US$2.95 billion), down 2.26% sequentially...
Monday 13 January 2014
Acer sees decreased December revenues
Acer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$28.385 billion (US$946 million) for December, slipping 7.67% sequentially and 22.02% on year.
Monday 13 January 2014
Gigabyte ships 20 million motherboards, 3.5 million graphics cards in 2013
Gigabyte Technology shipped 20 million own-brand motherboards in 2013, of which most were entry-level and mid-range models and 40% were to the China market, as well as 3.5 million...
Monday 13 January 2014
Quanta Computer ships 4 million notebooks in December
Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer shipped four million notebooks in December, decreasing on month by 9.1%, 12.1 million units during the fourth quarter, increasing sequentially by...
Friday 10 January 2014
Acer chairman dismisses HTC merger rumors
Acer chairman Stan Shih has dismissed rumors circulating in Taiwan that Acer is considering merging with High Tech Computer (HTC), He pointed out that Acer has no intention or plan...
Friday 10 January 2014
Worldwide PC shipments decline 6.9% in 4Q13, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 82.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2013, a 6.9% decline from the fourth quarter of 2012, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This...
Friday 10 January 2014
Asustek achieves record revenues in 2013
Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$39.9 billion (US$1.33 billion) for December 2013, down 19.06% on month, but up 6.28% on year with consolidated revenues...
Friday 10 January 2014
Compal expects tablet shipments to double in 2014
Compal Electronics expects its tablet shipments to double in 2014 to 14 million units, while shipments of its notebooks will grow only slightly to 40 million units. The company shipped...
Thursday 9 January 2014
LG Display to increase production of 42- and 49-inch Ultra HD TV panels in 2Q14
LG Display plans to bump up production of 42- and 49-inch Ultra HD TV panels in the second quarter of 2013.