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Monday 28 October 2013
Notebook ODMs see inland plants only able to deliver 60% of orders due to labor shortage
The labor shortage at Taiwan notebook ODMs' plants in Chongqing, China is reportedly becoming more serious recently and the plants are currently only able to deliver 60% of their...
Monday 28 October 2013
GLT to focus marketing on light guide plates used in direct-type LED TVs and automotive displays in 2014
Taiwan-based light guide plate maker Global Lighting Technologies (GLT) will focus its marketing on light guide plates used in direct-type LED-backlit LCD TVs and automotive displays...
Monday 28 October 2013
IPC maker PEC achieves positive profits for the first-three quarters of 2013
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker PEC achieved consolidated revenues of NT$1.29 billion (US$43.9 million) for the first three quarters of 2013, an average gross margin of 18.88%,...
Monday 28 October 2013
Compal to acquire Toshiba LCD TV factory in Poland
Taiwan-based ODM Compal Electronics on October 28 announced it will acquire Toshiba Television Central Europe (TTCE), Toshiba's LCD TV assembly factory in Wroclaw, Poland, for US$25...
Monday 28 October 2013
Taiwan notebooks – 3Q 2013
Taiwan's notebook shipments rebounded sequentially as a result of significant orders from HP and Apple. But they registered a sharp drop on an annual basis, as demand for tablets...
Monday 28 October 2013
Installed base of STB conditional access clients to pass 1 billion in 2014, says IHS
The global installed base of conditional access (CA) clients in set-top boxes (STB) is expected to exceed one billion units for the first time in 2014 as growth is driven by expanding...
Monday 28 October 2013
Combined smartphone and tablet factory revenues to exceed entire consumer electronics market in 2013, says IHS
In a dramatic sign of how consumer tastes have shifted to new, more exciting wireless products, global factory revenues for smartphones and tablets in 2013 will rise to become larger...
Monday 28 October 2013
Toshiba gearing up for low-cost eMMC solutions
Toshiba will launch low-cost eMMC solutions for use in entry-level and mid-range smartphones and tablets around the end of the fourth quarter, 2013, according to sources at memory...
Monday 28 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ODMs see decreases in 3Q13 digital camera shipments
Taiwan-based ODMs Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical shipped a total of 5.074 million digital cameras in the third quarter...
Monday 28 October 2013
PC brand vendors release new Windows 8.1 products
Asustek Computer recently released its Transformer Book T100 2-in-1 device featuring Windows 8.1 and Intel Bay Trail-T processor, priced at US$349 for a 32GB model and US$399 for...
Monday 28 October 2013
Brand vendors to be more aggressive with supplies from China in 2014
IT product vendors are expected to become more active over seeking partnerships with China-based component suppliers in 2014, hoping to reduce their costs. Some PC peripheral vendors...
Friday 25 October 2013
Retailers begin tweaking Apple recommended price cuts for previous-generation iPad products
Apple's upcoming iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display have already triggered price cuts by channel retailers for previous-generation iPads. US-based Best Buy is currently offering...
Friday 25 October 2013
China market: Demand for Android STBs weakening
Android-based set-top box (STB) sales in China have started to grow weak recently due to rising penetration rates in the local market and the growing popularity of large-size smartphones...
Friday 25 October 2013
Samsung 3Q13 operating profits rise 26% to new record
Samsung Electronics saw its operating profits increase about 26% on year to more than KRW10 trillion (US$9 billion) in the third quarter of 2013, buoyed mainly by significant growth...
Friday 25 October 2013
Notebook shipments rise 10% in 3Q13, says firm
According to WitsView, global notebook shipments in the third quarter of 2013 reached 43.4 million units, rising 10.1% on quarter, making the period the only quarter that showed double-digit...