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Thursday 13 March 2014
Adlink Technology to acquire Germany-based Penta
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) player Adlink Technology on March 12 announced the investment of US$7.4 million to acquire a 100% stake in Germany-based Penta GmbH to enhance its...
Thursday 13 March 2014
Digitimes Research: Handheld games consoles facing threat from smartphones; gaming peripheral players to benefit
As smartphone popularity rises, demand for handheld games consoles has been dropping, especially for Sony's PS Vita. With an the upgraded PS Vita Slim set for release later in 2014,...
Wednesday 12 March 2014
MSI introduces all new gaming products at CeBIT 2014
The internationally renowned event of the digital industry, CeBIT 2014 is packed with innovations and will start on 10th March in Hannover, Germany. More than 4,000 companies from...
Wednesday 12 March 2014
Digitimes Research: South Korea aims to acquire 40% share in wearable device market by 2020
As demand for smartphones and tablets is gradually approaching saturation with related shipment growths slowing down, vendors have been aggressively seeking new growth drivers. Wearable...
Wednesday 12 March 2014
China market: FPD TV sales decrease in 4Q13, says Analysys
There were 10.06 million FPD TVs sold in the China market during fourth-quarter 2013, decreasing 9.4% sequentially, and 5.66 million units of them were smart TV models, according to...
Tuesday 11 March 2014
China TV vendors expected to drop pricing by 10% for new Ultra HD TVs released in 2014
China TV vendors are expected to drop pricing by 10% for new Ultra HD TVs released in 2014, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 11 March 2014
Taiwan notebook ODMs impacted by on-month revenue drops in February
Quanta Computer has announced shipments of 3.3 million notebooks in February, decreasing on month from 3.6 million units in January, and corresponding consolidated revenues of NT$69.32...
Tuesday 11 March 2014
Consumer electronics market tumbles in China as major device shipments slide in 2013, says IHS
China's consumer electronics market declined in 2013 as demand for products like TVs and digital still cameras decelerated, compelling the country's makers to devise new strategies...
Tuesday 11 March 2014
Taiwan market: Consumer digital camera unit sales drop as much as 40% in 2013
There were 770,000-840,000 digital cameras sold in the Taiwan market in 2013, consisting of 500,000-550,000 consumer units (non-interchangeable-lens models, decreasing 35-40% on year),...
Tuesday 11 March 2014
Acer February revenues up sequentially
Acer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$24.47 billion (US$808 million) for February, rising by 13.98% on month but dropping by 12.93% on year. Its conslidated revenues for January-February...
Monday 10 March 2014
Digital camera players offering cheap full-frame DSLR cameras to boost sales
Full-frame DSLR cameras' current share in overall digital camera sales has risen to 15% and the share is expected to surpass 30% by the end of 2014 with factors such as the release...
Monday 10 March 2014
Apex to ramp up TV board shipments in 2014
Apex International has been landing more PCB orders for TV control boards from clients in Korea and Japan, and shipments of TV boards are likely to account for 30% of Apex's total...
Monday 10 March 2014
MEA tablet market sees explosive growth on back of strong consumer and corporate demand, says IDC
Shipments of tablets into the Middle East and Africa (MEA) expanded 111% on year in the final quarter of 2013, according to the latest results released by IDC. The overall MEA tablet...
Monday 10 March 2014
Taiwan PC vendors facing brain drain
Several international PC brand vendors' moves to set up or expand R&D operations in Taiwan are expected to trigger a brain drain for Taiwan-based brand vendors, according to sources...
Monday 10 March 2014
Asia Optical pays over US$33 million to settle patent disputes with Kodak
Digital camera ODM Asia Optical has paid US$33.852 million in compensation to Eastman Kodak for infringing on Kodak patents with the production of digital cameras for Japan-based...