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Wednesday 7 August 2013
Taiwan market: Sales proportion of touchscreen notebooks may be below 20% in 4Q13
Touchscreen models' proportion in total notebook sales in the Taiwan market in the fourth quarter of 2013 is likely to be less than 20%, lower than the originally expected 30-40%,...
Wednesday 7 August 2013
PC market flat in 2Q13, despite tablet growth, says Canalys
The worldwide PC market experienced a quarter without growth, as a 42.9% increase in tablet shipments was offset by declines in desktop and notebook shipments, which fell 7.4% and...
Wednesday 7 August 2013
Shipments of second-generation Nexus 7 estimated at 3.5 million in 2013
Global shipments of the second-generation Nexus 7 through the end of 2013 are estimated at 3.5 million, mainly because the model will not be launched in the China market and there...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Posiflex Technology reports record revenues for 2Q13
Posiflex Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of POS (point of sale) terminals and peripherals, reported consolidated revenues of NT$685 million (US$22.7 million) for the second quarter...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Only 7% of US TV households rely on over-the-air signals, says CEA
Research firm CEA has found that just 7% of US TV households rely solely on an antenna for their TV programming. CEA said there has been a gradual decline in the percentage of TV...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Automotive wireless market to expand by more than 40% from 2012-2018, says IHS
Wireless technologies like Bluetooth and embedded cellular are accelerating in the vehicle business, with market revenues set to rise by 41% from 2012-2018, according to research...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
ZigBee major growth enabler as 802.15.4-enabled device market set to grow 5 times from 2012-2018, says ABI Research
Annual shipments of 802.15.4-enabled devices are forecast to grow more than five times from 2012-2018, with a CAGR of over 30%. ZigBee continues to be the primary driver toward standardization...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
ZigBee takes off in STBs, with nearly one-third of boxes to use the networking technology in 2018, says IHS
The ZigBee RF4CE standard is rapidly gaining acceptance in the set-top box (STB) market where it currently serves mainly as a replacement for infrared (IR) technology in remote controls...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Channel retailers turn focus to desktops
As the PC industry continues to suffer from weak demand, some channel retailers are concerned that back-to-school demand may fail to raise sales, while some retailers have already...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Acer recruiting new executive to save desktop business, says paper
Acer has recently recruited ex-vice president of Lite-On Technology to handle its desktop business as the company continues to suffer from shipment declines, according to a Chinese-language...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Specialty foundry VIS to expand into new markets, says executive
IC foundry Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), which specializes in analog/mixed-signal and logic chips, is looking to expand its offerings to include wafer manufacturing...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Digitimes Research: Tablet shipments to grow 17.7% on year in 2H13
Tablet shipments in the second half are expected to reach 82.07 million units, up 17.7% on year; however, several changes will also occur during the period: hardware brand vendors...
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Tablet shipments slow in 2Q13 as vendors look to capitalize on a strong 2H13, says IDC
As expected, worldwide tablet shipment growth slowed in the second quarter of 2013, according to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Worldwide tablet...
Monday 5 August 2013
Compal biggest winner in Dell 2014 notebook orders
Dell has finished its notebook request for quotation (RFQ) for 2014 and will outsource 90% of its enterprise orders to Compal Electronics, while orders for consumer models are split...
Monday 5 August 2013
TCAS 2013 sees weak sales
The Taipei Computer Application Show (TCAS) 2013, which opened on August 1, had over 520,000 visitors in the first four days, a number similar to that during the same period in the...