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Wednesday 31 July 2013
Light and proximity sensors achieve double-digit revenue growth, says IHS
Light and proximity sensors in mobile phones and tablets are set for expansive double-digit growth within a five-year period, thanks to increasing usage by electronic giants Samsung...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
HP expected to regain status of largest notebook vendor, say Taiwan makers
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to see notebook shipments in the third quarter of 2013 increase 15-20% on quarter while Lenovo is expected to see a sequential drop of 7-9%, therefore...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Ultra HD TV panel pricing to drop another 10%
Ultra HD TV panel pricing could drop by as much as 10% throughout August 2013, according to market observers.
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Digitimes Research: Pebble smart watch may face tough challenges
US-based Pebble Technology has sold about 85,000 Pebble smart watches since its launch in January, 2013, but Digitimes Research believes the device may still face several challenges...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Shipments of tablet expected to more than double those of notebooks in 2014, says NPD DisplaySearch
Shipments of tablets are expected to reach nearly 364 million worldwide in 2014, more than doubling the projected 177 million shipments of standard and ultra-slim notebooks, according...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Samsung to spend KRW19.5 trillion on component business in 2013
Samsung Electronics expects to spend a total of KRW19.5 trillion (US$17.5 billion), equivalent to 81.25% of its total capex, on the company's component business in 2013. Of the planned...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
PC-related IC suppliers expect demand to pick up in August
PC-related IC design houses expect the visibility of orders to improve in August thanks to roll-outs of new Haswell PC products and clients' inventory replenishment ahead of China's...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Pegatron conducting investigations to resolve labor mistreating claim
Commenting on its factories in China being accused by China Labor Watch, a China-based labor right protection organization, for violating China's labor laws, Pegatron Technology spokesperson...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
TCAS 2013: Tablets to see 10-20% discounts
Tablets are expected to become a spotlight in the Taipei Computer Application Show (TCAS) 2013, which will be hosted from August 1-5 at the Taipei World Trade Center in Taiwan, and...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Component makers see rising orders from game console players
Component orders for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2013 reportedly may increase from 9-12 million units each to over 15 million units as their pre-orders in Europe and the US are...
Monday 29 July 2013
No new Nexus 7 for Taiwan before September, say channel retailers
Google's second-generation Nexus 7 may not show up in Taiwan before the end of August despite the fact that the tablet is co-branded by Google and Asustek Computer. Since the new...
Monday 29 July 2013
Intel GED to help Taiwan upstream supply chain develop 2-in-1 devices
Intel vice president and general manager of Global Ecosystem Development (GED) Zane Ball at a recent conference meeting, pointed out that the company has established an R&D team...
Monday 29 July 2013
Panel makers hold conservative views for Ultra HD TV panel shipments in 2H13
Panel makers have a conservative outlook for Ultra HD TV panel shipments in the second half of 2013 largely due to an expected decline in the China market.
Monday 29 July 2013
Digitimes Research: iPad sees its first on-year shipment drop in 2Q13
Global tablet shipments reached 29.32 million units in the second quarter of 2013, down 8.2% sequentially, but still up 46.6% compared to the same period a year ago. As overall market...
Monday 29 July 2013
Enterprise PC demand may benefit from the end of Windows XP support
As Microsoft is set to end its support for Windows XP in April, 2014, sources from the upstream supply chain believe the action will help trigger a PC replacement trend in the enterprise...