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Wednesday 17 July 2013
Apple in talks with LG about Ultra HD TV panels
Rumors are circulating in the market that Apple is interested in purchasing 55- and 65-inch Ultra HD TV panels from LG Display.
Wednesday 17 July 2013
IC orders from Apple ramping up
Apple has stepped up its pace of chip orders indicating the vendor is gearing up to launch new products. IC orders placed by Apple for the third quarter have nearly doubled over the...
Wednesday 17 July 2013
DRAM prices rebounding, says IC Insights
DRAM prices rose 42% from a year ago in the second quarter of 2013, following a 22% on-year increase in the first quarter, according to IC Insights. Prices are set to maintain double-digit...
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Microsoft lowering prices for Surface RT not likely to hike sales
Microsoft has lowered retail prices for the 10.6-inch Surface RT to US$349 for its 32GB version and US$449 for the 64GB one, but the price cut is not likely to be effective in pushing...
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Order visibility for notebook touch modules improving
Order visibility for Taiwan-based touch module suppliers has improved recently after Microsoft lowered the technical specifications of touch modules for use in Windows 8.1 touch-enabled...
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Toshiba to launch a 7-inch tablet, say Taiwan makers
Toshiba has reportedly placed orders for an entry-level 7-inch tablet named AT7-A and may launch it to the retail channel as soon as the third quarter of 2013, according to Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Micron sampling 16nm, 128Gb NAND
Micron Technology has announced the sampling of its 16nm, 128Gb MLC NAND flash memory devices, designed for applications like SSDs, USB drives and flash memory cards, tablets, ultra-thin...
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Smartwatches to explode by 2014, says Canalys
More than five million smartwatches will ship in 2014, Canalys said in its new report. Canalys defines smartwatches as smart wearable bands that are multi-purpose devices running...
Tuesday 16 July 2013
TV demand expected to help Entire Technology improve 2H13 performance
Diffuser plate and polarizer maker Entire Technology expects its performance in the second half of 2013 to improve largely due to demand for products used in large-size TVs, according...
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Taiwan market: Lenovo aims at 50% of notebooks to be touch-screen models in 1H14
Lenovo will strengthen marketing of touch-screen notebooks in the Taiwan market, aiming to hike the proportion of all notebooks sold in the market from 10% currently to 50% in the...
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Xiaomi sells over 7 million smartphones in 1H13
Xiaomi Technology sold 7.03 million own-brand smartphones in the first half of 2013, close to the 7.19 million units sold in 2012, according to the company.
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Apple reportedly having some IC yield problems with new iPhone manufacturing
Poor yields of fingerprint-recognition chips and LCD driver ICs will likely force Apple to reduce first-quarter shipments of the rumored iPhone 5S, which is slated for launch in September...
Monday 15 July 2013
Chromebooks to enjoy surging shipment growth in 2H13
Chromebook shipments in the second half are expected to double or even triple those in the first half as Acer, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Samsung Electronics are all reportedly...
Monday 15 July 2013
China sees weakening PC demand in 3Q13
PC brand vendors originally hoped China's PC market would help cover their dropping sales from other major regions worldwide in the third quarter, but such a hope may not come true...
Monday 15 July 2013
Innolux 42-inch Ultra HD TV panels expected to see limited orders in 2013
Innolux may see less-than-expected orders for its 42-inch Ultra HD TV panels in 2013 as TV vendors are increasingly interested in purchasing 50-inch and above size panels, according...