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Wednesday 8 May 2013
PC industry expected to return to a 4:6 shipment ratio for 1H13 and 2H13
The PC industry is expected to return to a shipment ratio of 4:6 for the first and second halves of 2013, Acer president Jim Wong said at the company's investor conference on May...
Wednesday 8 May 2013
DRAM shortages to impact PC players in 2Q13
DRAM shortages, which started in early 2013, have become worse recently and may impact PC brand vendors' performances in the second quarter, according to sources from PC players.
Wednesday 8 May 2013
Demand for SSDs in PCs to boom through 2017, says IHS
Global shipments of solid state drives (SSD) in PCs are set to rise by a factor of seven by 2017, allowing them to claim more than one-third of the market for PC storage solutions...
Wednesday 8 May 2013
Taiwan market: Channels begin to clear old models before launch of Haswell
As Intel will unveil Haswell in early June, retail channels in the Taiwan market have begun to clear notebooks and desktops by lowering prices by 10% on average, while some models...
Wednesday 8 May 2013
Taiwan market: HP sets up classroom of the future
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has cooperated with Lih Jen International Private Elementary and Middle School in Taipei to establish a classroom of the future at the school.
Wednesday 8 May 2013
Synnex Technology April revenues down on month, up on year
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$26.49 billion (US$892 million) for April, decreasing 2.7%...
Tuesday 7 May 2013
MediaTek, MStar TV chip market share in China falling down
MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor have seen their combined share in China's TV chip market drop to below 70% recently as more TV brands in China have chosen to use TV chips from Realtek...
Tuesday 7 May 2013
LG to procure Ultra HD TV panels from AUO
LG Electronics will reportedly procure 55-inch Ultra HD TV panels from AU Optronics (AUO), with shipments expected to begin as early as May 2013, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 7 May 2013
AUO to produce wide color gamut Ultra HD TV panels in 2Q13
AU Optronics (AUO) has plans to produce volume shipments of Ultra HD TV panels equipped with wide color gamut (WCG) technology for color saturation as high as NTSC 100% in the third...
Tuesday 7 May 2013
Price gap between touch and non-touch notebooks may drop below US$50 in 3Q13
As Acer and Asustek Computer are both aggressively promoting touchscreen notebooks, sources from channel retailers expect the price gap between touchscreen and non-touchscreen notebooks...
Monday 6 May 2013
Touchscreen models to account for 50% of Acer notebook shipments in 2014
Acer is set to raise the shipment proportion of its touchscreen notebooks from 12% of the total volume in the first quarter to 50% by 2014 and 70% by 2015, according to Acer vice...
Monday 6 May 2013
Samsung to start selling OLED TVs in Korea in June
Samsung Electronics is expected to start selling its 55-inch OLED TVs in South Korea as of June 2013, according to industry sources, adding the company will release the products in...
Monday 6 May 2013
TV panel prices expected to drop US$1-2 through end of 2Q13
TV panel prices are expected to drop about US$1-2 over the next few months due to a TV sales slowdown in the market as a result of the May 1 holiday period in China coming to an end,...
Monday 6 May 2013
CSOT selling 55-inch Ultra HD TV panels at 2.1 times the price of Full HD models
China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) is now selling 55-inch Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) TV panels primarily to China-based TV vendors such as TCL for 2.1 times the price of Full...
Monday 6 May 2013
Acer unveils new ultrabooks, notebooks and tablet
At a press event held in New York, Acer has unveiled its latest mobile products including the Aspire R7, a 15.6-inch notebook; Aspire P3 ultrabook; Iconia A1 7.9-inch tablet; and...