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Monday 15 April 2013
Post-Lunar New Year letdown: Drop in China demand causes plunge in global flat panel TV shipments in February and March, says IHS
Global flat panel display (FPD) TV shipments fell by 10% in February 2013 and by an estimated 4% in March compared to the same months in 2012 as demand in China plunged following...
Monday 15 April 2013
Touchscreen notebook costs may fall in 3Q13
Since its launch, sales of Microsoft's Windows 8 have been bleak. Industry sources have noted that due to limited supply of touch panels and low yields, prices of touchscreen notebooks...
Monday 15 April 2013
Next-generation Nexus 7 to ship 8 million units in 2013
Google and Asustek Computer's co-branded second-generation Nexus 7 tablet is expected to enjoy shipments of one million units in May and eight million units in 2013, according to...
Monday 15 April 2013
China Sourcing Fair taking place in Hong Kong
The 2013 China Sourcing Fair: Electronics and Components, an exhibition organized by Global Sources to help link volume buyers and China-based manufacturers, is taking place in Hong...
Monday 15 April 2013
Worldwide PC shipments in 1Q13 drop to lowest levels since 2Q09, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 79.2 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a 11.2% decline from the first quarter of 2012, according to Gartner. Global PC shipments went below...
Friday 12 April 2013
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments see record decline in 1Q13
Global notebook shipments suffered a drop in the first quarter, down 14.1% sequentially and 13.7% on year, the sharpest decline in the notebook industry's history, showing the current...
Friday 12 April 2013
TV IC suppliers see 2Q13 orders ramp up
TV-use IC suppliers including MStar Semiconductor, Realtek Semiconductor and Novatek Microelectronics are expected to see their orders increase more than 20% sequentially in the second...
Friday 12 April 2013
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen to launch affordable 50-inch LED TV
Tsann Kuen, a large IT and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, will launch a 50-inch direct-type LED-backlit LCD TV under its own brand Fujimaru in the Taiwan market at NT$19,900...
Friday 12 April 2013
Softex Taipei: More channel retailers to participate, says TCA
The Softex Taipei 2013 consumer trade show, will be hosted from April 17-21 in Taipei, Taiwan with the number of participating channel retailers increasing 20% to 200, and number...
Friday 12 April 2013
Plastic chassis penetration in tablets rising
As global demand for tablets is growing fast, while prices keep falling, vendors are expected to adopt plastic chassis for entry-level tablets to minimize production costs and in...
Friday 12 April 2013
ODMs, component makers face labor shortages in western China
Mainly because Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have been accelerating the process of shifting production to plants in Chongqing and Chengdu, in western China, the factories of ODMs and...
Friday 12 April 2013
Taiwan market: Foxconn to offer 40-inch Full HD TV for contract-bundled sale
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced the offering of an internally produced 40-inch Full HD LED-backlit LCD TV for contract-bundled sale at NT$8,800 (US$294)...
Thursday 11 April 2013
PC shipments post the steepest decline ever in a single quarter, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 76.3 million units in the first quarter of 2013, down 13.9% compared to the same quarter in 2012 and worse than the forecast decline of 7.7%, according...
Thursday 11 April 2013
Quanta Computer ships 3.5 million notebooks in March
Quanta Computer shipped 3.5 million notebooks in March 2013, increasing 21% on month, and 9.7 million units in the first quarter, decreasing on quarter by 27%, according to the com...
Thursday 11 April 2013
IDF Beijing 2013: Transforming computing experiences from the device to the cloud
During Intel's annual developer forum this week, company executives announced new technologies and partnerships aimed at transforming how people experience technology from the device...