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Monday 4 February 2013
Inventec to have 90% notebook orders made in Chongqing, China in 2014
Inventec will accelerate its pace over shifting notebook production capacity to plants in Chongqing, China in the second half of 2013 with more than 90% of the company's total orders...
Monday 4 February 2013
Upstream supply chain sees good profit from Intel Classmate PC shipments
Despite fierce competitions within the notebook and the tablet markets, netbook and tablet products are currently still seeing good demand in the education segment, especially Intel's...
Monday 4 February 2013
Taiwan newly appointed premier names new economic minister
Taiwan's newly appointed premier Jiang Yi-huah is reshuffling members of the Executive Yuan (Cabinet) and has named China Airlines chairman Chang Chia-juch to head the Ministry of...
Monday 4 February 2013
Handsets to become biggest consumer of flash memory in 2013, says IHS
In another sign of the pre-eminent position smartphones now hold in the global technology market, handsets as a whole are set to become the world's single largest consumer of flash...
Monday 4 February 2013
Taiwan-based notebook components makers hesitate about working with Lenovo-Compal joint venture in eastern China
LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology, a joint venture established by China-based Lenovo and Taiwan-based Compal Electronics in Hefei, northern China, is speeding up notebook production...
Friday 1 February 2013
Ultra HD TVs to have breakout year in 2013; market forecast to reach 7 million in 2016, says DisplaySearch
More than half a million Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) TVs are forecast to ship worldwide in 2013, growing to more than seven million by 2016, according to research firm DisplaySearch....
Friday 1 February 2013
Digitimes Research: Entrance to Japan e-book market may be good for Amazon in the long term
After several years of negotiations with local publishers, Amazon finally entered Japan's e-book market with its Kindle devices and Kindle Store in October 2012, but e-book prices...
Friday 1 February 2013
Automotive display demand to reach 70 Million by 2016, says DisplaySearch
Shipments of TFT-LCDs used in automobiles for devices such as navigation and rear seat DVD players increased 16% on year to 49 million units in 2012, according to research firm DisplaySearch...
Friday 1 February 2013
Digitimes Research: Branded tablet shipments hit 109 million in 2012
Global branded tablet shipments enjoyed better than forecast growth, rising 63% sequentially and 100.3% on year, to 43.22 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to...
Friday 1 February 2013
Taiwan market: CNS aims to finish digitization of cable TV networks in 2014
China Network Systems (CNS), a cable TV MSO (multi-system operator) in Taiwan, has digitized its network for 239,000 subscribers, accounting for 21.7% of all subscribers, and aims...
Friday 1 February 2013
GBM expects auto and handset PCB demand to drive company growth in 2013
Global Brands Manufacture (GBM), which makes PCBs and provides PCB assembly services, expects brisk demand coming from the handset and automotive electronics sectors to drive its...
Friday 1 February 2013
Nearly 1 million units of Asustek Padfone 2 sold globally, say Taiwan makers
Asustek Computer launched Padfone 2, a hybrid smartphone/tablet model, three months ago and nearly one million units have been sold globally, with shipments continuing, according...
Thursday 31 January 2013
Lenovo 4Q12 performance hits records
Lenovo generated its historically highest revenues at US$9.36 billion, net profit of US$205 million and global PC market share of 15.9% in the third quarter of its fiscal year 2012...
Thursday 31 January 2013
Flat TV panel prices expected to recover slightly in 2013, say observers
Flat TV panel prices are expected to recover slightly in 2013 and will do so largely from TV sales in emerging markets such as Latin America and Southeast Asia, according to market...
Thursday 31 January 2013
Commentary: Reconsideration on Taiwan-Japan industry alliance
A Taiwan delegtation formed by government officials, researchers and industry players recently concluded a six-day visit in Japan, where they probed the possibilities of forming strategic...