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Monday 17 December 2012
Commentary: Foxconn to continue to dominate tablet OEM business in 2013
Demand for tablets is expected to grow. In 2012, total demand in the market was 120-130 units. Market observers believe in 2013, demand will expand to 180 units and in particular,...
Friday 14 December 2012
Taiwan market: Retail sales of iPad 4, iPad mini start
Apple started retail sales of the Wi-Fi iPad 4 and iPad mini in the Taiwan market on December 14, according to Data Express which is an Apple premium reseller in Taiwan.
Friday 14 December 2012
Taiwan market: CHT, TWM, FET set 2013 targets
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, have set respective handset procurement...
Friday 14 December 2012
November global TV panel shipments hit record, says WitsView
There were 22.09 million LCD TV panels shipped globally in November, the highest monthly level on record, according to statistics by WitsView under Taiwan-based TrendForce.
Friday 14 December 2012
Cheaper components could allow 7-inch tablets priced below US$150, says TrendForce
Viewing that Google and Amazon have launched 7-inch tablets at US$199, other vendors can offer 7-inch tablets at below US$150 only by adopting cheaper components, according to Taiwan-based...
Friday 14 December 2012
Windows 8/RT tablets hard to sell, say Taiwan makers
Based on sales performance since Windows 8 was launched in late October, Windows 8/RT tablets are difficult to sell due to higher prices than those for Android tablets and insufficient...
Friday 14 December 2012
Gartner cuts 2012, 2013 chip market growth forecasts
Gartner has revised downward its growth projections for the global semiconductor market growth in 2012 and 2013, citing "economic headwinds and an inventory correction."
Thursday 13 December 2012
Innolux holds 50% TV panel market share in December 2012
Innolux Corporation (which changed its name from Chimei Innolux (CMI) on November 14, 2012) has reportedly already shipped two million TV panels in December 2012, bumping up its global...
Thursday 13 December 2012
Asustek, Gigabyte expect 2013 motherboard shipments to slip, be flat
Asustek Computer expects motherboard shipments in 2013 to decrease by 2.3% from 2012 to 21.5 million units, while fellow maker Gigabyte Technology expects 2013 shipments to be the...
Thursday 13 December 2012
SSD penetration in ultrabooks to soar in 2013, says LSI executive
The penetration of solid-state drives (SSD) in ultrabooks is set to climb dramatically in 2013, according to Philip Brace, executive VP of LSI's newly-formed storage solutions grou...
Thursday 13 December 2012
Micron extends portfolio of phase-change memory for mobile devices
Micron Technology has announced the addition of a new product to its phase-change memory (PCM) portfolio. With high-volume shipments of its 45nm, 1Gb PCM-based multichip package (MCP)...
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Sanyo deal unlikely to impact Taiwan DSC makers
As Panasonic will sell its acquired Sanyo Electric digital still camera (DSC) business to Japan-based private equity firm Advantage Partners, sources from Taiwan-based ODMs pointed...
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Acer pushing tablet shipments
Acer originally believed that tablets would soon lose their attractiveness to consumers helping notebooks to regain their influence; however as market watchers and IT players mostly...
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Touchscreen notebooks helping to maintain notebook ASPs during the year-end holidays, says Acer
Due to demand for touchscreen notebooks, Acer has seen ASPs during the year-end holidays, rise from US$433 originally to US$477, according to company chairman JT Wang.
Wednesday 12 December 2012
PC players move budgets from CES to MWC 2013
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013 will be hosted from January 8-11, 2013 in Las Vegas, the US; however, since the show is only two months after the launch of Windows 8 and Windows...