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Monday 29 April 2013
Mobile device applications to fuel serial flash demand, says Winbond president
New applications for serial NOR flash memory will support and propel the market over the next four years, said Winbond Electronics president Tung-Yi Chan at an April 26 investors c...
Monday 29 April 2013
Competition between 7-inch tablets arises in 2H13
As tablet players are turning their focuses from the 10-inch segment to 7-inch for the second half of 2013, sources from the upstream supply chain believe the competition between Apple...
Monday 29 April 2013
Coretronic expects 50% sequential growth in 2Q13 TV BLU shipments
Taiwan-based Coretronic expects its LCD TV backlight unit (BLU) shipments during the second quarter of 2013 to hike on quarter by 50% mainly due to increasing orders from Japan- and...
Friday 26 April 2013
Samsung posts record 1Q13 profit on smartphone sales
Samsung Electronics has announced that net profits climbed to an all-time high of KRW7.15 trillion (US$6.4 billion) in the first quarter of 2013. Consolidated revenues and operating...
Friday 26 April 2013
Digitimes Research: LED TV to account for 100% of Samsung TV products in 2013
LED TVs will account for 100% of Samsung and 90% of LG's TV products in 2013. Direct-lit LED TVs have lower production costs compared to side-lit LED TVs, which is beneficial in increasing...
Friday 26 April 2013
Epson to make NT$7 billion procurements in Taiwan in 2013
Japan-based Seiko Epson will procure Taiwan-made products worth NT$7 billion (US$235 million) in 2013 through its Taiwan marketing subsidiary Epson Taiwan Technology & Trading,...
Friday 26 April 2013
White-box Windows 8 tablets to see ex-factory prices of US$300
In view of increasing competition for 7-inch entry-level Android tablets, China-based white-box vendors will start producing Windows 8 tablets in May for launch in the third quarter,...
Friday 26 April 2013
Global Ultra HD TV panel shipments in 2013 to reach 3.5-4 million units, say sources
As Innolux, AU Optronics (AUO) and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) have been increasing production of Ultra HD TV panels, estimated global shipments in 2013 have been...
Friday 26 April 2013
Competition between business-use tablets to begin in 2013
The competition between business-use tablets is expected to begin in 2013, with many vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Lenovo to launch models in the second half of 2013,...
Thursday 25 April 2013
SMIC swings to 1Q13 profits
IC foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has reported net profits of US$40.6 million for the first quarter of 2013. The figure improved on net losses of US$42.82...
Thursday 25 April 2013
Taiwan market: NCC plans to cut cable TV pricing to boost digitization
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on April 24 proposed a draft plan for a progressive downward adjustment in cable TV charges to drive cable TV digitization in Taiwan,...
Wednesday 24 April 2013
MacBook shipments to grow 10% in 2Q13
Apple's MacBook shipments in the second quarter are expected to grow 10% sequentially as the company has almost finished digesting its excess inventory and should start placing new...
Wednesday 24 April 2013
Panel makers to produce 41.5-inch TV panels in 2013
Korea- and China-based panel makers have plans to produce 41.5-inch panels in 2013 in order to compete against the 42-inch TV panel market, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 24 April 2013
Low-cost smartphone shipments boom, says ABI Research
In many parts of the world, smartphone shipments account for a larger percentage of mobile handset shipments than feature phones and low-cost handsets. Yet within the smartphone class...
Wednesday 24 April 2013
Apple reports fiscal 2Q13 results
Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 second quarter ended March 30, 2013. The company posted quarterly revenues of US$43.6 billion and quarterly net profits of...