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Friday 23 November 2012
LG Display still supplies most panels for iPad mini, say sources
LG Display (LGD) is still the largest supplier of panels used in Apple's recently-launched iPad mini, as AU Optronics (AUO) continues to suffer from poor yields in the production of...
Friday 23 November 2012
FIH, Sharp to jointly develop smartphone markets in Southeast Asia, say sources
Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) will continue its cooperation with Sharp in the development of smartphones, and the two firms will shift their focus to promote sales in Southeas...
Friday 23 November 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 25 million LCD monitors in 3Q12
Taiwan-based makers shipped 25.780 million LCD monitors during the third quarter of 2012, increasing 7.4% on quarter but decreasing 11.4% on year and occupying 63.4% of global total...
Friday 23 November 2012
Taiwan market: Samsung to launch 3G/Wi-Fi-connected bridge camera
Samsung Electronics on November 22 unveiled Galaxy Camera, a bridge camera equipped with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and 3G/Wi-Fi connectivity for editing and sharing photos/video, for...
Thursday 22 November 2012
Intel reportedly speeds up development of low-power processors
Intel is gearing up for a big comeback around mid-2013, accelerating the development of its next-generation, low-power mobile processor, according to sources in the PC industry.
Thursday 22 November 2012
MediaTek November sales drop on EDGE-chip inventory and small-size panel shortage
Sales at IC design house MediaTek are set to register a sequential decrease in November, due to pressure to cut EDGE-chip inventories, as well as tight supplies of panels under 4-inch,...
Thursday 22 November 2012
Lenovo to become top smartphone vendor in China, says Gartner
Market research firm Gartner has published its IT predictions for China in 2013 and beyond. The predictions include Lenovo becoming the top smartphone vendor in China.
Thursday 22 November 2012
MediaTek smartphone-IC shipments to drop 10-20% in November, says paper
Fabless IC firm MediaTek will likely ship about 15 million smartphone ICs in November, down over 15% sequentially, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
HP Taiwan not yet affected by layoffs
Although Hewlett-Packard (HP) is set to lay off 29,000 employees worldwide, HP Taiwan has pointed out that it has not heard any manpower reduction plans from headquarters.
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Acer recruits new marketing executives
Acer has recently recruited a new chief marketing officer (CMO), Michael Birkin, chairman of marketing service company, Red Peak, to assist the company to reconstruct and strengthen...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Samsung chip powers new Google Chromebook
Samsung Electronics has announced that its Exynos 5 Dual application processor powers the new Google Chromebook. Exynos 5 Dual is the industry's first ARM Cortex-A15 CPU and ARM Mali-T604...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Intel reduces StudyBook shipment forecast
Intel originally expected its StudyBook tablet shipments to reach 3-4 million units in the period from January 2013 to June 2014; however, the company has reduced the forecast volume...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
North America and China TV shipments rise ahead of holidays, says DisplaySearch
Despite a 7% on-year dip in global TV shipments, retail sales in North America have been steady, and unit shipments were up almost 3% in the third quarter of 2012 after posting small...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Compal to decrease notebook production capacity
Compal Electronics will reduce its total capacity from 60 million notebooks a year to 50 million units through stopping production at two factories in Kunshan, eastern China, as soon...
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Black Friday to be crucial market test for convertible notebooks, say Taiwan makers
The Black Friday peak sales period starting from November 23 in the US is seen as a crucial market test for convertible notebooks which combine features of ultrabooks and tablets,...