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Thursday 11 October 2012
PC shipments set to decline in 2012 for first time in 11 years, says IHS
After entering the year with high hopes, the global PC market has seen its prospects dim, with worldwide shipments set to decline in 2012 for the first time in 11 years, according...
Thursday 11 October 2012
Component makers preparing for new Apple products
Shipments of Apple's new products – a Retina Display 13-inch MacBook Pro, 7.85-inch iPad and iMac – have reportedly been delayed from September to October and with the...
Thursday 11 October 2012
PC market struggles ahead of Windows 8 launch, says IDC
The worldwide PC market contracted sharply in the third quarter of 2012, with shipments declining 8.6% from the third quarter of 2011, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker...
Thursday 11 October 2012
Sharp procures 40-inch LCD TV panels to Samsung, say sources
Samsung Electronics is reportedly starting to procure as many as 100,000 40-inch LCD TV panels from Sharp's 10G production line per month, according to industry sources.
Thursday 11 October 2012
Compal September revenues up almost 25%
Taiwan-based notebook ODM Compal Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$64.52 billion (US$2.18 billion) for September, growing by 24.66% on month and by 12.91% on yea...
Tuesday 9 October 2012
Prices of Windows 7 notebooks declining; more Windows 8 tablets unveiled
Some branded notebook vendors have lowered the prices of their Windows 7-based notebooks sold through channel operators in the US recently in order to pave the way for the launch of...
Tuesday 9 October 2012
Commentary: The effects of TV subsidies in China
Energy-saving subsidies that provide funding for consumer electronic products such as LCD TVs have proven efficacious in China in terms of getting consumers to become greener with...
Tuesday 9 October 2012
Prices for TV panels of mainstream sizes up in October
Prices for LCD TV panels of mainstream sizes have risen so far in October, with prices for 32-inch open-cell panels increasing by US$1 to US$101-105 and those for 42-inch full HD panels...
Tuesday 9 October 2012
Asustek September revenues up
Asustek Computer on October 8 reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$33.763 billion (US$1.14 billion) for September, growing 5.49% on month and 8.12% on year, and those of NT$269.477...
Tuesday 9 October 2012
CMI remains top supplier of panels to China-based TV vendors
Chimei Innolux (CMI) still remains the top LCD TV panel supplier to China-based TV vendors and is expected to continue doing so throughout the end of 2012 due to the company's product...
Tuesday 9 October 2012
CMI, AUO 4Q12 operations subject to risks of high TV panel inventory levels
Taiwan-based Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) are likely to face excessive supply of their LCD TV panel products in the fourth quarter of 2012 due to expected releases of...
Tuesday 9 October 2012
Quanta September notebook shipments up, revenues down sequentially
Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer shipped 4.7 million notebooks in September, growing by 11.9% on month, but the corresponding consolidated revenues of NT$83.495 billion (US$2.83 billion)...
Monday 8 October 2012
Taiwan market: E-Life Mall setting up more retail stores
E-Life Mall, an IT and consumer electronics product retail chain in Taiwan, opened its second retail store in northern Taiwan on October 6 and plans to establish three additional stores...
Monday 8 October 2012
Taiwan component makers worried about Lenovo plans to hike in-house notebook production
As China-based vendor Lenovo plans to increase in-house production of own-brand notebooks and will therefore procure components instead of letting ODMs release orders, as a result...
Monday 8 October 2012
Taiwan September CPI down on month, up on year
Taiwan's September 2012 consumer price index (CPI) of 110.39 (2006 as base year) slipped by 0.33% on month but rose by 2.96% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index...