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Monday 10 September 2012
Tablets and smartphones help 2Q12 PWM IC market rebound, says IHS
After six months of decline, the market for power management semiconductors likely recovered in the second quarter due to strong demand from electronic products including smartphones...
Monday 10 September 2012
Supply chain to face challenges preparing for Windows 8 notebooks
Windows 8-based notebook shipments are expected to start increasing in September as the launch date of the operating system approaches, but because most orders are scheduled for shipping...
Monday 10 September 2012
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen, E-Life August revenues drop
Taiwan-based consumer electronics retail chains Tsann Kuen Enterprise and E-Life Mall saw their revenues for August fall sequentially by 27.44% and 36.94%, respectively, according...
Monday 10 September 2012
Taiwan sees August export value decrease
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$24.69 billion in August 2012, decreasing 0.6% on month and 4.2% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$21.38 billion dropped...
Monday 10 September 2012
Quanta, Compal, Inventec see sequential drops in August revenues
Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Inventec, three Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, saw consolidated revenues for August decrease on month by 6.05%, 7.71% and 13.70% respectively,...
Monday 10 September 2012
Sharp, LG slash large-size LCD TV prices in North America
Japan-based TV brand Sharp recently lowered its price of 60-inch LCD TVs in the North America market. To compete, LG Electronics decided to reduce the price of its 55-inch LCD TVs...
Friday 7 September 2012
Qisda August revenues highest in 2012
Taiwan-based ODM/OEM Qisda brought in consolidated revenues of NT$7.67 billion (US$256 million) for August, the highest monthly level so far in 2012 and increasing 15.5% on year. January-August...
Friday 7 September 2012
Amazon announces Kindle Paperwhite
Amazon has introduced fifth generation Kindle e-book readers. The Kindle Paperwhite has 62% more pixels and 25% increased contrast, a patented built-in front light for reading in all...
Friday 7 September 2012
Launch of Amazon tablets marks rebound in large-sized tablets, says Digitimes Research
As Digitimes Research anticipated in its recently published "Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market," Amazon today has introduced a new line of 7- and 8.9-inch...
Friday 7 September 2012
Synnex Technology sees August revenues increase
Taiwan-based channel distributor Synnex Technology International on September 6 reported consolidated revenues of NT$27.57 billion (US$921 million) for August, increasing 4.4% on month...
Friday 7 September 2012
Nokia, Motorola introduce new smartphones
Nokia and Motorola Mobility both introduced new smartphones on September 5, 2012. Nokia introduced two Windows Phone 8 models, the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. Motorola launched three...
Friday 7 September 2012
Global Unichip posts record monthly revenues
IC design service company Global Unichip has announced revenues of NT$1.12 billion (US$37.6 million) for August 2012, up 24.1% on month and 25.7% from a year earlier. The figure also...
Friday 7 September 2012
Intel has long road to catch up in handset processor segment, says ARM vice president
While Intel has been making efforts to tap the handset processor market, the company still has a long way to go to catch up with ARM in terms of power consumption, according to Noel...
Friday 7 September 2012
Taiwan-based panel makers are still the main providers of TV panels for China-based TV vendors
Taiwan-based panel makers are still maintaining their positions as the main TV panel providers for China-based TV vendors. This is because of the panel makers' increased cooperation...
Thursday 6 September 2012
TV price wars emerge from China-based online retailers
TV price wars are increasingly emerging in China as local-based online retailers are reportedly trying to outdo one another with TV pricing, according to industry sources.