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Friday 10 August 2012
Microsoft working to minimize Surface impact, says Acer chairman
After publicly urging Microsoft to reconsider its move to launch own-brand tablet PCs recently, Acer chairman JT Wang on August 9, commented that Microsoft is pushing Surface to help...
Friday 10 August 2012
Compal notebook shipments unlikely to suffer setback in 2012, says chairman
Compal Electronics is unlikely to suffer a setback in notebook shipments in 2012 although it is facing mounting pressure in the second half of the year due to conservative attitudes...
Friday 10 August 2012
TSMC 40nm supply tightens on growing demand from MediaTek
Demand for MediaTek's smartphone chips, which are mainly supplied to China-based clients, has been growing causing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 40nm foundry...
Friday 10 August 2012
China TV vendors expect sales to increase in October
China-based TV vendors do not expect to see LCD TV sales increase substantially until the October 1 holidays due to lack of promotion by energy saving subsidies since they were issued...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Intel to try out wireless charging technology in ultrabooks and smartphones in 2H13
Intel may adopt its self-developed wireless charging technology into Intel-based ultrabooks and smartphones in the second half of 2013, according to sources from the upstream supply...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Taiwan notebooks – 2Q 2012
Taiwan notebook shipments increased 5.6% sequentially but decreased 1.1% on year to reach 44.77 million units in the second quarter of 2012.
Thursday 9 August 2012
Surface is a must for Microsoft, say chip makers
Commenting on recent complaints from PC brand vendors and ODMs about Microsoft's moves over its Surface tablet PC, sources from first-tier chip makers pointed out that the release...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Wistron, Inventec suffer on-month revenue drop in July
Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$48.84 billion (US$1.63 billion), down 16.32% on month and 5.28% on year, with combined consolidated revenues for the first seven months...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Lite-On Technology reports July revenues down 3.3% on-month
Warren Chen, CEO of the Lite-On Group and Lite-On Technology, has said market conditions in the third quarter may be worse than expected. Chen believes the group's third-quarter 2012...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Sampo sees 51.2% increase in TV sales due to government subsidies
In Taiwan, Sampo has reported a 51.2% increase in domestic TV sales during July compared with the same period in 2011 due to energy saving subsidies issued by the Taiwan government...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Notebook ODMs shipments may stay weak in August
Taiwan notebook ODMs may see their shipments in August stay flat on month and will not have a chance to recover until September, according to sources from notebook makers.
Wednesday 8 August 2012
ICP Electronics to see growing revenues in 2H12
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) player ICP Electronics expects its revenues in the second half of 2012 to see growth compared to the first, while the company will also achieve sequential...
Wednesday 8 August 2012
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen, E-Life see large sequential growth in July revenues
Tsann Kuen Enterprise and E-Life Mall, two 3C retail chains in Taiwan, had revenues for July hiking on month by 47.37% and 35.35% respectively, according to the companies.
Wednesday 8 August 2012
China market: iPad occupies over 72% of 2Q12 tablet sales
There were 2.34 million tablet PCs sold in the China market during the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 7.8% on quarter and by 63.4% on year, and iPad series had the largest market...
Wednesday 8 August 2012
Smartphone apps processor revenues soar 55% in 1Q12, says Strategy Analytics
The global smartphone applications processor market showed a solid 55% on-year growth in the first quarter of 2012, reaching US$2.47 billion, according to Strategy Analytics. The smartphone...