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Wednesday 27 June 2012
Huawei adopts MediaTek dual-core chip for smartphones, says report
MediaTek's new MT6577, which uses a dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex A9 CPU, has been adopted by China-based Huawei for as many as four of its upcoming smartphone devices, according to a Chinese-language...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Digitimes Research: Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad to take 40% of China smartphone market in 2012
The development of China's smartphone market has drawn much attention, particularly in 2012, during which the local brands Huawei Device and ZTE will make it to the global top-10 smartphone...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Ultrabook vendors may have difficulty lowering price to US$799
Though Intel has been actively promoting second-generation ultrabooks, it is still difficult for vendors to launch such models at prices below US$799 as targeted by Intel in third-quarter...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Digitimes Research: Merger with MStar to boost MediaTek presence in digital TV segment
MediaTek's planned merger with MStar Semiconductor will help MediaTek expand its presence in the digital TV-chip market, as well as enhancing its capability in the ever increasing...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Strong ultra-like notebook demand creating shortages of slim panels and metal chassis
Seeing ultrabooks suffer from weak sales, notebook brand vendors have turned to push ultra-like notebooks, causing slim panel and metal chassis to both see shortages, according to...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Microsoft Surface blurs boundary between tablet and ultrabook
Microsoft's announcement of Wintel-based Surface tablet PCs have blurred the boundary between tablets and ultrabooks as Microsoft's tablet PC adopts an Ivy Bridge processor that is...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
ECS passes 2011 finance report with growth of more than 7%
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) hosted a shareholder meeting on June 25, passing its finance report for 2011 with consolidated revenues reaching NT$72.7 billion (US$2.43 billion),...
Monday 25 June 2012
MSI to launch a slide ultrabook in 4Q12 with a price of US$799
Micro-Star International (MSI) is set to launch an 11.6-inch slide ultrabook, Ultrabook Slider S20, combining ultrabook and tablet PC functions together with a weight of about 1.3kg...
Monday 25 June 2012
China rolls out over 440 million handsets in January-May
There were 440.47 million handsets produced in China during January-May 2012, growing by 5.2% on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Monday 25 June 2012
China and Taiwan TV panel competition increasing as new panel sizes are produced
LCD TV competition will be heating up this summer as China-based panel manufacturers such as China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) will be producing new TV panel sizes in order...
Monday 25 June 2012
Vizio and BenQ to release new LCD TV models despite dropping TV prices
Vizio and BenQ will put out new large-sized TV models that have more value-added features such as 3D and Internet connectivity along with new direct-type LED models in July despite...
Monday 25 June 2012
Compal lowers sequential growth in 2Q12 notebook shipments, says report
Compal Electronics has downward adjusted its forecast on-quarter growth in notebook shipments for the second quarter of 2012 from 15% originally to 7.9-10%, the Chinese-language Commercial...
Monday 25 June 2012
Foxconn Group suffers book loss of over NT$6.4 billion from investment in Sharp
Four members of the Foxconn Group made a combined investment of JPY66.907 billion (US$30.9 million) in Japan-based Sharp for a 9.88% stake, but have suffered a total book loss of NT$6.405...
Monday 25 June 2012
Quanta Computer expected to ship 12-15 million tablet PCs in 2012
Quanta Computer is expected to ship 12-15 million tablet PCs to become the largest ODM maker of non-iPad tablet PCs in 2012, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Friday 22 June 2012
BIOS designers to compete for Windows smartphone market
In addition to BIOS solutions for Windows 8, Insyde Software, Phoenix Technologies and American Megatrends are also aggressively competing for the smartphone BIOS market as Microsoft...