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Friday 4 August 2017
Global smartphone shipments expand 4% on year in 2Q17, says Canalys
Global smartphone shipments totaled 340 million units in the second quarter of 2017, increasing 4% from a year earlier, according to Canalys.
Thursday 3 August 2017
LG Display OLED expansion plans to affect global TV panel market
Planned investments by LG Display (LGD) to expand its OLED panel production capacity will have a profound impact on the supply of OLED panels in the global TV market.
Thursday 3 August 2017
Sony Mobile aims to ship 16.5 million smartphones in fiscal 2017
Sony Mobile Communications expects its smartphone shipments to reach 16.5 million units in fiscal 2017 (April 2017-March 2018), up from 14.6 million shipped in the previous fiscal...
Wednesday 2 August 2017
Qualcomm, Win Semi reportedly to team up for 5G mobile infrastructure
Qualcomm has recently approached GaAs IC foundry Win Semiconductors to cooperate in an infrastructure project for 5G mobile networks, according to market sources.
Wednesday 2 August 2017
Quanta Storage accelerates collaborative robot production
Failing to fill orders for collaborative robots in the first half of 2017 due to a serious supply shortage of decelerators from Japan-based Harmonic, Taiwan-based Quanta Storage is...
Wednesday 2 August 2017
Availability of standalone devices to drive take-off of VR industry
The planned release of standalone VR head-mounted display (HMD) devices by hardware vendors including HTC and Oculus will help accelerate the development of the global VR market,...
Wednesday 2 August 2017
Apple reports growth in revenues and profits for fiscal 3Q17
Apple has disclosed financial results for its fiscal 2017 third quarter ended July 1, 2017, posting quarterly revenues of US$45.4 billion and quarterly earnings per diluted share...
Wednesday 2 August 2017
Asustek to launch ZenFone 4 on August 17
Asustek Computer will launch its new ZenFone 4 series on August 17. The company claims the devices will come with high price/performance ratios, high hardware specifications and excellent...
Tuesday 1 August 2017
Taiwan market: CHT eyeing 2 million MOD service subscribers by year-end 2017
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) aims to boost the number of its MOD service subscribers to two million by year-end 2017, up from 1.36 million at the end of June, according to company chairman...
Tuesday 1 August 2017
Digitimes Research: 5G networks moving toward cloud, virtualization and network slicing
As some telecom operators are looking for accelerated implementation of commercial 5G networks, there emerges a choice of "non-independent" and "independent" networks in the course...
Tuesday 1 August 2017
Adlink sees rising revenues, but declining EPS for 1H17
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Adlink Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$5.02 billion (US$169.68 million) for the first half of 2017, up 13.87% on year and...
Tuesday 1 August 2017
Meizu to use MediaTek APs for new flagship smartphones
China-based smartphone vendor Meizu has decided to use application processors (APs) from MediaTek, instead of Samsung Electronics, for its upcoming flagship models, according to a...
Monday 31 July 2017
Supermicro to expand Technology Park plan in Taiwan
Having completed phase-one construction for its Asia Pacific Technology Park in Taoyuan, Taiwan, US-based Supermicro is now planning for a phase-two construction project, which is...
Monday 31 July 2017
TSMC reportedly to give 2H17 server orders to Supermicro
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly shifted its server procurement orders for the second half of 2017 from the original supplier Lenovo to Supermicro...
Monday 31 July 2017
Taiwan market: Samsung braces for strong smartphone, monitor and slim TV sales
Samsung Electronics is expected to see sales of its smartphones, gaming monitors and ultra-thin TVs in the Taiwan market achieve significant results in 2017, buoyed by the introduction...