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Thursday 9 November 2017
iPhone X costs Apple US$370 in materials, says IHS Markit
Teardown engineers at IHS Markit have completed their preliminary physical dissection of the new Apple iPhone X and found that the model A1865 version of the smartphone with 64GB...
Thursday 9 November 2017
Oppo, Xiaomi to adopt 3D sensors for smartphones in 2018
China-based vendors Oppo and Xiaomi Technology will adopt 3D sensing solutions for smartphones to be launched in 2018, with such solutions to be developed by Himax Technologies via...
Thursday 9 November 2017
Spreadtrum chips adopted by Accent for smartphones sold in North Africa
Spreadtrum Communications, a China-based fabless chipmaker specializing in mobile SoCs, has announced its solutions have been selected by Accent, an IT brand based in Morocco, for...
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Synnex October revenues up on year
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$33.368 billion (US$1.10 billion) for October, slipping 11.03%...
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Chunghwa Telecom to join IoT investment fund
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has decided to invest an amount of not exceeding NT$600 million (US$19.88 million) in an IoT investment fund run by the Taiwan government-backed Taiwania Capital...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Advantech reports 14.12% on-year rise in October revenues
Advantech has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.621 billion (US$119.98 million) for October 2017, representing a 8.05% drop on month and 14.12% increase on year.
Tuesday 7 November 2017
HTC revenues decrease in October
HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$6.06 billion (US$201 million) for October, down 6.8% on month and 25.8% on year.
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Digitimes Research: China vendors to see 11% growth in smartphone shipments in 4Q17
Smartphone shipments, including exports, by China-based vendors are expected to reach 199.1 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, up 11.1% from the 179.2 million units shipped...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Cambricon aims to take 30% of China AI chip market in 3 years
China AI startup Cambricon Technologies aims to capture a 30% share of the China market for AI chips within three years, expecting more than one billion devices to adopt AI processors...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Asustek Zenbo to be available in China November 14
Asustek Computer, in a partnership with China-based Tencent, will start selling its companion robot Zenbo in China next week. The robot is expected to be also available in the US...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Top-5 smartphone vendors occupy over 75% of China market, says IDC
While the smartphone market in China declined 1% on year in shipment volume in third-quarter 2017, the share of the top-five smartphone vendors there grew from 65.2% in second-quarter...
Monday 6 November 2017
Apple likely to expand supply chain for Apple Watch
Apple has seen an over 50% sequential increase in Apple Watch Series 3 sales in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, and some market watchers expect that Apple is likely to add...
Monday 6 November 2017
TSMC 3nm fab construction to kick off in 2020, chairman says
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder and chairman Morris Chang said at a recent company event that the pure-play foundry will start constructing its advanced...
Monday 6 November 2017
Digitimes Research: Global server shipments to surge 8.5% in 2018
Global server shipments are estimated to surge 7.1% on year to 12.65 million units in 2017 and post a higher growth of 8.5% in 2018, due mainly to expanding demand for datacenter...
Friday 3 November 2017
China smartphone brands all set for Single's Day
China-based smartphone brand vendors including Oppo, Xiaomi and BBK Electronics (Vivo) have begun launching new promotions and price cuts for their devices for China's Singles' Day...