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Wednesday 25 May 2016
Server management SoC provider Aspeed to see revenues grow 25-30% in 2016
Taiwan-based remote server management SoC provider Aspeed Technology is expected to see its revenues grow 25-30% on year in 2016 after it completes the acquisition of Broadcom's Emulex...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
China smartphone market and industry - 1Q 2016
Total smartphone shipments by China-based vendors reached 128.6 million units in the first quarter of 2016, down 20.2% on quarter but up 33.3% on year.
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan smartphone shipments set to decline in 2Q16
Shipments of smartphones by Taiwan-based handset brands and ODMs are expected to reach 12.6 million units in the second quarter of 2016, down 9.7% sequentially and 42.9% on year,...
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Foxconn receiving more short lead-time orders, performance to be even better in 3Q16, says chairman
Foxconn Electronics has been receiving more short lead-time orders recently amid structural changes of global economy, and this has resulted in an increase in overtime hours at its...
Tuesday 24 May 2016
China market: Oppo to ship 80 million smartphones in 2016, says paper
China-based smartphone Oppo is expected to ship over 80 million smartphones in 2016, an increase of 60% from a year earlier, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News...
Monday 23 May 2016
Court requires TWM immediately to return band unit C4
The Taipei District Court, for the legal proceedings brought by Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) against Taiwan Mobile (TWM) about disputes over 4G-operating frequency band units...
Monday 23 May 2016
Chip suppliers cautious about unit production for upcoming iPhone
Chip suppliers are looking to enter production starting mid-June for the upcoming new iPhone series slated for launch in September 2016, but are generally less optimistic on their...
Monday 23 May 2016
Huawei to launch Daydream-based smartphones, HMDs
Huawei plans to integrate its Kirin CPU products with Qualcomm's processors to roll out smartphones and head-mounted devices (HMD) supporting Google's Daydream VR (virtual reality)...
Monday 23 May 2016
China market: Lenovo to use Samsung Exynos CPUs
ZUK, a handset subsidiary of Lenovo, is to roll out a new smartphone powered by a Samsung Electronics Exynos 8890 processor, according to company CEO Chang Cheng.
Monday 23 May 2016
FIH Mobile building handset production lines in Guizhou for Huawei
FIH Mobile, an OEM handset arm of the Foxconn Group, is building new production lines in Guizhou, China in order to produce handsets for Huawei, according to Japan-based Nikkei...
Monday 23 May 2016
Amazon considering setting up cloud data centers in Taiwan
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is considering establishing cloud data centers in Taiwan and has finished a feasibility evaluation but has not yet made any decision, Amazon corporate vice...
Monday 23 May 2016
Winmate, Inc. to showcase latest automotive solutions for the Industry 4.0 at Computex 2016
Winmate, Inc. will showcase its latest industrial solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 at Computex 2016 which takes place May 31st - June 1st in Taipei, Taiwan...
Friday 20 May 2016
Apple iPhone shipments fall 14% in 1Q16, says Gartner
Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 349 million units in the first quarter of 2016, a 3.9% increase over the same period in 2015, according to Gartner. Samsung extended...
Friday 20 May 2016
China March mobile communication user base grows to 1.293 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.293 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of March 2016, increasing 0.71% on month but decreasing 0.08% on year. 264.37 million...
Friday 20 May 2016
Compal Electronics to produce Project Tango smartphones for Lenovo, say sources
Notebook and handset ODM Compal Electronics reportedly will undertake the production of a Google's Project Tango-based smartphone for Lenovo, according to industry sources.