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Monday 18 July 2016
Smartphone vendors crossing into notebook market for growth
China-based Huawei and Xiaomi have entered the notebook market and Korea-based smartphone brand vendors Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are also releasing products for the...
Friday 15 July 2016
Huaxintong Semiconductor licenses ARMv8-A architecture
Huaxintong Semiconductor Technology of China has licensed ARM's v8-A architecture to accelerate advanced server chipset technologies in China's server market, according to ARM. The...
Thursday 14 July 2016
Huawei pushing mobile payment system in China
With Asia's mobile payment market growing rapidly, in addition to Apple and Samsung Electronics' payment platforms, China-based Huawei, the largest smartphone vendor in China, has...
Thursday 14 July 2016
Digital signage proficiency holds the key to smart retail
The driving forces of cloud technology, big data analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) have sparked a new wave of innovations for the retail industry. For retailers, the transformation...
Thursday 14 July 2016
Microsoft, Google, Amazon pushing new datacenter establishments in 2H16
Microsoft, Google and Amazon have been aggressively pushing the cloud computing service market and are expected to establish more datacenters in the second half of 2016. Microsoft...
Thursday 14 July 2016
Garmin enters Taiwan micropayment market
Garmin has cooperated with Taiwan-based micropayment firm iPass to launch wearable devices that are able to measure heart rates and support micropayments.
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Digitimes Research: Japan telecom carriers reduce number of smartphones for summer
Two of the top-three Japan-based mobile telecom carriers, NTT DoCoMo and Softbank, have reduced the number of new phones launched for the summer of 2016 as the growth of smartphone...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Taiwan market: HTC begins marketing Vive via retail channels
HTC has begun marketing its Vive through retail channels in the Taiwan market. The company aims to establish up to 100 experience shops for the VR device by year-end 2016.
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Asustek unveils new products for 2H16
Asustek Computer has unveiled a number of new products for the second half of 2016, including ZenFone 3 family products, Transformer 3 Pro 2-in-1, and ZenPad 3S 10 tablet.
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Pegatron sees over 30% growth in June revenues
Pegatron Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$93.35 billion (US$2.89 billion) for June, growing 40.27% on month and 33.34% on year, and NT$224.98 billion for the second...
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Flagship phone demand might disappoint in 2H16
Smartphone vendors might see sales of their flagship models disappoint in the second half of 2016 due to lack of upgrades, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Asustek sees growth in June revenues; conservative about 3Q16
Asustek Computer saw its June consolidated revenues grow 33% on month and 2% on year to reach NT$42.39 billion (US$1.32 billion), but its revenues in the second quarter were down...
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Arima Communications sees shipments down in June
Handset ODM Arima Communications has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.341 billion (US$41.4 million) for June, slipping 37.50% from the previous month as smartphone shipments...
Monday 11 July 2016
Lenovo reportedly to supply servers to Microsoft datacenters
Lenovo reportedly has become a server supplier of Microsoft's datacenters and is the software giant's fifth supplier following Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell, Quanta Computer and Wiwynn,...
Monday 11 July 2016
TWM, FET net NT$2.90, NT$.84 per share for January-June
Mobile telecom carriers Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has reported its financial performance for June, recording net EPS of NT$2.90 (US$0.090) and that...