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Thursday 6 August 2015
Sony Mobile likely to outsource wearables to Taiwan ODMs
Sony Mobile Communications is reportedly in talks with Taiwan-based ODMs for possible production of its smart wearable devices, including smartwatches and smart bands, in addition...
Wednesday 5 August 2015
Acer reportedly lands server orders from TSMC
Acer has reportedly obtained orders for servers used in data centers from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which could affect TSMC's orders to its original supplier...
Wednesday 5 August 2015
Xiaomi reportedly developing ARM solutions, paper says
Xiaomi is engaged in the development of mobile processors based on the ARM chip architecture, and is expected to have the first in-house developed chips for handsets in early 2016,...
Wednesday 5 August 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments to remain flat in 2H15
Combined handset shipments by Taiwan-based handset vendors and ODMs in the third and fourth quarters are likely to be lower than the amount they shipped in the second quarter, reflecting...
Tuesday 4 August 2015
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels - 2Q 2015
Handset applications have been the main output for Taiwan makers' small- to medium-size panel production. But the makers are shifting their focus from feature phone panels to smartphone...
Tuesday 4 August 2015
China market: Huawei to offer business-use cloud services
China-based telecom equipment vendor Huawei Technologies has announced that it plans to launch business-use cloud services in the China market, in addition to its current role as...
Tuesday 4 August 2015
Inspection service company Sporton posts revenue growth in July
Taiwan-based Sporton International, which provides mobile device testing and certification services, has announced consolidated revenues for July 2015 increased 1.1% sequentially...
Tuesday 4 August 2015
Taiwan market: Acer sees strong sales at TCAS
Acer has achieved better-than-expected results during the Taiwan Computer Application Show (TCAS) 2015 in Taipei, recording a sales growth of 40% compared to 2014. The results may...
Tuesday 4 August 2015
iPhone 5c successor to feature FinFET chips, say sources
Apple is not expected to launch a successor to the iPhone 5c this year, but will instead introduce its next-generation budget smartphones in second-quarter 2016 with the devices coming...
Tuesday 4 August 2015
Digitimes Research: RT Works launches robot to help people walk
Japan-based RT Works has launched Robot Assist Walker RT. 1, an autonomous walking-assisting cart to help old people walk, in the Japan market, becoming the fourth model of personal...
Monday 3 August 2015
Taiwan motherboard players targeting China embedded market for growth
Seeing that PC demand remains weak, motherboard players have been trying to expand into the embedded product market especially in China. Players such as Gigabyte Technology and ASRock...
Monday 3 August 2015
Sony Mobile to have Arima, FIH produce mid-range smartphones
Sony Mobile Communications will have Taiwan-based ODMs Arima Communications and FIH Mobile produce mid-range smartphone models Xperia C5 Ultra and Xperia M5 respectively, according...
Monday 3 August 2015
Xiaomi and Huawei devices account for nearly 3rd of smartphones shipped in China in 2Q15, says Canalys
Xiaomi regained its crown as the largest smartphone vendor in China with 15.9% market share in the second quarter of 2015, while Huawei saw its shipments rise 48% sequentially, the...
Monday 3 August 2015
Risks to drive US$10 billion cyber insurance market by 2020, says firm
Continued and sustained cyberattacks are having a ruinous effect on enterprises and driving up the cost of incident response. With over 900 million reported records exposed in 2014,...
Monday 3 August 2015
Adlink Technology 2Q15 revenues hit record
Industrial computing device maker Adlink Technology generated consolidated revenues of NT$2.394 billion (US$76.9 million) for the second quarter of 2015, the highest quarterly level...