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Thursday 7 May 2015
China smartphone AP shipments – 1Q 2015
Smartphone AP shipments in China grew by 14% on year in the first quarter of 2015 but showed an on-quarter decrease of 19.5%.
Wednesday 6 May 2015
China market: Xiaomi launches Mi Note Pro
Xiaomi Technology has unveiled its new high-end smartphone, the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro, which sports a 5.7-inch QHD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 CPU, and 13-megapixel camera with...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Dialog, Foxconn SiP subsidiary to invest in Dyna Image
Dialog Semiconductor, which focuses on power management IC solutions, has announced plans to acquire a 40% stake in Taiwan-based Dyna Image, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lite-On Se...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Taiwan makers to benefit from new smartphones from Xiaomi, LeTV
Taiwan-based handset ODMs and component suppliers, including Pegatron, Foxconn Electronics, Compal Electronics and Largan Precision, are expected to benefit from strong sales of new...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
China smartphone vendors look for more supplies of CMOS image sensors
China-based smartphone vendors reportedly are suffering shortages in the supply of CMOS image sensors from Sony as the Japan-based supplier has given priority to Apple and Samsung...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Global tablet market – 1Q 2015
Global shipments of tablets in the first quarter of 2015 totaled only 49.08 million units, representing an on-quarter drop of 35% and an on-year decrease of 15%.
Wednesday 6 May 2015
China market: Prices for 4- and 8-core handset chips to fall
Prices for 8-core handset chips are set to fall below US$10 in 2015 while those for quad-core chips will slip to US$5, as chipmakers start a price war, according to industry sources...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
The mbed IoT ecosystem: Q&A with ARM CEO Simon Segars
Through intensified cooperation with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and MediaTek, semiconductor IP provider ARM performed well in 2014, seeing its clients ship...
Tuesday 5 May 2015
HTC April revenues down
High Tech Computer (HTC) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$13.542 billion (US$441.32 million) for April 2015, representing a 32.37% drop on month and 38.66% drop on year.
Tuesday 5 May 2015
ThroughTek and Kii collaborate on next generation IoT cloud platform
ThroughTek, provider of innovative M2M solutions, has announced their cooperation with Kii to develop a next generation IoT Cloud Platform. Integration of multimedia solutions will...
Monday 4 May 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan to ship 25.5 million handsets in 2Q15
Taiwan-based vendors HTC and Asustek Computer as well as ODMs Foxconn Group (including FIH Mobile and Chi Mei Communication Systems), Compal Electronics and Wistron will ship 25.50...
Monday 4 May 2015
Quanta pushing into private cloud solutions for revenue growth
White-box server vendor Quanta Computer has recently started accelerating its private cloud computing solution development, looking to expand its sales in 2016 and the move is expected...
Monday 4 May 2015
ECS nets NT$0.68 per share for 1Q15
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) recorded consolidated revenues of NT$11.858 billion (US$376 million), net operating profit of NT$440 million, net profit of NT$377 million and net...
Monday 4 May 2015
Apple iPhone captures 12% smartphone market share in China in 1Q15, says Strategy Analytics
Smartphone shipments to China totaled 109.8 million units in the first quarter of 2015, rising 17% from 93.6 million units a year earlier, according to Strategy Analytics. Xiaomi...
Monday 4 May 2015
Taiwan market: Asustek to launch VivoWatch in early May
Asustek Computer will launch its new smartwatch, the VivoWatch, in the Taiwan market on May 8, priced at NT$4,588 (US$149), according to the company. The new wearable device will...