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Tuesday 28 January 2014
Quanta to showcase battery backup system at Facebook OCP Summit
Quanta Computer and Wiwynn, Wistron's subsidiary provider of cloud computing system integration services, will participate in Facebook's Open Compute Project (OCP) Summit to take...
Monday 27 January 2014
Intel rumored to question its future in smartphone market, say sources
A rumor circulating in the upstream supply chain in Taiwan has Intel reportedly questioning whether it should quit the smartphone market in 2015 if it continues to see weak performance...
Monday 27 January 2014
Gigabyte Communications aims to ship 400,000-500,000 own-brand smartphones in 2014
Taiwan-based handset own-brand (GSmart) maker and ODM Gigabyte Communications will launch more than 10 Android smartphone models mostly equipped with Qualcomm platforms or processors...
Monday 27 January 2014
Mobile PCs and smartphones to be top revenue opportunities for IC suppliers in emerging high-speed wireless device market, says IHS
Mobile PCs and smartphones will represent the top revenue opportunities for high-speed wireless integrated circuit (IC) suppliers by 2018, as these devices are projected to be the...
Monday 27 January 2014
MediaTek reports 2013 EPS of NT$20.51
IC design house MediaTek has reported net profits of NT$27.49 billion (US$904.6 million) for 2013, up 76.8% on year, with consolidated sales rising 37.1% to NT$136.06 billion. EPS...
Monday 27 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments in 1Q14 to drop over 20% sequentially
An estimated 62.14 million tablets will ship globally in the first quarter of 2014, decreasing 20.8% on quarter but increasing 10.9% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Monday 27 January 2014
Foxconn subsidiary to set up joint venture to market education-use tablets
Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) subsidiary Foxteq Holdings, NetDragon Websoft, a China-based developer/operator of online games listed in Hong Kong, and Vision Knight...
Monday 27 January 2014
Commentary: Is time ripe for Lenovo to acquire IBM x86 server business?
Lenovo has signed a definitive agreement with IBM for the acquisition of IBM's x86 server hardware and maintenance business for US$2.3 billion. It is an important step for Lenovo...
Monday 27 January 2014
China market: Prices of octa-core smartphones drifting below CNY1,000
The battle for the entry-level smartphone segment in China is intensifying, and Coolpad with releasing an octa-core model priced below CNY1,000 (US$165), according to industry sour...
Monday 27 January 2014
Taiwan market: Senao aims to sell 480,000 tablets in 2014
Senao International sold 426,000 tablets in the Taiwan market for a market share of 25% in 2013 and aims to sell 480,000 units for a market share of 30% in 2014, according to company...
Friday 24 January 2014
Greater China touch panel shipment forecast through 2015
This Digitimes Research Special Report outlines the key factors in the rapid growth of the touch-panel industry in Greater China in recent years, as well as the technology trends...
Friday 24 January 2014
Taiwan market: Fixed-line Internet-access speeds close to advertised levels, says NCC
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on January 21 released results of a sample survey of fixed-line broadband Internet-access speeds in six metropolitan areas in Taiwan,...
Friday 24 January 2014
Samsung posts profit drop in 4Q13
Samsung Electronics has reported operating profits for the fourth quarter of 2013 slip 18.2% sequentially and about 6% on year to KRW8.31 trillion (US$7.71 billion), while sales were...
Friday 24 January 2014
Six-inch phablet sales face competition from 7-inch tablets
Sales of phablets (tablets with phone capability) with 6-inch or above displays have been rather limited due to strong competition from 7-inch entry-level tablets, according to market...
Friday 24 January 2014
MediaTek smartphone solution shipments to grow robustly in 2014
Shipments of MediaTek's smartphone solutions are expected to grow at a robust pace in 2014, buoyed by efforts by China-based smartphone vendors to expand overseas sales, and growing...