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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 4GB...
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 over...
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 maintained...
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 be...
Monday 4 May 2015
Taiwan market: TWM aims at 3 million 4G users for end of 2015
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has reached 1.6 million 4G mobile communication subscribers currently and aims to increase the number to three million at the end of 2015, the company said at an...