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Monday 3 June 2013
Lenovo, NEC may set up smartphone joint venture
China-based vendor Lenovo and Japan-based NEC are likely to establish a joint venture in Japan to design, produce and sell smartphones in the global market, according to Taiwan-based...
Monday 3 June 2013
Taipei heats up for Computex 2013
Computex Taipei 2013, which will run from June 4-8, is expected to attract 40,000 international buyers and create business opportunities worth US$25 billion. The show will host some...
Monday 3 June 2013
Digitimes Research: Samsung may experience in-house chipset supply shortage in 2013
South Korea-based Samsung Electronics is not just an industry leader in the global smartphone market, it is also aggressive in promoting in-house processors to other brands. In addition...
Monday 3 June 2013
Digitimes Research: 2Q13 brand tablet shipments to reach 34 million units
Following the low season in the first quarter of 2013, many vendors from the non-iPad tablet camp will introduce new affordable models running on the Google Android platform in the...
Friday 31 May 2013
Global tablet shipments to grow 62% in 2013, says MIC
There will be 182 million notebooks shipped globally in 2013, decreasing 5.3% on year, while tablet shipments will increase 62.2% to 228 million, according to the Market Intelligence...
Friday 31 May 2013
InnoDisk, Aptos team up for industrial embedded use SSDs
InnoDisk, which specializes in flash storage devices for industrial applications and embedded systems, has teamed up with backend service provider Aptos Technology to develop a new...
Friday 31 May 2013
Mobile computing devices to spur SSD market growth, says LSI
A fundamental shift from PC computing toward computing on mobile devices will create huge demand for related devices, such as smartphones and tablets, and data centers for cloud computing...
Friday 31 May 2013
BlackBerry stepping up purchases of parts and components, say Taiwan makers
BlackBerry has recently stepped up its purchases of parts and components, including small-size LCD panels, from suppliers in Taiwan thanks to strong sales of BlackBerry 10 devices,...
Friday 31 May 2013
Shuttle company wins Thailand education software tender
Shuttle Inc., the industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance small form factor (SFF) PC and ODM Notebook solutions, has dedicated much effort into developing and...
Thursday 30 May 2013
Worldwide server shipments declines 0.7% in 1Q13, says Gartner
In the first quarter 2013, worldwide server shipments declined 0.7% on year, while revenues declined 5% from the first quarter of 2012, according to Gartner.
Wednesday 29 May 2013
MediaTek to increase number of component suppliers for its reference designs
MediaTek plans to increase the number of its suppliers of parts and components for its smartphone solution reference designs in order to smooth out its production, according to industry...
Wednesday 29 May 2013
LG may not cooperate with Google on Nexus 5
South Korea-based brand LG has no plans regarding the development of Google's next Nexus smartphone, according to company executives.
Tuesday 28 May 2013
Apple reportedly to release 2 new iPhones in 3Q13
Apple reportedly plans to launch two models of its iPhone family in the third quarter of 2013 and has asked makers in the supply chain to prepare production capacity for 20 million...
Tuesday 28 May 2013
LED driver IC vendors look to strong revenue growth in 2Q13
Some Taiwan-based IC suppliers have been ramping their shipments of LED driver ICs to China thanks to the fledging LED lighting industry in the country and growing demand for LED...
Tuesday 28 May 2013
Taiwan government may allow WiMAX operators to upgrade technology
The Taiwan government is inclined towards allowing WiMAX operators to upgrade technology, for example to LTE, with certain conditions, according to minister without portfolio Simon...