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Thursday 16 January 2014
China white-box makers add extra value to tablets as cost reduction is no longer possible
China white-box players have not been able to lower their Wi-Fi-based tablets' prices since the third quarter of 2013 because there is no room for further reductions in their BOM...
Wednesday 15 January 2014
Amazon sees weaker-than-expected Kindle Fire HDX shipments in 4Q13
Thanks to falling prices and satisfactory functionalities, entry-level tablets from brand vendors has been undermining demand for mid-range and high-end models, and they formed a...
Friday 3 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments from China vendors to grow slightly on quarter in 4Q13
After a visit to some of the handset supply chain players in China at the end of 2013, Digitimes Research found that China-based vendors' smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter...
Tuesday 31 December 2013
10 technology predictions for 2014
The year 2013 saw the rise of Ultra HD TVs, larger-size smartphones, increased competition from mobile device makers in China, as well as a decline in the monitor market in addition...
Monday 30 December 2013
Hotknot technology makes touchscreen no longer just touchscreen
At the end of November 2013, MediaTek announced a new near field communication technology called Hotknot, which does not require NFC chips or antennas to work, and the technology...
Thursday 19 December 2013
Digitimes Research: Shipments of iPad mini with Retina to rise to 5-6 million in 1Q14
With aggressive promotions by retailers, iPad sales during the year-end shopping season have grown strongly. Promotions - such as Best Buy's US$100 price cut for iPad 2, Walmart's...
Thursday 14 November 2013
Focus on enterprise SSD: Q&A with OCZ CMO Alex Mei
OCZ Technology shifted its corporate focus away from legacy DRAM memory modules in 2011, and has since built on its expertise in high-speed memory to become a leader in the design...
Wednesday 6 November 2013
Apple-GTAT partnership to drive sapphire demand
GTAT has signed a multi-year sapphire materials agreement with Apple.
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Standard DRAM bit demand to fall 3.5% in 4Q13
Standard DRAM bit demand is set to decline 3.5% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2013, due to stagnant sales of desktops and notebooks and slowing growth in PC memory content,...
Friday 6 September 2013
Why Apple should make a 2-in-1 notebook
As competition in the tablet segment continues to increase and as notebook vendors are either seeing stagnant or in some cases declining sales of notebooks, vendors such as Apple...
Friday 30 August 2013
A walkthrough at Touch Taiwan 2013
The Touch Taiwan 2013 exhibition featured more key players in the industry than it has in the past, with major panel makers such as AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux in attendance to...
Monday 5 August 2013
China market: Rumors and speculation for cheap TD-SCDMA iPhone for China
The latest gossip and speculation floating around the supply chain, with none of the news being substantiated, is that Apple's plans for an inexpensive iPhone will focus on the China...
Friday 19 July 2013
When will consumers make use of their 4K TVs?
Following declining on-year TV sales in 2012, vendors have looked to various strategies to bring a turnaround in 2013, including increasing the value-added features and sizes of their...
Wednesday 17 July 2013
The pros and cons of Apple building its own chips
If Apple builds its own silicon at its own chip fab, the risk it will face will be greater than the benefits for the company, according to Nobunaga Chai, analyst for semiconductors...
Monday 15 July 2013
Rumors flying over Apple's next chip partner/s
Following speculation that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) already struck a deal with Apple to supply foundry services for the next A-series chips built using 20nm,...