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NEWS & VIEWS |
Taipei,
Monday, September 8, 2008
01:32 (GMT+8)
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Subject: Systems > Desktop, server |
Asia Pacific server market continues momentum, says Gartner Sep 5, 16:28 In the second quarter of 2008, Asia Pacific server shipments posted another healthy growth of 15.6% on year. Revenues increased 5.4% on year, according to Gartner. Server revenues totaled US$2.01 billion for the quarter, as shipments reached 390,758 units. Read more |
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AMD to launch two low-power desktop CPUs for low-cost PC market in November Sep 5, 01:10 AMD is planning to launch two low-power desktop CPUs – Athlon 2650e and Athlon X2 3250e – under its UVC (Ultra-Value Client) product line targeting OEMs in November, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more |
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Lanner introduces low-cost computer with fanless design for industrial and embedded applications Sep 4, 16:22 Lanner Electronics has announced the launch of a new fanless embedded computer based on the Intel Celeron M processor and Mobile Intel 910GMLE Express chipset. Read more |
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Back to school demand a boon for PC makers Sep 4, 12:29 Can the global PC market continue to shrug off the impact of the economic downturn and maintain its momentum throughout the critical back-to-school season? Read more |
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Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors to power new HP blade server Sep 3, 15:44 AMD has announced that its Quad-Core Opteron processors are been adopted for Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) latest ProLiant BL495c virtualization blade. Read more |
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Intel launches three new desktop CPUs Sep 1, 17:17 Intel has launched three desktop CPUs: the Core 2 Quad Q8200, Core 2 Duo E5200 and Celeron D 450. Read more |
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Foxconn earnings down more than 25% sequentially in 2Q08 Sep 1, 14:33 Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$395.84 billion (US$12.53 billion) and net profits of NT$11.93 billion for the second quarter of this year, down 4.7% and 25.8%, respectively, from the previous quarter due to unfavorable operating conditions. Read more |
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Server market accelerates in 2Q but future remains uncertain, says IDC Aug 28, 01:05 According to IDC, factory revenues in the worldwide server market grew 6.4% year over year to US$13.9 billion in the second quarter of 2008. This is the ninth consecutive quarter of positive revenue growth and the highest second quarter server revenue total since 2000. Unit server shipments grew 11.1% year over year driven by a sustained refresh cycle and an expansion of infrastructures across enterprise, SMB, and cloud computing environments. Read more |
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Adlink sees largest sales growth in China in 1H08 Aug 27, 15:35 Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Adlink Technology witnessed its sales in China during the first half of 2008 increase by 54.9% on year, the largest growth among its main markets, according to the company speaking at an investors conference on August 26. Read more |
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Acer gets new director Aug 25, 12:47 Acer has announced that Hsueh J Sung has joined its board of directors as a representative of Hung Rouan Investment Corporation. Sung is vice chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia and his appointment is expected to enhance Acer's profile among international investors. Read more |
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Worldwide server shipments grew 12% in 2Q08, says Gartner Aug 22, 14:49 Worldwide server shipments for the second quarter of 2008 increased 12.2% over the same quarter last year, while worldwide server revenues for the same period climbed 5.7% according to Gartner. Worldwide server revenues totaled US$13.8 billion for the second quarter, as worldwide servers shipments reached 2.3 million units. Read more |
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Intel CTO says gap between humans and machines will close by 2050 Aug 22, 10:35 Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer during his keynote today at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, predicted big changes are ahead in social interactions, robotics and improvements in computer's ability to sense the real world. He said Intel's research labs are already looking at human-machine interfaces and examining future implications to computing with some promising changes coming much sooner than expected. Read more |
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No Quanta Computer seat on Quanmax board of directors Aug 19, 10:19 Taiwan-based Quanta Computer was originally expected to take a position on the board of directors of Quanmax (renamed from Kontron Asia), a joint venture maker of industrial PCs between Germany-based Kontron AG and Quanta Computer, at Quanmax's provisional shareholder meeting on August 18, but did not nominate any candidates for the election of three new directors, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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Taiwan's three science parks turned out total revenues of over NT$1 trillion in 1H08 Aug 18, 14:13 The three science parks in Taiwan, Hsinchu (HSP), Southern (STSP) and Central (CTSP), generated total revenues of NT$1.022 trillion (US$32.57 billion) during the first half of 2008, according to statistics released by the National Science Council (NSC). Read more |
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Record PC processor shipments in 2Q, says IDC Aug 15, 17:35 Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments in the second quarter of 2008 reached record levels again, according to new data from IDC. Despite the fact that the second quarter is typically the slowest quarter of the calendar year for processor demand and concerns that the economic woes in the US are spreading to other regions, worldwide processor unit shipments grew 3.1% on quarter and 16.1% on year. Strong vendor price competition in the middle and low end of the desktop PC processor and mobile PC processor market segments caused overall market revenues to decline 4.5% on quarter to US$7.7 billion. Read more |
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IPC maker Advantech aims at consolidated revenues of US$1.50 billion in 2013 Aug 15, 16:26 Advantech, the largest Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker, will carry out a new 5-year operational plan beginning in 2009 and thereby expects its consolidated revenue to continually increase to US$1.50 billion (NT$45.0 billion) in 2013, according to company chairman Ke-cheng Liu at an institutional investor conference on August 14. Read more |
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Stronger seasonal demand for IT goods expected in China after Olympics Aug 14, 01:00 Despite that demand for IT goods in China has been suppressed by natural disasters and stricter customs checks, industry players anticipate that the upcoming strong season in the fourth quarter should beat seasonal patterns when distributors replenish their inventory and consumers resume their buying. Read more |
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Intel desktop CPU plans updated Aug 13, 16:20 Intel is planning to launch a 45nm quad-core CPU – Core 2 Quad Q8200 with a core frequency of 2.33GHz and price of US$224 in thousand-unit tray quantities by the end of August along with a new dual-core Pentium E5200 CPU at 2.5GHz and US$84. The company will also launch a 65nm Conroe-L-based Celeron 450 CPU at 2.2GHz and US$53, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more |
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Hsinchu Science Park reports 1H08 production value of US$18.0 billion Aug 12, 12:19 Hsinchu Science Park, the largest of three government-developed science parks in Taiwan, recorded a total production value of NT$553.379 billion (US$18.0 billion) during the first half of 2008, according to the administration. Read more |
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Foxconn sees revenues grow nearly 35% on year in July Aug 11, 11:16 Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) saw its revenues grow 34.9% on year to NT$130.27 billion (US$4.16 billion) in July, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). The July figures also represent an increase of 21.2% from the previous month. Read more |
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Synnex Technology sees growth in July consolidated revenue Aug 8, 09:47 Synnex Technology International, the largest 3C (computer, communication, consumer electronics) channel distributor in Taiwan, on August 7 reported self-estimated consolidated revenue of NT$16.72 billion (US$549 million) for July 2008, a rise of 7.8% on month and 23.0% on year. Read more |
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USI sees effect from economic slump in July revenues Aug 8, 01:15 Affected by the falling worldwide economy, Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) recorded consolidated revenues of NT$5.02 billion (US$162.16 million) for July, a drop of 11% compared to June, and only a slight increase of 2% compared to the same month last year. Accumulated consolidated revenues for the first seven months in 2008 were NT$39.92 billion, an increase of 16% on year. Although the third quarter is the traditional peak season for the PC market, since the overall economy is slowing down, the company is conservative about revenues performance in August and September. Read more |
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Foxconn unveils ambitious domestic investment package for Taiwan Aug 7, 17:12 The Foxconn Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry), on August 6, unveiled a package of investment plans to be made in Taiwan. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Asustek Eee Box sold out Newswatch | Aug 4, 11:18 Initial shipments of Asustek Computer's Eee Box in the Taiwan market, totaling around 1,000 units, have completely sold out since the product launched on July 30, according to the company. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Top officials at HP Taiwan to resign, says paper Newswatch | Aug 1, 11:43 Top officials including the CEO, president and some assistant managers are to resign from their positions at Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Read more |
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Contract manufacturing industry undergoing period of deceleration and consolidation, says iSuppli Aug 1, 10:04 The global electronics Contract Manufacturing (CM) industry is undergoing a period of deceleration and consolidation, phenomena that will transform the market by 2013 as competitors are forced to rethink how they deliver value to their customers, according to iSuppli. Revenue for the global CM industry, consisting of Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) and Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) providers, is set to expand to US$432.3 billion by 2012, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2% from US$305.5 billion in 2007. Read more |
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Acer consolidated revenues up 31% on year in 1H08 but profits down Aug 1, 01:15 Acer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$252.19 billion (US$8.21 billion) for the first half of this year. Revenues included those from Gateway and Packard Bell and showed an increase of 31% on year. Read more |
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ICP Electronics sees delay in China capacity expansion Jul 31, 16:51 Taiwan-based IPC maker ICP Electronics has suffered a delay in expanding the production capacity of Armorlink SH, its manufacturing subsidiary in Shanghai, China, and has therefore downward adjusted the originally planned scale of expansion, according to the company. Read more |
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Asustek expects to ship up to 200,000 Eee Boxes worldwide in 2008 Jul 31, 16:29 Asustek Computer launched its Eee Box nettop in Taiwan priced NT$7,988 (US$260.85) on July 30. The company expects the nettop's worldwide shipments to reach 100,000-200,000 units in 2008 and break one million units in 2009, according to Jerry Shen, president of the company. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Asustek, MSI and Synnex to enter nettop war in August Jul 30, 14:40 In addition to Asustek Computer's Eee Box and Micro-Star International's (MSI's) Wind PC, Synnex is also ready to ship its Lemel Q to heat up the nettop market in August, according to channel sources. Read more |
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Supermicro to increase server outsourcing to Wistron and USI, says paper Newswatch | Jul 25, 12:31 The US-based server vendor Supermicro is considering increasing its server OEM orders in order to satisfy market demand. The company's two major OEM partners, Wistron and Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), are expected to benefit from the expansion, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report citing Phidias Chou, Supermicro vice president of sales. Read more |
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Acer aiming for number 3 spot in US PC market Jul 25, 01:15 With Acer's global launch of the Aspire One XP netbook in August, the company stands a chance of challenging Apple for the number three market share position in the US, according to market sources. Read more |
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Post Olympic blues unlikely to hit China's PC industry, says Gartner Jul 24, 14:52 Because of China's massive economy, the Olympic games are expected to have limited impact on China's PC market, according to Gartner. Analysts said a post Olympics slowdown is unlikely as PC penetration is still low in many small cities and towns, so there are many opportunities to drive PC shipments in the country. Read more |
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Taiwan largest IPC maker Advantech sees 1H08 profit down 3% Jul 24, 11:14 Advantech, the largest Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker, on July 23 reported self-estimated pre-tax profits of NT$1.56 billion (US$50.6 million) for the first half of 2008, down about 3% on year and equivalent to earnings per share (EPS) of NT$3.24. Read more |
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Taiwan IT industry sees stricter pre-Olympics customs checks Jul 24, 01:00 Sources at PC distributors indicate that the China government has enacted stricter customs checks prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, resulting in longer transportation times for shipped IT products and components in the region, especially in Northern and central China. But for other IT products such as LCD panels and components, makers say they have seen no impact at all. Read more |
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Intel cuts Xeon CPU prices Jul 22, 16:01 Intel recently cut the price for its server CPUs, including Xeon X3220, X3210 and E3110 price by around 12%. Read more |
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Foxconn to build global shipping hub in Kaohsiung, says paper Newswatch | Jul 21, 11:06 Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) plans to establish a global shipping hub at Kaohsiung Harbor in the southern port city of Taiwan, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Read more |
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Asustek launches mission critical application server Jul 18, 16:54 In order to meet the demands of providing high performance and flexible business options, Asustek Computer has launched its latest TS500-E5 tower server, a solution for businesses that require mission critical applications. Read more |
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Taiwan government loosens restrictions on China investments Jul 18, 15:39 Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet) on July 17 eased restrictions on investment by Taiwan-based companies in China in a bid to allow local companies to utilize their capital more efficiently so as to improve their competitiveness, according to government officials. Read more |
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AMD reports disappointing second quarter results Jul 18, 12:38 AMD has reported second quarter 2008 revenues from continuing operations of US$1.349 billion, a 7% decrease compared to the first quarter of 2008 and a 3% increase compared to the second quarter of 2007. As part of its previously communicated review of its non-core businesses, AMD decided to divest its handheld and DTV product businesses, and therefore is classifying them as discontinued operations for financial reporting. Read more |
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Intel Bloomfield CPU pricing reveals pleasant surprise Jul 18, 01:15 In order to speed up adoption of quad-core CPUs, Intel is planning to offer its upcoming 3.2GHz Extreme series Bloomfield processor at US$999 in thousand-unit tray quantities, US$500 cheaper compared to the current top-end Core 2 Extreme QX9770 which sells at US$1,499, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more |
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Worldwide PC market growth sustained in 2Q08 despite economic pressures, says IDC Jul 17, 16:43 Worldwide PC shipments continued to grow at a healthy pace in the second quarter of 2008. Shipments were up 15.3% from a year ago – slightly more than second-quarter projections and first-quarter growth of 14.9%. Solid growth in the EMEA region helped offset slower growth in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan, according to IDC. Read more |
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Global PC market grew 16% in 2Q, says Gartner Jul 17, 10:54 Worldwide PC shipments reached 71.9 million units in the second quarter of 2008, a 16% increase from the second quarter of 2007, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Read more |
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Intel posts record second quarter revenues of US$9.5 billion Jul 16, 17:02 Intel has announced record second quarter revenues of US$9.5 billion, an operating income of US$2.3 billion, a net income of US$1.6 billion and an earnings per share (EPS) of US$0.28. Read more |
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Portwell announces Atom-based car PC infotainment system Jul 16, 15:12 Portwell has announced its PCS-8230 car PC infotainment system, utilizing Intel's Embedded Compact Extended (ECX) form factor single board computer (SBC). Read more |
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Three Taiwan-based IPC makers to increase treasury stocks Jul 15, 16:16 Industrial PC makers ICP Electronics, Aaeon Technology and Ibase Technology have decided to expand their treasury stocks through a buyback of commons which will either be distributed among employees as bonuses or canceled to downsize paid-in capital in the future, according to the companies. Read more |
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Trading of shares of PC chassis maker Everskill suspended Jul 15, 14:37 Trading of shares of PC chassis maker Everskill Technology will be suspended on Taiwan's over-the-counter (OTC) securities market starting on July 15 as the company has completely stopped production due to a lack of operating funds, according to an announcement of the OTC Securities Market. Read more |
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Taiwan POS makers see decreased June revenues Jul 14, 16:04 Flytech Technology, Firich Enterprises and Posiflex Technologies, three leading Taiwan-based makers of POS (point of sale/service) equipment/devices, all suffered falling June revenues, both on month and on year, according to data gathered from the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). Read more |
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CyberLink TVEnhance to be bundled with Buffalo ISDB-T DTV tuners Jul 14, 14:31 CyberLink announced that it is cooperation with TV-tuner solution provider Buffalo Technology, with CyberLink TVEnhance now being bundled with Buffalo's four digital TV-tuner products supporting the ISDB-T TV standard in the Japanese market (DT-H30/U2, DT-H50/PCI, DT-H50/U2 and DT-H50/PCIE). Read more |
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Eee Box launches today in Hong Kong Jul 14, 10:57 Asustek Computer's Eee Box will be launched today (July 14) in the Hong Kong market, according to sources at Asustek Hong Kong. Read more |
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