Last update: Tuesday 18 June 2013 [560 news items]
Oct 16, 21:09
Asustek Computer on October 16 unveiled PadFone 2 for launch in the Taiwan market on October 22.
Oct 9, 10:27
Asustek Computer on October 8 reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$33.763 billion (US$1.14 billion) for September, growing 5.49% on month and 8.12% on year, and those of NT$269.477...
Asustek, Lenovo to host launch conferences for Windows 8 products
Sep 27, 15:47
As Microsoft's next-generation Windows 8 operating system is set to appear on October 25, Asustek Computer and Lenovo have already prepared launch conferences for their Windows 8...
Google and Asustek Computer rumored to be planning US$99 Nexus 7 for the end of 2012
Sep 27, 01:40
Google is reportedly making two new versions of the Nexus 7 that are expected to be thinner, and will use TN panels made by Taiwan-based panel maker HannStar Display, according to...
Asustek denies plans to launch US$99 Nexus tablet with Google
Sep 27, 01:20
Google and Asustek Computer reportedly are considering launching two new Nexus 7 tablets – an US$199 upgraded model and an US$99 entry-level model; however, Asustek has refuted...
Asustek to launch second-generation Padfone in October
Sep 25, 01:20
Asustek Computer is set to announce its second-generation Padfone on October 16 as Qualcomm's processor supply has returned to normal due to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's...
Motherboard players to see shipment drops in 2H12
Sep 21, 16:02
Seeing weak motherboard demand despite the upcoming National Day holidays in China and Europe's year-end holiday season, motherboard makers expect their shipments in the second half...
Insyde conservative about revenue performance in 2H12
Sep 20, 01:30
PC BIOS designer Insyde Software chairman Jeremy Wang expects the company's third-quarter revenues to only see a sequential growth of less than 5% due to weaker-than-expected notebook...
Acer, Asustek Windows 8 tablet prices may be to high to attract consumers
Sep 20, 01:10
Acer and Asustek Computer's Windows 8 tablets are reportedly to be priced at above US$800, about the same price as the New iPad with the highest specifications, and market watchers...
Acer, Asustek up and Wistron down in August revenue performance
Sep 11, 02:00
Notebook brand vendors Acer and Asustek Computer, and notebook maker Wistron have announced their August revenue performances with both vendors seeing on-month growth, while Wistron...
Asustek August revenues sequentially up by nearly 6%
Stockwatch - Sep 10, 12:31
Taiwan-based IT vendor Asustek Computer had non-consolidated revenues of NT$32.006 billion (US$1.07 billion) for August rising 5.95% on month but dipping 3.79% on year. January-August...
Asustek cooperates with FET to offer Super Cloud
Sep 5, 16:40
Asustek Computer and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), a mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, have jointly announced that they will cooperate to offer Super Cloud, business-use storage...
Samsung Windows 8 notebook remarkably similar to Asustek Taichi
Sep 5, 15:53
Samsung Electronics is showcasing a Windows 8 notebook prototype at the 2012 IFA exhibition. The model is very similar in appearance to the Taichi, an ultrabook with dual touch screens...
Intel may need to adjust roadmap for PC-use Atom processors
Sep 3, 12:37
Intel may be forced to adjust its roadmap for PC-use Atom processors as the top-2 netbook vendors – Asustek Computer and Acer – both plan to stop manufacturing related...
Microsoft fails to pacify PC vendors about Surface tablets
Aug 31, 01:15
To ease the impact created by its WoA Surface tablet PC, Microsoft has been negotiating with brand vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell since July hoping to pacify them;...
Asustek to launch new smartphones in 2Q13
Aug 30, 13:53
After temporarily stepping out of the handset market in 2011, Asustek Computer president Jerry Shen, at the company's investors conference on August 29, said the company will return...
Aug 30, 01:35
Asustek Computer hosted an investors conference on August 29, announcing that the company's sales performance in the second quarter was better than expected and achieved new records...
Asustek may rank second globally in 4Q12 portable shipments
Aug 29, 16:15
Asustek Computer is expected to ship more than eight million notebooks, tablet PCs and netbooks in total in the fourth quarter of 2012, ranking second next only to Apple among vendors,...
Asustek, Gigabyte push for annual motherboard shipment goal
Aug 28, 01:05
Seeing the PC market is remaining weak in the third quarter, top-2 motherboard vendors Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have both recently dropped their motherboard prices...
Asustek outsources 50% of motherboard shipments to Taiwan-based GBM
Aug 21, 15:34
Asustek Computer has recently raised its motherboard outsourcing volume to Taiwan-based Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) to about one million units per month, allowing the maker to...
Rumored US$199 price for Windows RT Surface expected to squeeze PC vendors out of the market
Aug 16, 01:05
As Microsoft is reportedly considering selling its Windows RT-based Surface tablet PC at US$199, sources from notebook players are concerned that if the rumor is true, notebook brand...
Asustek to release component purchasing authority to notebook ODMs
Aug 14, 01:20
Asustek Computer, which used to handle most component purchasing itself, is currently considering to release the authority to its upstream ODM partners such as Quanta Computer and...
Asustek, Pegatron see sequential drops in July revenues
Aug 10, 11:48
Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$30.207 billion (US$1.01 billion) for July 2012, declining 16.14% on month and 5.18% on year. For the January-July period, revenues amounted...
Notebook ODMs shipments may stay weak in August
Aug 9, 01:05
Taiwan notebook ODMs may see their shipments in August stay flat on month and will not have a chance to recover until September, according to sources from notebook makers.
Asustek may not benefit from booming sales of Nexus 7
Aug 1, 16:16
While global sales of the Nexus 7 have been better than expected, and the model has provided Asustek Computer with access to the North and Europe markets, it may not add to Asustek's...
Motherboard players may see single-digit percentage growth in 3Q12 shipments
Jul 24, 01:30
With the Europe and the US markets still suffering from economical turmoil, and summer demand from China's PC DIY market still not yet fired up as expected, motherboard players are...
Asustek reportedly considers acquisition to expand in motherboard market
Jul 19, 01:25
As the global motherboard market has been seeing weak growth since 2005, Asustek Computer reportedly is considering acquisitions to further expand its economic scale in the motherboard...
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to enjoy 5% growth in 2Q12
Jul 16, 16:34
Global notebook shipments, facing overstocked inventory in March and a weakening worldwide economy starting in May, only achieved sequential growth of 5% in the second quarter, while...
Asustek tablet PC shipments to surpass 2.5 million units in 3Q12
Jul 16, 15:53
Asustek Computer is expected to see its tablet PC shipments reach a total of 2.5 million units with the addition of shipments of Google's Nexus 7, according to market watchers.
Asustek expected to see sequential growth of 10-20% in 3Q12 notebook shipments
Jul 13, 01:15
Asustek Computer is expected to see notebook shipments in the third quarter of 2012 increase 10-20% on quarter. Motherboard shipments will grow about 10%, according to market watch...
Notebook battery makers expected to see growing performance in 3Q12
Jul 12, 01:30
Notebook battery makers Simplo Technology, Dynapack Technology and Celxpert Energy are all expected to see strong shipment performance at the end of the third quarter benefiting from...
Intel, Shuttle, Samsung, Lenovo, Asustek competing for education market
Jul 12, 01:10
Facing Apple iPad's domination of the consumer market, several tablet PC vendors including Intel, Asustek Computer, Shuttle, Samsung Electronics and Lenovo are all turning aggressively...
Asustek, Pegatron see growth in June revenues
Jul 10, 01:55
Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$36.02 billion (US$1.2 billion) for June, a new record high with growths of 26.83% on month and 27.46% on year, while the company's revenues...
Digitimes Research: Non-Apple brand vendors unlikely to surpass Apple in ultra-thin battle in 2012
Jul 5, 13:15
Although many notebook brand vendors have been aggressively investing resources into the development of notebook products that feature ultra-thin design (ultrabook) as well as support...
Asustek, Gigabyte expanding motherboard warranty to attract consumers
Jul 5, 01:05
Due to the weak global economy, in addition to dropping their motherboard prices, Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have both expanded their motherboard warranty services hoping...
Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
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Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:56
Google has launched Nexus 7 tablet with up to 32GB of storage and the ability to connect to mobile data networks. Nexus 7 is built by Asustek Computer and comes with an Nvidia Tegra...
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Asustek PadFone 2 smartphone/tablet
Asustek Computer has announced PadFone 2. Building upon the PadFone combination of an Android smartphone and dockable tablet for mobile flexibility, PadFone 2 consists of a higher...
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Adata XM11 SSD chosen for new Asustek notebook
Adata Technology has announced that Asustek Computer will use Adata's solid state drives (SSDs) in its new ultra-thin notebook series. Asustek's new UX-series notebooks will incorporate...
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Asustek GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP graphics card
Asustek Computer has launched the GTX 560 DirectCU II TOP graphics card, based on Nvidia's GTX 560 GPU. The GTX 560 DirectCU II Top is pre-overclocked and combines exclusive features...
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CES 2011: Asustek Eee Pad Transformer
Asustek Computer has introduced a new tablet PC, the Eee Pad Transformer. The Eee Pad Transformer features a 10.1-inch IPS touch panel and can be connected with an external keyboard...
Photo: Company, Jan 17.
Asustek Computer's Zenbooks, Transformer tablets and the Nexus 7 have helped expand its brand recognition, raising its share in the North America notebook market from 7% in the second...
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.