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Taipei,
Sunday, November 22, 2009
09:34 (GMT+8)
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AMD reveals future platform lineups Nov 12, 14:32 AMD has announced new details on its platform roadmap at the 2009 Financial Analyst Day, where senior executives, including president and Chief Executive Officer Dirk Meyer, discussed AMD's strategy for sustained success and growth in 2010 and beyond. Read more |
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PC demand did not grow significantly after Windows 7 launch, say PC vendors Nov 6, 15:15 Demand for PCs and hardware did not turn strong after the launch of Windows 7 in late October and is unlikely to do so in 2009 due to most Windows Vista users not needing to replace their PCs in order to upgrade to Windows 7, while some users are waiting for Microsoft to release Windows 7's first service pack, according to sources at PC vendors. Read more |
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AMD readies 2 desktop platforms for May 2010 Nov 4, 16:52 AMD plans to announce a new high-end desktop platform (Leo) and mainstream platform (Dorado) in May of 2010, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more |
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AMD updates CPU schedules Nov 2, 16:41 AMD has updated schedule to phase out several Phenom II X4 900 series CPUs, while launch a new model in 2010, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more |
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Foxconn expected to benefit from Dell shuttering US plant Oct 20, 16:47 Taiwan-based Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is expected to benefit from Dell closing its domestic US desktop PC assembly plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 2010, according to industry sources. Read more |
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China becomes top LCD monitor market for 1H09, says DisplaySearch Oct 12, 16:49 LCD desktop monitor shipments rose almost 6% sequentially in the second quarter of 2009 to 40.5 million units, with China becoming the world's largest market for the quarter and for the first half of 2009, according to the DisplaySearch. Read more |
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Worldwide PC shipments on pace to decline 2% in 2009, says Gartner Sep 24, 16:31 The worst may be over for the PC industry, as worldwide PC shipments are on pace to reach 285 million units in 2009, a 2% decline from 2008 shipments of 291 million units, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The new forecast is more optimistic than Gartner's June forecast, which anticipated a 6% decline in 2009. Read more |
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Netbooks salvage PC volumes, but take a toll on shipment value, says IDC Sep 18, 14:59 Worldwide PC shipments fell 2.4% on year in the second quarter of 2009, while shipment value was down 19.1% over the same period, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Read more |
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Taiwan PC makers to benefit from new HP products Sep 16, 16:41 Hewlett-Packard (HP), at the Nothing But HP for Me event in Singapore on September 15, unveiled more than 20 new PCs ranging from netbooks, ultra-thin and traditional notebooks, and all-in-one PCs and desktops, while are expected to boost Taiwan-based PC makers' shipments significantly. Read more |
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Intel sets shipment goal for new desktop CPUs Sep 16, 15:59 Intel has internally set a shipment goal of one million Lynnfield (Core i5 and i7) CPUs for desktops by the end of 2009, according to industry sources. Read more |
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SiS announces SiS672 chipset adopted for Lenovo nettop Sep 11, 10:11 Silicon Integrated System (SiS) has announced the SiS672/968/307DV chipset supporting Intel's Atom 230 CPU has being adopted by Lenovo to develop its IdeaCentre Q100 nettop. Read more |
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Wistron expects business diversification to take effect in 2010 Aug 31, 15:48 Wistron's business diversification strategy will start affecting the revenues proportion of the company's business lines in 2010, according to company chairman Simon Lin. Read more |
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Taiwan market: New Intel desktop platform to be announced on September 8 Aug 31, 12:26 Intel's upcoming Core i5-750, Core i7-860 and Core i7-870 CPUs as well as P55 chipsets are expected to be announced on September 8, 2009, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more |
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Overall PC market in Canada sluggish in 2Q09, says IDC Aug 20, 15:58 The overall client PC market (including desktop and portable PCs, but excluding x86 servers) in Canada performed very close to forecast, with shipments in the second quarter down 14.6% over the same period one year ago and down 12% on quarter to reach 1.2 million units, according to IDC. Read more |
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Acer launches nettop for US professional market Aug 20, 15:50 Acer America has announced the new Veriton N260G-U2802CP, an ultra-compact nettop for the US professional market. It will be available via Acer's authorized resellers with prices beginning at just US$399, according to the company. Read more |
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AMD announces new desktop quad-core Black Edition processor Aug 13, 15:51 AMD has announced a quad-core processor for desktops, the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. Read more |
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Motherboard makers pessimistic about desktop PC market future Aug 13, 13:14 Motherboard makers believe the desktop PC market is unlikely to see any dramatic comeback in the future despite Intel's recently held summit in China to discuss strategies to improve the market. Read more |
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Western Europe PC market sees 3% decline in 2Q09, says Gartner Aug 10, 14:38 PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 13.3 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 3.3% decline from the same period in 2008, according to Gartner. Read more |
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Nvidia Tesla GPU selected for workstation from HP Aug 4, 16:23 Nvidia has announced that Hewlett-Packard (HP) is adopting up to two Tesla GPUs in its Z800 workstation for the high-performance computing market. Read more |
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Pegatron starts ODM notebook shipments to Toshiba Jul 29, 15:41 Pegatron Technology reportedly began ODM production on a notebook for Toshiba starting in June of 2009, at a volume of about 50,000 units, according to industry sources. Read more |
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PC outlook improves in 2Q09 as consumer spending stabilizes shipments, says IDC Jul 17, 16:12 Global PC shipments again came in slightly ahead of expectations in the second quarter of 2009, lessening fears over the extent of the PC market slump. Worldwide PC shipments (including desktop and portable PCs, but excluding x86 servers) were down 3.1% from the second quarter of 2008 – a notable improvement over an expected decline of 6.3%, according to IDC. Read more |
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Worldwide PC shipments decline 5% in 2Q09, says Gartner Jul 16, 16:46 Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 5% decline from the second quarter of 2008, according to preliminary results from Gartner. The market performed better than Gartner had expected. In June, Gartner had forecast second quarter PC shipments to decline 9.8%. Read more |
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PC shipments to drop in 2009, says iSuppli Jul 15, 12:20 For the first time since the Dot-Com bust of 2001, the global PC market will suffer a contraction in shipments in 2009, due to a combination of falling IT spending and plunging sales of desktop computers, iSuppli predicts. Global PC shipments are expected to decline to 287.3 million units in 2009, down 4% from 299.2 million in 2008. iSuppli previously forecasted 0.7% growth in PC shipments for the year. Read more |
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Morgan Stanley increases PC shipment forecast for 2009, says paper Newswatch - Jul 3, 16:01 Investment bank Morgan Stanley has recently adjusted its global annual PC shipment forecasts for 2009 and 2010, commenting that notebooks will still be the major growth driver for the PC market, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report. Read more |
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eMachines introduces new desktops and matching display Jul 2, 16:49 eMachines has introduced new mini-tower PCs – ET1300-02, ET1810-01 and ET1810-03 –along with a matching monitor. Read more |
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Intel entry-level G31 chipset in tight supply Jul 1, 16:27 The supply of Intel's entry-level G31 IGP chipset, which currently accounts for 50% in Intel's total shipments to the channel, has fallen far short of demand, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more |
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Shuttle rumored to be looking at notebook market Jun 29, 13:39 Shuttle is rumored to be considering entering notebook market following the recruitment of Elitegroup Computer Systems' (ECS') ex-president of notebook business as its new president, according to industry sources. Read more |
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Gateway announces new desktop PCs for back-to-school demand Jun 25, 17:05 Gateway has introduced a new range of back-to-school desktop PCs featuring technologies ideal for productivity, entertainment and digital photography. Read more |
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Taiwan market: HP to maintain PC market share of 11% in 2Q09 Jun 23, 14:51 Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) PC market share in Taiwan reached 11.5% in first-quarter 2009 and the company expects to maintain the share in the second quarter, according to Monty Wong, president of HP Taiwan citing figures from IDC Taiwan. Read more |
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Acer expects desktop shipments to grow on year Jun 18, 13:42 Acer expects its desktop shipments to see growth on year, as it gains customers from the DIY market, according to Scott Lin, president of Acer Taiwan. Read more |
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VIA and HP cooperate to offer enterprise PC in China Jun 16, 14:48 VIA Technologies and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have cooperated to offer an enterprise-based PC – the HP Compaq dx2040 in China, according to VIA. Read more |
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AUO adjusts all-in-one PC penetration rate forecast to 9% in 2010 Jun 16, 14:17 LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has increased its estimate for the all-in-one PC penetration rate in the global desktop PC market to 9% for 2010 and 12% for 2011, according to market sources. AUO's original forecast was 7% in 2010 and 9% in 2011. Read more |
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Computex 2009: Intel sales chief outlines industry growth opportunities Jun 2, 17:12 Intel executive Sean Maloney today (June 2) said his company's relentless commitment to innovation will help drive tremendous future growth throughout the computing and communications industries, particularly in mobile and wireless. Read more |
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Nvidia's 5-year plan coming to fruition as GPU compute goes mainstream, Q&A with Ujesh Desai, vice president of product marketing Jun 2, 11:55 Nvidia built its name around satisfying PC gamers' desire for better graphics, higher resolutions, and higher frame rates, from one GPU generation to the next. But around five years ago the Santa Clara-based chipmaker started looking beyond just 3D performance to a future where GPUs could be used for more than just rendering graphics. Read more |
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AMD to move desktop CPU production to 45nm process in 3Q09 May 22, 16:47 AMD plans to move production of its desktop CPUs to its 45nm node process in the third quarter, helping to reduce costs, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more |
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Worldwide processor market remained weak in 1Q09, says IDC May 12, 16:37 Worldwide PC processor shipments in the first calendar quarter of 2009 fell significantly for the second quarter in a row, according to new data from IDC. While the decline was slightly more than typically occurs between the fourth and first quarter, IDC said it believes that the market's decline is slowing. Read more |
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Western Europe PC market saw flat growth in 1Q09, says Gartner May 7, 15:12 PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 15.3 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 0.7% increase from the same period in 2008, according to Gartner. Read more |
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HP takes the lead in the US PC market, says IDC Apr 17, 11:08 While the economic crisis continues to unfold, low-cost portable PCs continue to appeal to consumers and support growth in the PC market. Worldwide PC shipments (including desktop and portable PCs, but excluding x86 servers) were down 7.1% on year in the first quarter of 2009 – slightly better than a projected decline of 8.2% – according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Read more |
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Acer announces growth in March revenues Stockwatch - Apr 8, 16:29 Acer has announced unconsolidated revenues of NT$42.45 billion (US$1.25 billion) for March this year, up 37.68% on month and up 23.9% on year. The company's unconsolidated revenues for the first quarter reached NT$95.08 billion, an increase of 9.43% on year, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) today. Read more |
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Increased outlook for low-price all-in-one PCs not enough to lift desktop display market, says DisplaySearch Apr 8, 11:50 The LCD monitor market is projected to show negative growth on a yearly basis from 2008 to 2009 for the first time, according to DisplaySearch. Read more |
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AMD to launch entry-level desktop platform before September Mar 31, 17:00 AMD has revealed to its Taiwan motherboard partners that Pisces, a new entry-level desktop platform based on its Athlon II processors (Propus, Rana and Regor) and the new 55nm-based 780G+ IGP chipset (ATI Radeon HD 4200 GPU), is scheduled to be released before September this year. Read more |
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Acer Predator short circuit issue seen previously Mar 24, 17:12 A short circuit issue occurring in two of Acer's Predator series desktop PC models (ASG7200P and ASG7700) in the US market had also been seen in models in the European and Asia Pacific markets in December, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Apple's new desktop PCs to appear in channel later this month Mar 20, 15:59 Apple's new desktop PC models are expected to appear in the Taiwan channel later this month. Read more |
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Intel to drop some desktop PC CPU prices 10-20%, launch new models Mar 19, 14:27 Intel plans to launch new desktop PC processors while reducing some models' prices in April, May and July this year. Average price reductions will be around 10-20%, according to sources at motherboard makers. Read more |
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Atom processors to account for more than 50% of entry level desktop sales by end of 2009 Mar 17, 15:21 In light of hot sales of nettop devices, Intel has adjusted its target shipment ratio of single-core Atom 230 and dual-core Atom 330 CPUs as a percentages of total processor shipments with nettops and entry-level desktops increasing from 4% and 6%, respectively, in the first quarter, to 10% and 52% by the fourth quarter of 2009, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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Windows 7 to boost PC shipment growth by more than 10% in 2010, says paper Newswatch - Mar 16, 15:13 Windows 7 is expected to boost global PC shipments by more than 10% on year from the on-year growth of negative 5% this year, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report citing sources at market watchers. Read more |
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China market: Government increases CE subsidy to allow the purchase of two units, says paper Newswatch - Mar 13, 14:20 China government has increased the subsidies available as part of its consumer electronics (CE) promotion program in rural areas allowing consumers to purchase two units, up from the original limit of only one. The new rule is expected to double PC shipments from the previously forecast six million units, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report. Read more |
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Credit crisis finally impacts PC market in 4Q08, says iSuppli Mar 6, 12:18 The credit crisis came home to roost for the global PC market in the fourth quarter of 2008, ending a sustained period when sales seemed to defy economic gravity, according to iSuppli. Read more |
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Taiwan market: All-in-one PC sales lower than expected due to price gap with desktops Mar 3, 17:31 Sales of all-in-one PCs in the Taiwan market are not meeting vendors' expectations despite a recent drop in ASPs to around NT$17,900-18,900 (US$510-538). The lower pricing for desktop PCs at an ASP of around NT$15,000 is the main reason for the disappointing sales, according to market sources. Read more |
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PC industry will suffer sharpest unit decline in history in 2009, says Gartner Mar 3, 12:12 The PC industry will experience its sharpest unit decline in history, with PC shipments totaling 257 million units in 2009, an 11.9% decline from 2008, according to Gartner. Previously, PC units experienced their worst decline in 2001 when unit shipments contracted 3.2%. Read more |
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