Chicony seeks growth from non-notebook product lines

May 20, 21:55

Seeing the notebook industry suffering from weak demand, Taiwan-based keyboard maker Chicony Electronics has turned to its non-notebook businesses such as external keyboards and camera...

Adata posts 15% sales drop in August

Sep 7, 01:40

Adata Technology has reported an about 15% sequential decrease in revenues for August 2012. The memory module maker revealed that sales of its standard module products declined substantially,...

Taiwan market: External storage device shipments up on year in capacity, down in value in 1Q12, says IDC

Jun 29, 01:00

Shipments of external storage devices in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2012 reached a total capacity of 18,461TB, growing on year by 13.4%, while the corresponding...

Taiwan market: Seagate launches external HDD Backup Plus

Jun 27, 13:52

Seagate Technology on June 26 unveiled Backup Plus, a series of external hard disk drives (HDD) equipped with Seagate Dashboard software which supports one-click local backup and...

Cal-Comp to enjoy strong external hard drive shipments in 2012; Min Aik announces 4Q11 result

Jan 12, 01:30

Taiwan-based Cal-Comp Electronics expects its external hard drive shipments in 2012 to double from those in 2011 with global market share to reach 50%.

Asustek outsources motherboard orders to Cal-Comp Electronics

Dec 20, 01:10

Asustek Computer has recently added Taiwan-based Cal-Comp Electronics, an affiliate of Compal Electronics, as its motherboard manufacturing partner and is expected to outsource 5-6...

Taiwan market: 3Q11 external storage shipments down sequentially

Dec 13, 14:20

In the Taiwan market, shipments of external storage equipment/devices reached total capacity of 17,609TB during the third quarter of 2011, decreasing 7.4% on quarter but increasing...

Firms raise external HDD prices

Oct 26, 15:17

Companies have recently raised prices for their external hard drives by 10-20%, amid speculation that recent flooding in Thailand might cause tight supply for HDDs and related components,...

Taiwan market: External storage shipments up in capacity, down in value in 2Q11, says IDC

Sep 23, 16:05

In the Taiwan market, shipments of external storage devices reached a total capacity of 19,017TB during the second quarter of 2011, increasing 19.8% on quarter and 55.2% on year,...

Cal-Comp expects to ship 18 million external HDDs in 2011

Aug 10, 10:52

Cal-Comp Electronics, a Thailand-based EMS (electronics manufacturing service) provider belonging to the Taiwan-based Kinpo-Compal Group, expects to ship 18 million external hard...

ODD shipments still facing a crisis in 2H11 as Intel focuses on the ultrabook

Aug 2, 01:25

Optical disc drive (ODD) shipments are facing a great uncertainty in the future as Intel is aggressive pushing its new ultrabook design, which will not require the adoption of an...

External hard drive shipments in 2011 unlikely to meet targets

Jul 28, 01:25

Players in the external hard drive industry originally expected to see more than 100% growth on year in 2011, but may not be able to achieve growth as strong as expected due to serious...

Taiwan market: 1Q11 external storage shipments down on quarter, up on year

Jul 6, 16:01

In the Taiwan market, shipments of external storage devices reached a total volume of 15,925TB (terabytes) and a total value of US$32.55 million in the first quarter of 2011, dropping...

Global hard drive shipments to grow 15-20% sequentially in 3Q11, estimates Min Aik

Jun 14, 01:30

Taiwan-based hard drive component maker Min Aik Technology, calculated from its orders, has estimated that global hard drive shipments will grow 15-20% sequentially in the third quarter...

Computex 2011: AMD announces solution for tablet PC

Jun 2, 01:20

AMD, at its press conference at Computex 2011, announced a new 40nm Z series APU codenamed Desna to target the tablet PC market, according to Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President and...

Darfon sees sequential drop in 1Q11 revenues

Apr 28, 01:40

Taiwan-based PC accessory maker Darfon Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$6.12 billion (US$212.21 million), down 8.7% sequentially with gross margin of 9.9% down...

External keyboards for tablet PC expected to see weak demand

Mar 10, 01:05

Despite most first-tier tablet PC players have designed their products with support of an external keyboard, Taiwan-based keyboard makers are taking a conservative attitude about...

Hard drive shipments expected to see a double-digit growth sequentially in 2Q11

Mar 3, 01:25

Hard drive shipments in the first quarter of 2011 are expected to see a sequential drop of 4-5% to only about 155-165 million units as notebook vendors face inventory pressure generated...

VIA Labs to ship new USB 3.0 hard drive controller in March

Feb 17, 02:05

VIA Labs, a subsidiary of VIA Technologies specializing in USB 3.0 integrated chip controllers, is sampling new USB 3.0 controllers for external hard drives with volume shipments...

HDD component maker Min Aik expects double-digital growth in 2011 shipments

Jan 13, 02:00

Taiwan-based hard disk drive (HDD) component maker Min Aik Technology has announced revenues of NT$3.1 billion (US$106.69 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, up 2.89% on quarter...

Darfon expects to see slight growth in 4Q10

Oct 28, 01:50

Taiwan-based notebook keyboard maker Darfon Electronics expects its fourth-quarter 2010 consolidated revenues to grow between 0-5% as the company's notebook keyboard as well as external...

Nikon to launch new DSC with LCoS pico projector in August

Jun 24, 16:08

Nikon reportedly plans to launch a second-generation digital still camera (DSC) with built-in LCoS pico-projector technology from Himax Technologies, which is capable of connecting...

MediaTek to post second consecutive month of revenue decline

Jun 23, 14:26

MediaTek revenues may decline for the second straight month to below NT$9 billion (US$282 million) in June 2010 from NT$9.87 billion recorded in May, according to an estimate by industry...

Lite-On IT lands OEM orders for external Blu-ray drives from Plextor

Jun 4, 13:49

Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS), a Taiwan-based joint venture of Philips Royal Electronics and the largest Taiwan-based optical disc drive maker Lite-On IT, on June...

Taiwan market: Sony to launch external slim-type DVD burner DRX-S70U

Oct 2, 11:06

Sony will launch its DRX-S70U, a new external slim-type DVD burner intended for use with netbooks, in the Taiwan market later in October 2009 at a recommended retail price of NT$2,890...

Faraday subsidiary Innostor targeting external SSD market

Mar 25, 16:57

Controller IC designer Innostor, a 18%-held affiliate of IC design service provider Faraday Technology, is targeting the external SSD market via partnerships with memory-module mak...

Lite-On IT to offer USB external slim-type DVD burners in 3Q08

Jun 9, 15:27

Lite-On IT plans to offer external USB slim-type DVD burners in the third quarter of 2008, targeting owners of UMPCs (ultra mobile PCs), Eee PCs and other low-cost portable PCs that...