Last update: Friday 17 May 2013 [115 news items]
Asustek, Gigabyte to miss motherboard shipment targets for 2011
Oct 27, 01:05
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, facing weak market demand in Europe, the US and China, are expected to fail to achieve their motherboard shipment goals for 2011 and only...
Motherboard brands struggling to survive in the notebook market
Oct 6, 15:31
While Asustek Computer is aggressively pushing its ultrabooks in the notebook market, its fellow motherboard competitors are mostly still struggling in the notebook industry, according...
Asustek, Gigabyte compete over motherboard warranty in China
Aug 30, 01:10
First-tier motherboard brand vendors Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, after starting fierce price competition to gain market share in China, are already turning their competition...
Gigabyte sees July shipments increase
Aug 10, 16:00
Gigabyte Technology shipped 1.55-1.65 million motherboards and 250,000-320,000 graphics cards in July, each rising by 10-20% on month. The company's July revenues of NT$3.762 billion...
Asustek sees strong revenue growth in July
Aug 9, 01:00
Taiwan-based notebook vendor Asustek Computer has announced non-consolidated revenues of NT$31.86 billion (US$1.1 billion) for July, up 13% on month and 38% on year, representing...
Desktop PC market is expected to achieve 8% shipment growth in 2011
Jul 13, 14:49
The desktop PC market, benefiting from the rise of tablet PCs, is expected to achieve a growth of 8% on year in terms of shipments in 2011 with motherboard players including Gigabyte...
White-box players supply close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in 1Q11
Jun 28, 01:05
White-box tablet PC players are rising quickly in the tablet PC industry with related shipments already accounting for close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in the first quarter...
Taiwan market: Gigabyte to sell Z68 motherboard/20GB SSD bundle in July to boost demand
Jun 27, 16:38
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology will start selling its Intel Z68-based Z68XP-UD3-iSSD motherboard bundled with Intel's 20GB 331 series solid state drive (SSD) in...
Gigabyte re-arranges executive positions to fix motherboard shipments decline in 1H11
Jun 23, 17:04
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology saw its motherboard shipments performance in the first half rather stable compared to its competitor Asustek Computer and has recently...
Motherboard players see mixed result in April
May 10, 01:25
Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have reported mixed result for their April...
AMD said to be looking to ship three million Llano APUs in 3Q11
Apr 26, 01:15
AMD is ready to start selling its new Llano-based APUs as soon as June or July and has set a goal of shipping three million units in the third quarter of 2011, accounting for 40%...
China market: 8.7-9 million motherboards shipped in 1Q11
Apr 18, 11:24
There were 8.7-9 motherboards shipped in the China market during the first quarter of 2011, 6.1-6.3 million units of which were shipped by six Taiwan-based vendors, Asustek Computer...
Asustek expected to see monthly shipments of 2.5-3 million motherboards in 2Q11
Apr 7, 02:00
Asustek Computer is expected to see its monthly motherboard shipments reach 2.5-3 million units in the second quarter of 2011 as demand from the first quarter was delayed to the second...
Motherboard prices to see second wave of increases in May
Mar 31, 01:15
Motherboard prices, affected by upstream component shortages caused by the Japan earthquake, are set to rise for the second time this year after mid-April, according to sources from...
Nvidia launches new 3D Vision glasses and entry-level GPU
Mar 17, 01:25
Nvidia recently launched a new 3D Vision bundle priced US$149, lower than US$199 of the previous 3D Vision bundle, to boost demand for 3D applications, according to the company.
Motherboard players see revenue drop in February
Mar 10, 01:10
Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) have all reported drop in February revenues due...
Asustek and Gigabyte shipping new Sandy Bridge products
Mar 9, 17:03
Asustek Computer has recently started selling its latest PC products with Sandy Bridge chipsets in retail channels, and Gigabyte Technology is also set to release its Sandy Bridge...
Makers raise motherboard prices, says paper
Newswatch - Mar 4, 17:06
Taiwan-based motherboard makers including Micro-Star International (MSI), Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have all raised their motherboard prices to reflect the rising cost...
Intel pushes standardization for all-in-one PCs
Mar 3, 14:36
Intel is cooperating with Taiwan-based all-in-one PC makers including Mitac International, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) to push standardization...
Asustek, Gigabyte announce on-year revenue drops in January
Feb 10, 01:35
Taiwan-based motherboard players Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have announced their results for January 2011.
ASRock becomes the third-largest brand in motherboard industry in 2010
Jan 27, 01:15
Taiwan-based motherboard brand ASRock shipped eight million branded motherboards in 2010 and became the third-largest motherboard brand, surpassing Micro-Star International (MSI)...
Gigabyte aims to see notebook shipments grow 20-50% in 2011, says paper
Newswatch - Jan 20, 16:21
Taiwan-based Gigabyte Technology is targeting to see notebook shipments grow 20-50% on year in 2011 and is set to launch 4-5 new notebooks in February, according to a Chinese-language...
Gigabyte to announce G1-Killer series motherboards for gamers at CES 2011
Dec 31, 15:26
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology will announce its new G1-Killer series motherboards at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 targeting the enthusiast gamer market...
Asustek, MSI, Gigabyte, Pegatron see October revenues down sequentially
Nov 10, 01:50
Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Pegatron Technology on November 9 reported revenues for October 2010, all slipping on month by 2-9.9%.
Sandy Bridge to account for 20% of Intel desktop CPU shipments in 1Q11
Nov 8, 16:19
As Intel set to launch its latest Sandy Bridge processor at CES 2011 in January 2011, and will account for 20% of Intel's total desktop CPU shipments in the first quarter of 2011,...
Asustek may not achieve 2010 motherboard shipment target
Nov 3, 16:20
Asustek Computer shipped 16 million motherboards for the first three quarters of 2010 and since the company is only expected to ship 5.6 million units in the fourth quarter, the company's...
Motherboard makers see growth in September revenues
Oct 11, 16:46
Taiwan-based motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI), Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) and Pegatron Technology have all seen growths...
Gigabyte introduces new notebooks with rotatable touch-panel display
Sep 28, 02:20
Gigabyte Technology on September 28 will introduce the T1125 11.6-inch notebook, which reportedly will come equipped with a rotatable touch-panel display and docking station, prompting...
IDF San Francisco 2010: Gigabyte reveals P67-based motherboards
Sep 16, 01:30
Gigabyte Technology has demonstrated new Intel P67-based motherboards, supporting Sandy Bridge processors and USB 3.0 technology at IDF in San Francisco.
Gigabyte adjusts handset strategies
Aug 24, 15:05
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology has decided to adjust the operational strategies for its handset business - wholly owned subsidiary Gigabyte Communications. The...
Gigabyte and ASRock announce profits for 1H10
Aug 23, 14:23
Taiwan-based motherboard makers Gigabyte Technology and ASRock both announced profits for the first half of 2010.
Asustek expected to revise down motherboard shipment target for 2010
Aug 17, 14:13
Asustek Computer is likely to revise downward its motherboard shipment goal for 2010 due to a slow pace of recovery in the US and Europe and competition from rival Gigabyte Technology,...
Most motherboard makers post weaker-than-expected revenues in July 2010
Aug 10, 14:43
First-tier motherboard maker Asustek Computer saw July revenues grow 11.83% sequentially to NT$23.07 billion (US$727 million), while Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and Micro-Star...
Gigabyte expects strong motherboard shipment growth in 3Q10
Jul 30, 16:32
Gigabyte Technology expects its shipments in the third quarter to return to the level of the first and to reach its goal of 19 million units for the whole year amid recovering demand...
Motherboard makers optimistic about July sales
Jul 22, 14:46
Taiwan-based motherboard makers are turning optimistic about their July sales and expect shipments to grow 20% on month with third-quarter shipments to grow 15-20% sequentially, according...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
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- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
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- 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
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

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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...
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