Lenovo and Motorola delay launch of Intel-based tablets

Jul 26, 01:25

Although Intel has been aggressively promoting the combination of its Medfield platform with Android for the smartphone and tablet PC markets, the recent decisions of the company'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...

IDT to deliver mixed signal solutions for tablet PC applications in 2H12

Jul 20, 13:37

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) is scheduled to deliver a mixed signal semiconductor solution which will include IDT's timing and power management ICs for tablet PC applications...

China market: Domestic chipset vendors ramping up shipments to white-box tablet PC makers

Jul 20, 01:30

China-based chipset solution vendors including Rockchip Electronics and Allwinner Technology have been ramping up their shipments to white-box tablet PC vendors in China, cutting...

Realtek cautious about 3Q12

Jul 17, 14:20

IC design firm Realtek Semiconductor expects sales to grow below normal seasonal patterns in the third quarter of 2012 despite steady growth in orders for multimedia and Wi-Fi chips...

All-in-one PC shipments to outpace traditional desktops with double-digit growth, says IHS

Jul 12, 12:38

With their shipments projected to surge this year and beyond, all-in-one PCs will help prop an ailing market for overall desktop PC systems, according to the IHS iSuppli.

White-box models to account for 10% of Taiwan tablet PC market

Jul 10, 12:59

Seeing tablet PC prices declining rapidly, while many vendors have already phased out from the market, China-based white-box vendors have turned aggressively in entering channels...

Compal expects strong shipment performance in 2H12

Jul 5, 01:40

Compal Electronics expects its notebook shipments to achieve a sequential growth of a double-digit percentage in the third quarter with the volume to continue rising in the fourth,...

China labor shortage may drag down notebook shipment performance in peak season

Jul 5, 01:15

With China's labor shortage issues seriously impacting notebook makers' shipment performance in June, notebook makers are concerned that the problem will only become more serious...

Global PC shipments to decline 0.4% in 2012, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 2, 15:59

Worldwide PC shipments will total 363 million in 2012, a decline of 1.5 million units or 0.4% from 365 million shipped in 2011, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted...

Asustek lowers tablet PC shipment target for 2Q12, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 29, 14:36

Asustek Computer has lowered its shipment target for tablet PCs for the second quarter of 2012 from 1.2 million units to 800,000 units, as 400,000 units of Google's Nexus 7 tablets...

Google announces Nexus 7 tablet PC at Google I/O 2012

Jun 29, 01:10

At Google I/O 2012, the company has announced several new products including its latest Nexus 7 tablet PC.

Pegatron turns conservative about 3Q12

Jun 28, 01:40

Pegatron Technology, seeing the weak global economy, while consumers have halted their purchase plans to wait for Windows 8, has turned conservative about the PC market in the third...

Quanta to manufacture Toshiba notebooks at Chongqing plants from July

Jun 28, 01:15

Toshiba, the sixth-largest notebook vendor worldwide, will have its notebooks from Quanta Computer shifted from Quanta's Songjiang plants to plants in Chongqing starting July, according...

ECS passes 2011 finance report with growth of more than 7%

Jun 26, 01:10

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) hosted a shareholder meeting on June 25, passing its finance report for 2011 with consolidated revenues reaching NT$72.7 billion (US$2.43 billion),...

China market: Local chipmakers dominate tablet PC chip segment

Jun 14, 14:08

Despite booming sales of tablet PCs in the China market, Taiwan-based IC vendors have not been able to make significant inroads into the tablet chipset segment in China, according...

Advantech maintains goal of challenging US$1 billion revenues for 2012

Jun 14, 14:02

Although the IT market had been seriously affected by global economic turmoil, as the situation began turning positive in May, industrial PC (IPC) player Advantech will maintain its...

Nvidia, AMD may miss PC replacement trend brought by Diablo 3

Jun 12, 01:35

Although the recent release of online PC game Diablo 3 has brought on a strong PC replacement trend in the consumer PC market, Nvidia and AMD may miss a good opportunity as their...