JTouch to increase revenues in 4Q12 from tablet product orders

Oct 4, 11:14

Taiwan-based touch panel maker JTouch is expected to see fourth-quarter 2012 revenues hit the highest quarterly level of the year due to increased orders for touch screen panels used...

CPT reduces product divisions; to focus more on small-sized panels

Sep 25, 01:10

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is reportedly making internal adjustments to its business structure by decreasing the amount of product divisions it has from three to two in order to...

Mitac adjusts product lines for better profitability

Sep 21, 01:05

Taiwan-based Mitac International has been gradually adjusting its product lines by increasing production of products with higher gross margins to hike overall profitability, according...

CPT to see increased 3Q12 touch screen product revenues

Sep 18, 14:49

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) expects to see revenues from its touch screen products reach higher in the third quarter compared with the second quarter due to increased orders from...

CMI and AUO continue to benefit from product differentiation

Sep 17, 16:09

Taiwan-based LCD panel makers Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) are continuing to see benefits from their product differentiation strategies, which include producing TV...

Component makers face increasing costs of molds due to decreased product life of notebooks

Sep 12, 15:46

As product life of notebooks has decreased and the proportion of customized notebook designs is increasing, notebook component makers have indicated that they face increasing pressure...

Foxlink sees revenue growth in August with help from new smartphone product

Sep 10, 14:28

Foxlink has announced consolidated revenues of NT$9.52 billion (US$320.97 million) for August, up 20.97% from NT$7.87 billion in July and 15.8% from NT$8.22 billion in the same month...

Nvidia launches Quadro K5000 for Mac Pro

Sep 10, 14:19

Based on Nvidia's Kepler architecture, the Quadro K5000 for Mac is a powerful professional-class GPU for the Macintosh.

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 outlines future plans

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...

IDC lowers PC outlook as shipments decline in 2Q12 ahead of fall product updates

Aug 24, 12:27

The worldwide PC market is now expected to grow just 0.9% in 2012, as mid-year shipments slow. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, 367 million PCs will ship into...

Partners expect Motorola to change its ODM strategy

Aug 23, 01:05

As Google has recently started reorganizing Motorola Mobility's manpower and product strategy, sources from Taiwan-based ODMs, observing from their orders, expect their handset orders...

Software players start taking leadership in product development

Aug 17, 16:20

Software players are gradually taking over the leadership in the development of IT products, and hardware performance is no longer the key to driver of new trends, according to sources...

Nvidia unveils GeForce GTX 660 Ti GPU

Aug 17, 12:01

Nvidia has unveiled the GeForce GTX 660 Ti GPU, powered by Kepler architecture and available starting at US$299.

Motorola product strategy adjustments expected to impact supply chain, say Taiwan makers

Aug 14, 14:42

Google has adjusted product strategies for Motorola Mobility after its acquisition, with a focus on high-end smartphones to be developed by the US-based R&D team and entry-level...

TPK expects increased medium- and large-sized touch panel shipments in 3Q12

Aug 10, 15:01

TPK expects to see increasing shipments of medium- and large-size touch screen products in the third quarter due to the release of Windows 8 and ultrabooks during the same period,...

Lite-On IT to strive for flat performance in 3Q12

Aug 7, 01:25

As the traditional peak season effect in the PC industry may not appear in the third quarter of 2012, optical disc drive (ODD) makers such as Lite-On IT are now turning conservative...

Solar product inventory piling up in China, says source

Aug 6, 11:41

The European Commission has been considering an anti-dumping investigation against China-based solar firms. China's government and supply chain have been warning the EU of possible...

Unimicron optimistic about 2H12 markets for FPCB, HDI boards

Aug 3, 01:10

Unimicron Technology has enjoyed high utilization rates for its flexible PCB capacity, and expects the positive performance to carry on in the second half of 2012. Meanwhile, the...

Intel China symposium to focus on hardware design and software ecosystem

Aug 2, 01:35

Intel will host an Ultrabook Ecosystem Symposium in Shenzhen, China on August 2, inviting mostly second-tier IT players, and will focus on topics such as hardware design and software...

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...

Panel prices to rise this month due to increasing demands and product portfolio adjustments

Jul 10, 01:00

Panel prices are expected to rise throughout July and August due to increasing global panel demand and supply adjustments being made by panel makers.

Chimei diversifies products

Jun 29, 11:53

Chimei is reportedly expanding its product lineup as well as seeking out other brands to represent in order to increase revenues.

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),...

Handset and component makers facing mounting pressure on shortened product life cycle

Jun 19, 14:29

Handset ODMs and makers of handset parts and components have experienced increasing pressure recently due to a shortening product life cycle of smartphones resulting from keen market...

Chinsan to ramp up solid capacitor shipments in 2H12

Jun 19, 14:05

Taiwan Chinsan Electronic Industrial expects shipments of its solid electrolytic capacitors to the motherboard, graphics card, server and industrial PC sectors to serve as a growth...