Last update: Friday 14 June 2013 [196 news items]
China-based white-box 2013 tablet shipments likely below forecasts
Jun 14, 14:38
China-based white-box tablet vendors' shipments in 2013 were originally forecast at 120 million units, but actual shipments may fall short due to strong competition from inexpensive...
White-box vendors expected to lower prices for entry-level 7-inch tablets to US$40 in 2H13
Jun 7, 14:32
The market for 7-inch tablets is seeing intense competition and white-box vendors are expected to further reduce prices for entry-level models to US$40 in the second half of 2013,...
China market: White-box tablet makers approaching MediaTek for quad-core solutions
May 27, 15:17
China-based white-box tablet makers are reportedly approaching MediaTek for the purchase of the chipmaker's integrated MT8125 and 8135 quad-core application processors for tablets,...
MediaTek April sales hit 39-month high
May 8, 14:09
Consolidated revenues at MediaTek, whose wireless chips are mainly targeted at white-box handsets including smartphones, climbed to a 39-month high of NT$12.57 billion (US$426.5 million)...
Competition between 7-inch tablets arises in 2H13
Apr 29, 12:13
As tablet players are turning their focuses from the 10-inch segment to 7-inch for the second half of 2013, sources from the upstream supply chain believe the competition between...
White-box Windows 8 tablets to see ex-factory prices of US$300
Apr 26, 14:23
In view of increasing competition for 7-inch entry-level Android tablets, China-based white-box vendors will start producing Windows 8 tablets in May for launch in the third quarter,...
China-based vendors offer Android STBs
Apr 17, 15:20
A number of China-based vendors, including Mele Digital Technology, Geniatech, Giec Electronics and Bluetimes Technology, exhibited Android TV set-top boxes (STBs) at the 2013 China...
Some China-based white-box vendors plan to develop Windows 8 tablets
Apr 17, 13:52
Viewing that Android tablets, especially 7-inch models, have been under intense price competition and therefore profitability is thinning, some China-based white-box vendors are considering...
China-based white-box vendors quote low prices for tablets
Apr 17, 12:03
China-based white-box vendors have quoted tablets showcased at the recently concluded 2013 China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components in Hong Kong significantly lower than...
China white-box tablet vendors increasingly adopting MediaTek quad-core solutions
Apr 15, 23:42
China-based white-box tablet vendors, due to growing demand for 3G-enabled models, has been increasing adoption of 3G-supportig quad-core IC solutions developed by Taiwan-based MediaTek,...
ARM processor competition to fire up
Apr 1, 22:58
Competition between ARM-based processors is expected to become fiercer as Samsung turns aggressive pushing its chip business, while China-based white-box ARM chipmakers as well as...
First-tier ARM chipmakers reportedly planning measures to link up with Allwinner
Mar 11, 15:48
Seeing that China-based ARM chipmakers, in particular Allwinner, are gaining an upper hand in the entry-level processor segment, some first-tier chipmakers are reportedly looking...
China ARM chipmakers gaining attention from first-tier vendors
Mar 6, 22:42
With their success in the white-box tablet market, China-based ARM chipmakers Rockchip and Allwinner Technology have started gaining attention from brand vendors worldwide with some...
China white-box tablet players struggling for survival
Feb 26, 11:14
Due to fierce competition from first-tier brand vendors, several China-based white-box tablet players in Shenzhen, China have reportedly gone bankrupt, while remaining ones are also...
China white-box tablet makers to use DDR3 instead of mobile DRAM
Feb 22, 15:09
Several of China-based white-box tablet manufacturers have utilized DDR3 chips, instead of mobile DRAM, for their products in order to bring down their manufacturing costs further,...
Low-price competition between tablet vendors to crowd out white-box players
Dec 27, 13:41
Google and Amazon have released 7-inch tablets priced US$199, and Acer and Asustek Computer reportedly release models priced at US$99 and US$149, respectively, targeting emerging...
Compal to enter server ODM business in 2013
Dec 17, 21:41
Compal Electronics reportedly plans to enter server the ODM business in 2013 and will establish a new department to handle all related services and sales, according to sources from...
Quanta, Wistron become white-box server suppliers for Baidu, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 17, 11:57
Tawian-based notebook ODMs Quanta Computer and Wistron have won white-box server orders from Baidu, the largest search engine in China, through cooperation with China-based partners,...
Digitimes Research: White-box tablet shipments to surpass 50 million units in 2012
Nov 13, 16:01
White-box tablets are expected to see a surge in shipment growth in 2012 with volumes surpassing 50 million units, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst James Wang.
Dell warns Taiwan notebook ODMs against producing white-box servers
Nov 7, 16:04
As Taiwan-based notebook ODMs such as Quanta Computer and Wistron have stepped into producing white-box servers targeting the Internet data centers of clients such as Google and Facebook,...
Tablet brand vendors seeking cooperation from telecom carriers to compete against first-tier players
Oct 19, 14:44
As Microsoft, Apple and Google are all attacking the tablet market with competitive products, smaller tablet brand vendors including white-box players have been seeking solutions...
MEMS firm Domintech expects to make profits in 2012
Oct 18, 21:50
Taiwan-based Domintech expects to swing to profits in 2012, buoyed by growing shipments of MEMS accelerometers (g-sensors) to China's white-box tablet market.
Quanta, Wistron may see over 30% growth in 2013 white-box data center server shipments
Oct 16, 22:01
Quanta Computer and Wistron have produced servers for use in the Internet data centers of Google, Facebook and Amazon on a white-box basis and are likely to see such shipments in...
Demand for white-box tablets keeps growing despite keen competition
Oct 15, 15:10
Demand for white-box tablets rolled out by China-based makers remains strong currently despite the launch of US$199 models by Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Google, and the dominance...
Taiwan LCD driver IC suppliers striving to win touch controller orders from China white-box market
Oct 2, 15:02
Taiwan-based LCD driver IC companies are striving to win orders for touch controller chips from China's second- and third-tier white-box smartphone and tablet brands as a means to...
Smartphone component makers turn to look for orders from feature phone market
Aug 21, 02:00
Smartphone component makers, seeing their shipments to smartphone brand vendors turning weak, have started seeking for orders from local and white-box feature phone players, according...
Quanta chairman reportedly may invest in VMware
Jul 31, 01:25
Quanta Computer chairman Barry Lam has recently sold shares totaling a 1.67% stake in Quanta through global depositary receipts (GDR) for a price of US$150 million, accounting for...
Global shipments of white-box tablet PCs to reach 40 million units in 2012, say chip designers
Jul 25, 01:20
Forecast global shipments of white-box tablet PCs in 2012 have been upward adjusted from 30 million units originally to 40 million units due to growing demand in emerging markets...
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...
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...
China white-box tablets expected to see fewer shipments than forecast
Jul 3, 01:00
China's 7-inch and 10-inch white-box tablet shipments are expected to reach only 16-17 million units in 2012, not matching market watchers' original forecast of at least 20 million...
Taiwan IC designers looking to orders from China-based white-box smartphone vendors
Jun 20, 14:02
Taiwan-based IC design houses have rekindled their hope that they can cooperate one again with China-based white-box handset makers to make a strong presence in China's smartphone...
Microsoft likely to announce a white-box tablet PC at conference, say sources
Jun 18, 16:17
With Microsoft set to host a product launch conference on June 18 that market watchers are speculating could be the company's own-brand Windows RT-based tablet PC, sources from upstream...
China market: White-box handset makers to shine in smartphone segment
Jun 14, 15:44
White-box handset makers are expected to take the main scene of China's handset market again by rolling out sub-CNY500 (US$79) smartphones in the second half of 2012, optimizing chipset...
Touch controller maker EETI conservative about 2Q12 outlook
May 24, 14:23
Touch panel controller IC vendor Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) is conservative about the outlook for the second quarter of 2012 due to a low order visibility, according to the com...
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Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
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Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
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Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
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Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
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DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:56
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:04
Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 19:50
Intel's 13.3-inch Peggy's Cove notebook made by Gigabyte
Taiwan-based motherboard and notebook maker Gigabyte Technology has launched Intel-designed Montevina-based white-box notebooks for regional brand vendors around the globe, according...
Photo: Monica Chen, May 12.
Intel Conte/T30 white-box ultra-thin notebook made by ECS
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has launched Intel-designed Montevina-based white-box notebooks for regional brand vendors around the globe, according to market sources. The notebooks...
Photo: Monica Chen, May 11.
Aiming to become 'MediaTek' for white-box notebooks: Q&A with Shuttle president David Chen
Aiming to become an equivalent of MediaTek in the white-box notebook market, Shuttle has been working aggressively to set up standards for notebook components and other specifications,...
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
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- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
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- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
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- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- 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
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
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- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
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...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.