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Wednesday 19 August 2009
Optical lens maker Largan sees increasing shipments of 3-megapixel lens kits
Taiwan-based Largan Precision's shipments of 3-megapixel lens kits for phone cameras has been on the rise, accounting for 30% of the company's revenues in the first half of 2009,...
Tuesday 18 August 2009
Vizio maintains lead in US LCD TV market in 2Q09, says iSuppli
While Vizio maintained its leadership in the US LCD TV market with 21.7% shipment share in the second quarter of 2009, Samsung Electronics closed the gap significantly as buyers gravitated...
Monday 17 August 2009
Clevo to ship 500,000 notebooks in 3Q09
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Clevo expects its notebook shipments in the third quarter to reach 500,000 units, growing only slightly on quarter due to tight supply of components...
Monday 17 August 2009
Taiwan market: Projector shipments in 2Q09 drop below 20,000 units, says IDC
Front projector shipments in the Taiwan market dropped to only 15,300 units in the second quarter of 2009, lower than the previous seven-quarterly average of over 20,000 units, according...
Friday 14 August 2009
Worldwide handset sales decline 6% while smartphones grow 27% in 2Q09, says Gartner
Worldwide handset sales totaled 286.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 6.1% decrease from the second quarter of 2008, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales surpassed...
Friday 14 August 2009
TSMT reports net profit of NT$399 million for 2Q09
LCD SMT solutions provider Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology (TSMT) has announced net profit of NT$399 million (US$12.13 million) for the second quarter of 2009, a 278.74% increase...
Thursday 13 August 2009
Coretronic posts net profit for 2Q09
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic has announced a consolidated net profit of NT$570 million (US$17.31 million) for the second quarter of 2009, equivalent to an EPS of NT$0.76...
Thursday 13 August 2009
Ralink looks to 15-25% sequential growth in WLAN chip shipment in 3Q09
Ralink Technology expects its shipments of WLAN chips to increase 15-25% sequentially in the third quarter of 2009 after seeing its shipments post a sequential growth of 47%, to 11.9...
Thursday 13 August 2009
DRAM module maker A-Data sees jump in 2Q09 profits
DRAM module maker A-Data Technology has announced net profits of NT$375 million (US$11.4 million) for the second quarter of 2009, compared to NT$46 million a year ago. Its profits...
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Samsung expected to ship 4.5 million notebooks in 2009
Samsung Electronics shipped 1.09 million notebooks in the second quarter of 2009, and is expected to ship 4.5 million units for the year largely through cooperation with mobile telecom...
Tuesday 11 August 2009
Three HTC handsets listed among top-10 best-selling smartphones in US in 2Q09, says paper
Sales of HTC (High Tech Computer) smartphones are gaining momentum in the US market with three models listed among the top-10 best-selling smartphones in the second quarter of 2009,...
Monday 10 August 2009
Western Europe PC market sees 3% decline in 2Q09, says Gartner
PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 13.3 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 3.3% decline from the same period in 2008, according to Gartner.
Monday 10 August 2009
Intel x86 CPU market share rose to 80% in 2Q09
Intel's share of the x86 CPU market rose to 80.5% in the second quarter of 2009, up from 78.2% in the first, thanks to price cuts for its desktop CPUs and the recovery of some CPU...
Monday 10 August 2009
China market: Mobile Internet-access users over 151 million at end of 2Q09
In the China market, the total number of mobile Internet-access subscribers stood at 151.82 million at the end of the second quarter of 2009, increasing by 9.39% from a quarter earlier...
Monday 10 August 2009
China market: 2Q09 on-line advertising valued at 3.791 billion yuan
Providers of online advertising services in the China market generated total revenues of 3.791 billion yuan (US$555 million) during the second quarter of 2009, according to China-based...