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Tuesday 19 April 2011
Intel Thunderbolt may impact USB 3.0
As Intel is set to release the development kits for its Thunderbolt technology, which allows a transmission speed up to 10Gbps with a stand electrical or optical cable, in the third...
Thursday 7 April 2011
Asustek expected to see monthly shipments of 2.5-3 million motherboards in 2Q11
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...
Thursday 31 March 2011
Motherboard prices to see second wave of increases in May
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...
Thursday 10 March 2011
Motherboard players see revenue drop in February
Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) have all reported drop in February revenues due...
Wednesday 9 March 2011
MediaTek to make come back with new handset chipset solutions
IC design house MediaTek has stopped lowering prices after the Lunar New Year holidays and recently introduced the MT6252 ultra low cost chipset solution. The company plans to leverage...
Thursday 3 March 2011
Acer takes less than 2 weeks to restock Intel Sandy Bridge notebooks
Acer took less than two weeks to re-produce notebooks with fixed Intel Sandy Bridge chipsets and ship them to retail channels worldwide; leading all other global brands, mainly due...
Wednesday 2 March 2011
AMD contracts TSMC to make Hudson chipset, says paper
AMD has contracted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to manufacture its Hudson-series chipsets, which support the new Brazos platform, according to a Chinese-language...
Thursday 24 February 2011
Notebook makers expect strong shipment growth in March as Intel fixes chipsets
Taiwan-based notebook makers are already assembling notebooks with fixed 6 series chipsets as Intel's progress in fixing its defective chipsets is ahead of schedule and most of the...
Tuesday 22 February 2011
CeBIT 2011: ECS to showcase tablet PCs
Taiwan-based motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) is set to showcase its latest 10.1-inch Windows 7- and Android-based tablet PCs at CeBIT 2011, which will be hosted...
Friday 18 February 2011
WLAN chipset shipments set to double in 2011, says IHS
With Wi-Fi functionality becoming a standard feature in a host of electronic devices spanning TVs, cameras and car entertainment systems, shipments of WLAN chipsets will double in...
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Apple expected to achieve strong shipments in 1Q11
Apple is expected to see its notebook shipments remain strong in the first quarter of 2011 since Intel's defective chip incident did not impact the company, according to sources from...
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Intel chipset problem to bring pressure on pricing Core i3, i5, i7 notebooks
The original launch schedules for new notebook models have been disordered due to Intel's defective 6 series chipsets, and consequently the high-end Core i7-based models originally...
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Motherboard players to see sequential revenue drop in 1Q11, but growth in 2Q11
Motherboard and notebook players expect their revenues to drop 10% sequentially because of Intel's defective chip incident; however, as supply of Intel's fixed 6 series chipset will...
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Taiwan market: Channels worried about decreased DIY purchases due to Intel chipset problem
Problems in Intel series 6 chipsets (Cougar Point) will not cause substantial financial losses because Intel will replace defective chipsets, but Taiwan's DIY market see problems...
Tuesday 8 February 2011
Intel provides update on support chip design issue
Intel earlier disclosed a design issue with a support chip, the Intel 6 series that has the potential to impact certain PC system configurations. The company has said it subsequently...