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Wednesday 29 April 2009
ASRock and Pegatron debut Nvidia Ion-platform nettops
ASRock and Pegatron Technology unveiled the ION 330 and Cape 7, two nettops based on Nvidia's Ion platform, at an Nvidia press conference in Taipei on April 28.
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Global netbook shipments to reach 50 million units in 2010, says Acer chairman
Global notebook shipments are expected to reach 200 million units in 2010, of which, netbooks will account for 25% or 50 million units, according to Acer chairman JT Wang.
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Taiwan market: Tatung InfoComm launches WiMAX services in Penghu
Tatung InfoComm on April 27 officially inaugurated its WiMAX services in Penghu, a group of small islands west of Taiwan, making it Taiwan's first WiMAX operator.
Monday 27 April 2009
Touchscreen penetration in notebooks no more than 5% this year, says AUO president
LJ Chen, president of TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO), has indicated that touchscreen penetration in the notebook market will only reach 2-5% this year globally, as it may...
Monday 27 April 2009
Netbook parts and components in short supply, says DRAMeXchange
The supply of up-stream parts and components for netbooks has become increasingly tight recently as white-box netbook vendors in China are ramping up output to meet anticipated demand...
Monday 27 April 2009
Gigabyte lands netbook motherboard orders from China-based vendor
Gigabyte Technology has received orders for netbook-use motherboards from a China-based branded netbook vendor, and the company is approaching other white-box vendors for more orders,...
Monday 27 April 2009
Demand for Intel Atom processors slowing
Demand for Intel's Atom netbook processors has begun to slow down as the netbook market faces price-cut competition from low-end notebooks as well as the launch of CULV-based notebooks,...
Friday 24 April 2009
AUO to increase 2009 capex to bring forward 8.5G volume production
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) is optimistic about the current panel industry and will increase its 2009 capex to NT$50-60 billion (US$1.48-1.78 billion) from...
Thursday 23 April 2009
Taiwan maker Kenmec expanding electronics business operation
Taiwan-based Kenmec Mechanical Engineering has stepped into making TFT-LCD and photovoltaic (PV) equipment, Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and touch panels, according to company chairman...
Thursday 23 April 2009
White-box netbook makers in China turn to overseas emerging markets
White-box netbook makers in China are turning their focus from the local market to emerging markets overseas, due to increasing price competition from branded netbook vendors who...
Thursday 23 April 2009
MSI to showcase Android-based netbook at Computex, says paper
Micro-Star International (MSI) plans to showcase an Android-based netbook at Computex 2009 aiming to gain orders from global PC vendors, according to a Chinese-language Economic...
Wednesday 22 April 2009
Intel GN40 netbooks held back by Windows XP
One of the main selling points of Intel's Atom N280 processor and GN40 chipset bundle for netbooks is enhanced 3D graphics performance and hardware video decoding, but some of these...
Wednesday 22 April 2009
Large-size panel shipments up 29% sequentially in March, says DisplaySearch
Shipments of large-size TFT-LCD panels in March 2009 reached 37.9 million units, showing strong sequential growth of 29%, but down 5% on a yearly basis, according to DisplaySearch...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Acer, Asustek, MSI see 1Q09 netbook sales fall short of expectations
Taiwan-based netbook vendors saw shipment volumes fall short of their respective goals in the first quarter, according to sources at channel vendors.
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Epistar reportedly receives rush orders for blue LEDs from Samsung
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar's clients in Taiwan may see supply shortage for the company's blue LED chips, as the newly formed Samsung LED reportedly has placed a large amount...