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Saturday 18 February 2017
HTC takes VR lead in China, says Canalys
Shipments of VR headsets totaled 300,000 units in China in 2016, making it the world's second-largest market with a 15% share, according to Canalys.
Thursday 9 February 2017
Samsung leads VR device makers in 2016, says report
Samsung Electronics led the global VR (virtual reality) device makers by shipping a total of 4.51 million units of its Gear VR devices in 2016, according to a Korea-based ET News...
Wednesday 18 January 2017
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile ramps up share of high-end Android smartphone segment
Sony Mobile Communications saw its share in the over NT$15,000 (US$475) segment of the Android smartphone market in Taiwan increase to 35% in 2016 from 24% of a year earlier, according...
Wednesday 18 January 2017
CMOS image sensor demand promising
High-resolution automative panels and handsets with dual-lens camera modules will spur demand for CMOS image sensors, particularly high-end ones, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 11 January 2017
Sony micro LED displays close to commercialization
Sony showcased CLEDIS (crystal LED integrated structure) large-size displays at CES 2017 in Las Vegas during January 5-8, signaling that commercial application of micro LED will soon...
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile, Samsung to launch mobile e-payment services
Mobile electronic payment (e-payment) services will gain a boost in the Taiwan market in 2017 as Sony Mobile Communications and Samsung Electronics will launch related services soon,...
Tuesday 20 December 2016
TV panel supply chain in major reshuffle with Sharp set to stop shipments to Samsung
Foxconn Electronics' decision to have its subsidiary Sharp stop shipping LCD TV panels to Samsung Electronics beginning 2017 will trigger a chain reaction that will also affect Sony,...
Thursday 1 December 2016
Falling smartphone IC ASPs discouraging device vendors from developing chips in-house
Device vendors including Xiaomi, LG Electronics and Sony have all expressed their intention to develop smartphone chips in-house. Nevertheless, the average selling price for smartphone...
Monday 21 November 2016
HTC Vive shipments to lag behind Sony PSVR, Oculus Rift in 2016-2017
Shipments of the HTC Vive VR devices will lag behind those of Sony's PSVR and the Oculus Rift in 2016 and 2017 due to its disadvantage in pricing, according to an estimate of industry...
Wednesday 2 November 2016
Sony Mobile lowers smartphone shipment target for fiscal 2016
Sony Mobile Communications has lowered the target of its smartphone shipments for fiscal 2016, which ends March 2017, to 17 million units from the previous forecast of 19 million...
Friday 23 September 2016
Foxconn, Pegatron start production of Sony PS4 Pro, Foxconn trialling production of Nintendo NX
Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron have begun production of the PlayStation (PS) 4 Pro, a new Sony game console to be launched on November 10, and Foxconn has undertaken trial production...
Tuesday 13 September 2016
Sony may become largest TV-use LGP client for GLT in 2016
Light guide plate (LGP) maker Global Lighting Technologies (GLT) expects to ship three million LCD TV-use LGPs to Sony in 2016, increasing 50% on year, and Sony is likely to become...
Thursday 25 August 2016
Taiwan supply chain makers to benefit from release of PS4 Neo, PS4 Slim, says paper
Taiwan-based makers in Sony's PlayStation supply chain, particularly lens maker Kinko Optical and ODMs Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron, will benefit significantly from the planned...
Thursday 4 August 2016
Digitimes Research: Sony to lower investment on CMOS image sensor equipment in fiscal 2016
Sony will reduce its equipment investment for CMOS image sensors to JPY70 billion (US$691.53 million) in fiscal 2016, while maintaining its sensor production capacity at 70,000 12-inch...
Wednesday 27 July 2016
Digitimes Research: Launch of Android-based Pepper to ramp up market size
SoftBank's launch of Android-based Pepper service robots will encourage Android software developers to develop applications for Pepper, which in return will help ramp up Pepper's...
Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research