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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...
Tuesday 26 July 2016
HTC to face increasing competition in VR market in 2H16
HTC is expected to face increasing competition from other brand vendors in the VR (virtual reality) market in the second half of 2016 as VR or AR (augmented reality) devices appear...
Thursday 21 July 2016
HTC to partner with HP and launch Vive branded PCs
High Tech Computer (HTC), in addition to strengthening its software-hardware integration and retail channel expansion, is reportedly planning to release HTC Vive-branded PCs bundled...
Monday 27 June 2016
Sony to ship 9 million PS VR headsets in 2016, says paper
Sony is expected to ship up to six million units of PlayStation VR (PS VR) headsets in 2016, accounting for 67% of the global VR HMD market, according to a Chinese-language Liberty...
Thursday 23 June 2016
Taiwan market: Sony unveils Ultra HD filming solutions
Sony has launched a full series of Ultra HD professional filming and storage solutions in Taiwan. Since Sony is already the largest professional video camcorder vendor worldwide,...
Thursday 26 May 2016
Sony to see increased LCD TV shipments in 2016
Among LCD TV vendors, Sony took the initiative to launch Ultra HD models and consequently shipped nearly 13 million Bravia series LCD TVs in 2015 and is expected to see significant...
Monday 16 May 2016
Quake-hit facilities to resume production by end-May, says Sony
Sony's sensor production was affected by earthquakes on April 14, 2016 and subsequent earthquakes in Japan's Kumamoto region, but is set to resume operations by the end of May, according...
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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