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Tuesday 28 August 2012
Notebook shipments unlikely to achieve strong growth in 4Q12
Notebook ODM shipments in the fourth quarter are unlikely to achieve their original goal of seeing double-digit percentage growth despite the fact that Microsoft will launch its latest...
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Asustek, Gigabyte push for annual motherboard shipment goal
Seeing the PC market is remaining weak in the third quarter, top-2 motherboard vendors Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have both recently dropped their motherboard prices...
Friday 24 August 2012
Digitimes Research: Android to account for 70% of handset market in 2H12
Observing from the competition between handset operating systems in the second half of 2011 and in 2012, Android, which already accounted for more than 60% of the handset market in...
Friday 24 August 2012
DRAM inventory rises
PC OEMs now have two to three months of DRAM inventory on average, up from the four to six weeks previously. The surge is being caused by sluggish PC sales as consumers hold back...
Thursday 23 August 2012
MSI AE2281G and AE2081: World's first Windows 8 certified All-in-One PC's
MSI is proud to announce that the MSI Wind Top AE2281G and the MSI Wind Top AE2081 have been officially certified for the to be launched Microsoft Windows 8 operating system. Herewith,...
Wednesday 22 August 2012
Daxin expects Windows 8 release to increase 2H12 profits
Daxin Materials, a Taiwan-based design house of specialty chemicals used in TFT-LCD and touch panels, said it expects the release of Windows 8 to bring in increased touch screen material...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Toshiba halting development of Windows RT tablet PCs may cause chain reaction
With Toshiba recently announcing it will halt development plans for Windows RT tablet PCs due to component supply delays, sources from notebook players believe the action could trigger...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Rumored US$199 price for Windows RT Surface expected to squeeze PC vendors out of the market
As Microsoft is reportedly considering selling its Windows RT-based Surface tablet PC at US$199, sources from notebook players are concerned that if the rumor is true, notebook brand...
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Asustek to release component purchasing authority to notebook ODMs
Asustek Computer, which used to handle most component purchasing itself, is currently considering to release the authority to its upstream ODM partners such as Quanta Computer and...
Monday 13 August 2012
Nokia, HTC to unveil Windows Phone 8 smartphones in September, say sources
Nokia and HTC have been accelerating development of Windows Phone 8-based smartphones in a bid to halt their declining market shares by launching new models ahead of the release of...
Friday 10 August 2012
Microsoft working to minimize Surface impact, says Acer chairman
After publicly urging Microsoft to reconsider its move to launch own-brand tablet PCs recently, Acer chairman JT Wang on August 9, commented that Microsoft is pushing Surface to help...
Thursday 9 August 2012
CyberLink to benefit from Windows 8
CyberLink, a Taiwan-based provider of digital multimedia software solutions, has won OEM orders from globally top 10 PC vendors for its products to be pre-installed in Windows 8 PCs...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Wistron, Inventec suffer on-month revenue drop in July
Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$48.84 billion (US$1.63 billion), down 16.32% on month and 5.28% on year, with combined consolidated revenues for the first seven...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Notebook ODMs shipments may stay weak in August
Taiwan notebook ODMs may see their shipments in August stay flat on month and will not have a chance to recover until September, according to sources from notebook makers.
Tuesday 7 August 2012
Lite-On IT to strive for flat performance in 3Q12
As the traditional peak season effect in the PC industry may not appear in the third quarter of 2012, optical disc drive (ODD) makers such as Lite-On IT are now turning conservative...