Despite a drastic slowdown of global PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2008, Taiwan-based Acer and Asustek Computer managed to continue expanding their shares in the US notebook...
The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an unusual downturn in the normally robust fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08). According to IDC, vendors shipped a total of 289 million units,...
The total server shipments to the Taiwan market in the third quarter of 2008 reached 19,208 units, drops of 10.7% on quarter and 8.7% on year, while total revenues reached US$70.8...
Despite market optimism early in the fourth quarter, the pace at which the economic environment unraveled and the extent to which PC purchases were affected was faster than anticipated...
A recent report from research firm IDC has indicated that the cost to produce netbooks will drop around 15-20% this year compared to that of mid-2008 mainly due to drop in the prices...
There were 44,999 laser printers shipped in the Taiwan market during the third quarter of 2008 dropping by 30% while 171,576 inkjet printers or MFPs (multi-function peripherals) were...
The IT services provided in the Taiwan market during the first half of 2008 generated total revenues of NT$31.47 billion (US$958 million), increasing by 3.1% on year, according to...
According to IDC, total mobile phone volumes will be 1.9% lower in 2009 than 2008 levels, the first downturn in annual shipment volumes since 2001 when shipments declined 2.3%. Over...
As the economic crisis continues to evolve – constraining GDP, consumer and commercial confidence, capital and credit availability, and creating other challenges – demand...
According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenues in the worldwide server market declined 5.2% on year to US$12.6 billion in the third quarter of 2008. This...
Acer was ranked number one among global consumer notebook vendors in the third quarter this year with shipments of 5.04 million units, surpassing Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) 4.85 million...
Worldwide spending on information technology will slow significantly in 2009 as a direct result of the global financial crisis that began in September 2008. According to a newly revised...
Worldwide PC processor shipments in the third calendar quarter of 2008 reached record levels again, according to new data from IDC. However, the outlook for the processor market in...
The third quarter of 2008 saw notebook shipments into the US market surpass 50% share, topping quarterly desktop PC shipments for the first time in the history of the industry. The...
Although x86 server shipments to Taiwan in the second quarter of 2008 increased compared to the first quarter, revenues have dropped, according to sources at server vendors citing...
