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Tuesday 13 November 2012
ASMedia shipments of USB 3.0 flash device controllers to boom, says president
Strong demand for USB 3.0- and Thunderbolt-compatible peripherals will buoy ASMedia Technology's shipments of USB device controllers in 2013, according to company president Lin Che-wei...
Friday 28 September 2012
Taiwan market: Toshiba launches slim portable external HDD
Toshiba Digital Media Network Taiwan, Toshiba Storage Products' subsidiary responsible for marketing in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asia, on September 27 unveiled Canvio Slim, a super-slim...
Friday 7 September 2012
Adata posts 15% sales drop in August
Adata Technology has reported an about 15% sequential decrease in revenues for August 2012. The memory module maker revealed that sales of its standard module products declined substantially,...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Taiwan market: Seagate launches external HDD Backup Plus
Seagate Technology on June 26 unveiled Backup Plus, a series of external hard disk drives (HDD) equipped with Seagate Dashboard software which supports one-click local backup and...
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Firms raise external HDD prices
Companies have recently raised prices for their external hard drives by 10-20%, amid speculation that recent flooding in Thailand might cause tight supply for HDDs and related components,...
Friday 21 October 2011
Prices for 2.5-inch HDDs rise by 5-10% due to Thailand flooding
The serious flooding in Thailand has forced hard disk drive (HDD) assembly and HDD component factories in the area to stop production and consequently a global shortage of HDDs is...
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Taiwan memory module firms expanding portable HDD lines
The market for external HDDs is expected to boom buoyed by the growing popularity of mobile computers such as thin and lightweight notebooks, and tablet PCs. Taiwan-based memory module...
Tuesday 22 March 2011
PQI unveils external USB 3.0 HDD
Memory module maker Power Quotient International (PQI) has announced a new 2.5-inch external hard disk drive (HDD) series, the H567L/V, which has both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 transfer...
Thursday 10 February 2011
Adata posts 9% sales drop in January
Memory module maker Adata Technology has announced that revenues for January 2011 slid 8.8% sequentially to NT$2.8 billion (US$97 million). Revenues were down 24.1% compared to the...
Monday 6 December 2010
Adata lowering proportion of DRAM-module sales
Adata Technology has moved to lower the DRAM-module portion of its revenues in order to respond to continued chip price falls, while putting a greater emphasis on non-DRAM products...
Thursday 15 April 2010
Taiwan market: Hitachi GST aims for 16% share in mobile hard drive market by end of 2010
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) on April 14 unveiled its external hard disk drives (HDDs) for launch in the Taiwan market, including the portable X Mobile Drive...
Thursday 17 December 2009
Supreme to see 30% on-year growth in 2010
IC distributor Supreme Electronics is expected to see consolidated revenues top NT$40 billion (US$1.24 billion) in 2010, up 30% on year, due to growing demand for NAND flash, external...
Wednesday 23 September 2009
Taiwan IC distributor Aeco Technology to offer LucidPort USB 3.0 chips
Taiwan-based IC distributor Aeco Technology will begin to supply USB 3.0 chips developed by US-based LucidPort Technology and manufactured at Japan-based NEC's fabs in October 2009,...
Monday 8 June 2009
Global storage market shrinks in 1Q09, says Gartner
Revenues for the external controller-based disk storage market worldwide totaled US$3.8 billion in the first quarter of 2009, an 11.1% decline from the same period in 2008, according...
Thursday 8 January 2009
Toshiba to launch new portable 500GB external 2.5-inch HDD in February
Toshiba will launch its new portable 500GB external 2.5-inch hard disk drive (HDD), the R500E03D, in its main markets around the world in February 2009, according to Toshiba's manufacturing...