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Thursday 23 April 2015
US fab tool book-to-bill ratio rises
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.10 in March 2015, having been above parity for three months in a row, according to the...
Monday 23 March 2015
Acer Octon seeking cooperation with top-3 telecom carriers in North America
Acer Octon, a joint venture established in November 2014 by Taiwan-based IT vendor Acer and US-based multimedia application developer Octon, will soon announce the outcomes of talks...
Tuesday 17 March 2015
Led by commercial systems, 9% of solar PV systems in North America will have storage attached in 2018, says IHS
Approximately 9% of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in North America will include attached storage in 2018. Led by commercial systems, 700 megawatts (MW) of PV systems with energy...
Monday 26 January 2015
North America semiconductor equipment industry posts book-to-bill ratio of 0.98 in December, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$1.37 billion in orders worldwide in December 2014 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.98,...
Thursday 22 January 2015
HP, Dell adopt new approaches to regain server orders
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have both recently taken steps looking to win back orders that were lost to Taiwan-based white-box server players. HP has partnered with Foxconn Electronics...
Thursday 15 January 2015
Quanta, Wiwynn not in hurry to join China data center competition
Although China is currently seeing strong demand for cloud computing data centers, Taiwan-based Quanta Computer and Wiwynn, a server brand subsidiary of Wistron are not in a hurry...
Tuesday 23 December 2014
Mitsui Chemical, SKC to merge polyurethane material businesses
Japan-based Mitsui Chemicals and Korea-based petrochemical firm SKC on December 22 reached an agreement to establish a joint venture that will merge both firms' polyurethane material...
Thursday 4 December 2014
Samsung offers large price cuts for Ultra HD TVs in North America
Samsung Electronics has made large reductions in the retail prices of Ultra HD LCD TVs in the North America market. Prices at Best Buy have been cut by US$700 from US$1,499 to US$799...
Tuesday 2 December 2014
Asustek catching up quickly with MSI in gaming notebook business
Asustek Computer's good brand recognition in the high-end PC segment and price cut strategy, has reportedly helped the company to surpass Micro-Star International (MSI) in gaming...
Monday 10 November 2014
North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific heading to US$8 billion in-building wireless market in the build up to 5G, says ABI Research
According to research by ABI Research, North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific are heading to an estimated US$8 billion in-building wireless market as 5G advancements occur. North...
Friday 31 October 2014
LCD TV sales expected to reach 5 million during holiday period in North America
LCD TV sales are expected to reach around five million during the holiday period in the fourth quarter of 2014 in North America.
Thursday 9 October 2014
Ultra HD TV price cuts continue; North America market to reach 4 million in 2014, says report
TV vendors have begun slashing prices for Ultra HD TVs in preparation for the Black Friday period in North America, with Vizio maintaining pricing for 50-inch units below US$1,000,...
Monday 29 September 2014
Quanta to establish service center in Europe for server orders
To compete for more datacenter server orders, Quanta Computer reportedly will establish a service center in Europe in October, helping its server business to cross North America,...
Thursday 25 September 2014
Acer enjoys strong on-year growth in enterprise PC shipments in North America
Acer enjoyed a 51.4% on-year shipment growth in the second quarter in North America's enterprise PC market, registering the biggest growth among all vendors, according to Acer citing...
Thursday 4 September 2014
Taiwan supply chains show optimism about orders from China-based handset vendors
Taiwan supply chains are showing optimism about orders from China-based handset vendors as they are making attempts to further expand into markets throughout Southeast Asia, as well...