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Monday 31 August 2015
Vendors raising motherboard, graphics card prices in China to minimize exchange losses
Following Lenovo's decision to raise its PC product prices by the end of August, most motherboard and graphics card vendors in China have also recently increased their prices by 3-5%...
Thursday 27 August 2015
Global PC demand impacted by currency depreciation and high inventory, says Acer CEO
Global PC demand was weaker than expected in early 2015 due to impacts from changes in foreign exchange rates and vendors' inventory levels, according to Acer CEO Jason Chen.
Monday 24 August 2015
Lenovo reportedly to raise PC prices in China because of Chinese yuan deprecation
China-based Lenovo reportedly is planning to raise its PC prices in China at the end of August due to a significant depreciation of the country's currency, and the vendor will next...
Wednesday 15 May 2013
Japan chip firms 1Q13 sales suffer double-digit declines
IC Insights has ranked its worldwide top 20 semiconductor (ICs, and optoelectronics, sensors and discrete devices) sales leaders for the first quarter of 2013. Of the top-20 vendors,...
Monday 21 January 2013
Taiwan makers concern about losing order from Japan DSC vendors
As Japan has started to implement new policies to drop its exchange rate after the new government came aboard, Taiwan-based digital still camera (DSC) makers concern that the new...
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Taiwan market: Lenovo releases second-generation ultrabooks
Lenovo on June 11, announced its second-generation ultrabooks in Taiwan, featuring Intel's Ivy Bridge processors with 13-inch IdeaPad U310 is priced at NT$28,900 (US$966) and IdeaPad...
Thursday 3 May 2012
Toshiba and Panasonic reportedly may phase out from notebook fan market
Japan-based Toshiba and Panasonic are reportedly starting to lose their interest in notebook fan production and may gradually phase out from the industry, while Japan-based Nidec...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Asustek announces revenues for 2011; conservative about 1Q12 performance
Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$30.5 billion (US$1.01 billion) for December of 2011, down 25% on month, while consolidated results reached NT$100 billion...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Asustek expects 4Q11 notebook shipments to be at 3.6 million units
Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Asustek Computer expects its notebook shipments in the fourth quarter to be at around 3.6 million units if the overall global economy does not fluctuate...
Thursday 1 September 2011
Compal reduces annual notebook shipments to 42 million units
Compal Electronics has reduced its notebook shipment forecast for 2011 from 48 million units originally to 42 million units, while its shipment forecast for LCD TVs has also dropped...
Thursday 1 September 2011
Quanta announces 2Q11 results; expects strong growth for cloud computing products
Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$274.39 billion (US$9.47 billion) for the second quarter, up 9.1% on quarter, but down 7% on year, while gross margin also...
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Panasonic outsources small volume of DSC production to Foxconn in 2H11
Facing pressure from dropping prices and competition of smartphones and DSLR cameras, digital still camera (DSC) brand vendor Panasonic has outsourced a small volume of its DSC orders...
Friday 1 July 2011
Commentary: Small chance for Taiwan currency to depreciate
Taiwan currently has a foreign exchange reserve close to US$400 billion with US dollar as the majority currency. Therefore, if US dollar continues to depreciate, the value of the...
Thursday 16 June 2011
Battery maker AcBel to benefit from cloud computing opportunity
Taiwan-based battery maker AcBel expects its revenues to see a double-digit percentage growth in 2011, benefiting from cloud computing driving demand for server power supplies, according...
Friday 27 May 2011
NT dollar will continue to appreciate for a while, says TIER
The Taiwan Institute of Economic Research recently published a monthly report indicating that hot money will continue to flow into Asia because most central banks will increase interest...