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Tuesday 22 September 2009
Network equipment makers expect on-year revenue growth for 4Q09 and 1Q10
Taiwan-based network equipment makers are expected to see on-year revenue growth for the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first quarter for 2010, due to delayed demand from the first...
Tuesday 22 September 2009
Taiwan market: Front projector prices to drop 35-40% in 2009
Front projector prices in the Taiwan market are expected to drop by 35-40% on-year in 2009, with the 2,000-3,000 lumen segment seeing the biggest decrease, according to market sour...
Friday 18 September 2009
Netbooks salvage PC volumes, but take a toll on shipment value, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments fell 2.4% on year in the second quarter of 2009, while shipment value was down 19.1% over the same period, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.
Friday 18 September 2009
HDD supply to remain tight until end of 2009, says Western Digital Taiwan
The global supply of hard disk drives (HDDs) for PC ODM makers has been tight due to rebounding demand in emerging markets in May-June 2009 and then in the US and Europe in July-August,...
Friday 18 September 2009
Chip equipment bookings up for fifth consecutive month, says SEMI
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted US$599 million in orders in August 2009 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.03, according...
Thursday 17 September 2009
White-box netbook alliance may not help revenues in 2009, says VIA exec
Timothy Chen, special assistant to the president of VIA Technologies, has admitted that the company's Global Mobility Bazaar (GMB) alliance for white-box netbooks in China may not...
Thursday 17 September 2009
Taiwan market: Server shipments and revenues drop over 20% in 2Q09
Taiwan's server market continued to suffer drops in both shipments and revenues in the second quarter of 2009. Taiwan's server revenues in the second quarter dropped 20.6% on year,...
Thursday 17 September 2009
Stimulus to boost California solar market in 2009, says iSuppli
Installations of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems in California are set to more than double in 2009 compared to 2008 because of incentives from the US stimulus package, defying...
Thursday 17 September 2009
Double and quadruple frame rate to account for half of 40-inch and larger LCD TV panels in 2009, says DisplaySearch
Shipments of 40-inch and larger of double-frame rate (100Hz and 120Hz) and quadruple-frame rate (200Hz and 240Hz) LCD TV panels are forecast to reach 16.9 million units and 4.2 million...
Wednesday 16 September 2009
Global demand for digital photo frames still growing, says AUO vice president
Although the outlook for digital photo frames has been conservative in 2009, global demand is steadily growing by an estimated annual rate of 20-30%, according to Chun-ting Liu, senior...
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Asustek aims to ship 1 million ultra-thin notebooks by end of 2009
Asustek Computer expects to ship 600,000 ultra-thin notebooks by the end of 2009, and the volume has a chance to hit one million units according to president Jerry Shen. Ultra-thin...
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Skyworth raises 2009 TV sales goal
Skyworth, a major TV maker for the China market, has increased its TV sales goal for fiscal 2009 to HK$19 billion (US$2.45 billion) from a previous HK$13 billion, according to the...
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Compal expects Toshiba orders to boost netbook shipments to over 1 million units per month
Compal Electronics expects netbook orders from Toshiba to boost its monthly notebook shipments to over one million units, according to market sources. Toshiba's orders are estimated...
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Taiwan market: Teco is top LCD TV vendor in August
Teco took the top spot among LCD TV vendors in the Taiwan market in August with shipments of 12,000 units, due to strong demand for smaller-size LCD TV, according to Taiwan TV vend...
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Network equipment maker Billion Electric sees net profits double in Jan-Aug period 2009
Taiwan-based network equipment maker Billion Electric has reported that its net profits grew 102% on year to NT$66.73 million (US$2.04 million) in the first eight months of 2009....