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Monday 20 February 2012
HP ARM-based servers expected to be available for testing in 2Q12
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has been working on a long-term project named Project Moonshot, with one of the plans to develop low-power server products that adopt ARM-based processors, according...
Friday 17 February 2012
Elan, Holtek expect revenue boost in 2Q12
IC design houses Elan Microelectronics and Holtek Semiconductor expect to post higher revenue growth in the second quarter of 2012, buoyed by a pickup in demand coming from the consumer...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Acer expects double ultrabook shipments in 2Q12, improving gross margin each quarter
Acer has announced results for 2011 with operating profit turning from losses to gains in the fourth quarter of 2011, while company chairman JT Wang pointed out that gross margin...
Thursday 16 February 2012
Google may launch Android 5.0 in 2Q12, say Taiwan makers
Viewing that the adoption of Android 4.0 has fallen short of original expectations and Microsoft will launch Windows 8 in the third quarter of 2012, Google is likely to launch Android...
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Windows 8 tablet PCs in 2Q12
ViewSonic plans to launch Windows 8-based tablet PCs in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2012 at the earliest, according to Max Liu, product marketing director of ViewSonic...
Monday 13 February 2012
ASE expects sales rebound in 2Q12
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has estimated that its core IC assembly test and material (ATM) business will post another sequential decrease of 6-9% in shipments in the...
Friday 10 February 2012
Largan expects shipments of phone camera lens modules to begin to rise in 2Q12
Largan Precision expects its shipments of lens modules for phone cameras to increase beginning the second quarter of 2012 due to clients developing new handset models, according to...
Friday 3 February 2012
Apple unlikely to launch iTV in 2Q12, say sources
The chance is low for Apple to launch so-called iTV products in the second quarter of 2012 as there are no signs indicating that Sharp is ready to ship IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide)...
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Smartphone vendors to wait for 2Q launch to avert hot iPhone demand, say Taiwan makers
With the iPhone 4S launched globally in the fourth quarter of 2011 and expected to be selling well in the first quarter of 2012, other international vendors including Samsung Electronics,...
Friday 20 January 2012
Acer, Asustek, Lenovo to offer Thunderbolt ultrabook PCs in 2Q12
Acer, Asustek Computer and Lenovo are expected to offer ultrabooks based on Intel's Ivy Bridge platform which supports Thunderbolt in the second quarter of 2012, while Gigabyte Technology...
Wednesday 18 January 2012
Cree sees fiscal 2Q12 revenues up sequentially
Cree, a US-based LED lighting firm, has announced revenues of US$304.1 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2012, ended December 25, 2011. This represents an 18% increase compared...
Wednesday 18 January 2012
ASMedia expects fast growth in shipments of USB 3.0 controller ICs to begin in 2Q12
ASMedia Technology expects its shipments of USB 3.0 controller ICs to rapidly increase beginning the second quarter of 2012, according to company president Lin Che-wei.
Tuesday 17 January 2012
Panels used in new iPad to exceed iPad 2 panels in shipment volume in 2Q12, say Taiwan makers
As Apple has selected Sharp, LG Display and Sharp as the suppliers of 9.7-inch QXGA (2,048 x 1,536) panels for use in a new version of the iPad, shipments of such high-resolution...
Friday 13 January 2012
Phison to mass ship 55nm-made chips in 2Q12
NAND flash device controller supplier Phison Electronics is set to begin mass shipments of its 55nm-made products in the second quarter of 2012, according to company chairman Khein...
Thursday 5 January 2012
Taiwan market: Chimei, BenQ to roll out 50-inch LCD TVs in 2Q12
Taiwan-based branded TV vendors Chimei and BenQ both will launch 50-inch LCD TVs in the second quarter of 2012. Additionally, BenQ also plans to promote 39-inch models in the second...