Apple is looking to cut slices out of its iPad 4 bill of materials (BOM) by looking to cheaper Taiwanese integrated circuit designers according to local source DigiTimes.
According to the Taiwanese tech daily, Apple is weighing up its options to extract more profit from...
Reuters | July 26, 2011 | Jakob Vesterager, Georgina Prodhan
Taiwan's HTC, which rose from obscure origins making phones for others to become one of the world's top smartphone companies, is facing a test of its mettle as investor faith in its rapid growth wanes...
The Korea Herald | July 22, 2011 | Kim Ji-hyun
Smartphone manufacturer HTC Corp. is considering switching to Samsung’s mobile application processors in a move that may help the local electronics maker extend its market share, industry sources said.
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DigiTimes | July 25, 2011 | Cage Chao, Steve Shen
As the entry-level to mid-range smartphones are expected to serve as killer applications in the device market in the second half of 2011 as well as in 2012, a number of Taiwan-based IC design houses...
DigiTimes | July 21, 2011 | Ninelu Tu, Joseph Tsai
After having to share Apple's next generation iPhone orders with Pegatron Technology, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is internally working on raising its production efficiency and yield rates to maintain its advantages in tablet...
Reuters | July 18, 2011 | Jonathan Standing
Shares in Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC tumbled as much as 6.5 percent on Monday after losing a preliminary ruling in a patent case with Apple Inc, with its announcement of a share buyback failing to stem the...
Reuters | July 18, 2011 | Jonathan Standing
Shares in Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC tumbled as much as 6.5 percent on Monday after losing a preliminary ruling in a patent case with Apple Inc, with its announcement of a share buyback failing to stem the...
Apple may dump Samsung and move to Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC for production of its A6 chip, it has been claimed.
According to ComputerWorld, the 28nm chip will be fabbed in Taiwan, rather than Korea, after a spate of legal disputes between Apple and Samsung...
DigiTimes | July 15, 2011 | Daniel Shen, Steve Shen
HTC has appointed its incumbent president of North America and Latin America Jason Mackenzie to the newly-created position of president of global sales and marketing, effective immediately.
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Reuters | July 15, 2011 | Clare Jim, Argin Chang
Taiwan's TSMC has begun trial manufacturing of next generation chips for Apple Inc's mobile devices, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Friday, in a sign that the iPad maker is shifting from...
DigiTimes | July 14, 2011 | Yenting Chen, Steve Shen
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reportedly landed orders for 10.1-inch tablet PCs from Amazon with shipments to begin in 2012, while Quanta Computer has begun shipping a 7-inch model to Amazon.
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Bloomberg-Businessweek | July 13, 2011 | Weiyi Lim
HTC Corp. shares fell for a second day after Asia’s second-largest maker of smartphones was accused of infringing Apple Inc. patents in a case that may halt U.S. imports of the Taiwanese company’s phones and...
Reuters | July 13, 2011 | Tarmo Virki, Miyoung Kim
Samsung Electronics and HTC are predicted to be the big winners in the global cellphone market in the second quarter, benefiting from booming demand for their smartphones running Google's software.
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DigiTimes | July 13, 2011 | Monica Chen, Steve Shen
Pegatron Technology is expected to land orders for at least 10 million units of iPhone 5 (or iPhone 4S) but is unlikely to share iPad orders with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry)...
ZTE | July 13, 2011 | Press Release
13 July 2011, Shenzhen – ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced that it successfully...
Reuters | July 11, 2011 | Clare Jim
Shares in the world's No.5 handset maker, HTC Corp, tumbled more than 4 percent on Tuesday, after Apple Inc sued the company in a fresh complaint with a U.S. trade panel.
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Reuters | July 11, 2011 | Clare Jim
Shares in the world's No.5 handset maker, HTC Corp, tumbled more than 4 percent on Tuesday, after Apple Inc sued the company in a fresh complaint with a U.S. trade panel.
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DigiTimes | July 12, 2011 | Traci Su, Jessie Shen
Global Unichip has esimated that products requiring 65nm and below processing rose to account for more than 50% of its revenues in the second quarter, up from 45% in the first.
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DigiTimes | July 12, 2011 | Ninelu Tu, Adam Hwang
Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on July 11 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Taipei Information Park, an IT shopping mall project based on a BOT (build-operate-transfer) contract with the Taipei City ...
DigiTimes | July 12, 2011 | Chloe Yu, Adam Hwang
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on July 11 reported net profit of NT$4.278 billion (US$148 million) for June 2011, resulting in January-June net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$3.20.
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Bloomberg Bussinessweek | July 12, 2011 | Susan Decker, Tim Culpan
HTC Corp., Asia’s second-largest maker of smartphones, was accused of infringing Apple Inc. patents in a case that may halt U.S. imports of the Taiwanese company’s phones and its new Flyer...
BBC News |
The BBC's Cindy Sui visits one very successful Taiwanese firm - HTC - and examines the challenges facing other Asian technology companies.
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BBC News |
The BBC's Cindy Sui visits one very successful Taiwanese firm - HTC - and examines the challenges facing other Asian technology companies.
For more information visit BBC News here
DigiTimes | July 11, 2011 | Ninelu Tu, Adam Hwang
Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) had non-consolidated revenues of NT$228.401 billion (US$7.9 billion) for June growing by 13.88% on month and by 15.70% on year.
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