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| Taiwan motherboard makers see revenue drop in February |
3/10/2011 |
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Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) have all reported drop in February revenues due to fewer working days in the month and Intel's defective chipset incident.
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| Asus to ship Sandy Bridge products in March |
3/9/2011 |
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Asustek Computer has recently started selling its latest PC products with Sandy Bridge chipsets in retail channels, and Gigabyte Technology is also set to release its Sandy Bridge notebooks in March.
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| HP launches Sandy Bridge notebooks |
3/9/2011 |
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Hewlett-Packard has launched several new Intel Sandy Bridge-based notebooks in Taiwan, and as the company is starting to ramp-up the notebook models in March.
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| PTI report revenues for February up 14.3% |
3/9/2011 |
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Memory packaging and testing firm Powertech Technology (PTI) has announced that consolidated revenues for February 2011 grew 14.3% from a year earlier to NT$3.2 billion (US$109 million).
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| AMD releases dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990 |
3/8/2011 |
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AMD has launched its latest dual-GPU graphics card, the Radeon HD 6990, supporting DirectX 11 and AMD's exclusive PowerTune intelligent technology to enable higher clock speeds and faster gaming.
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| HTC February revenues down by 8% |
3/8/2011 |
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HTC reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$32.106 billion (US$1.09 billion) for February, dropping by 8.31% on month but up 212.33% on year.
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| Macronix revenues up 12% in February 2011 |
3/7/2011 |
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Macronix International's revenues grew by another 11.9% on month in February after having increased 23.7% sequentially in January, according to data released by the mask ROM and NOR flash chipmaker.
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| Global hard-disc shipment to double by May 2011 |
3/7/2011 |
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Hard Disk drive shipments in the first quarter of 2011 are expected to see a sequential drop of 4-5% to only about 155-165 million units as notebook vendors face inventory pressure generated by weak sales over the year-end holidays world-wide.
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| Intel standardize all-in-one PC specification |
3/3/2011 |
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Intel is cooperating with Taiwan-based all-in-one PC makers including Mitac International, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) to push standardization for all-in-one PCs
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| Apple unveil iPad2 |
3/3/2011 |
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Apple has introduced the iPad 2, the next generation of its device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading ebooks and much more.
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| AMD to debut Hudson chipsets |
3/2/2011 |
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AMD has contracted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to manufacture its Hudson-series chipsets, which support the new Brazos platform.
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| AMD introduces Fusion CPU in China |
3/2/2011 |
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AMD introduce its new Fusion APU and unveil more than 30 new products with executives from brands Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics, Sony and Fujitsu as well as Taiwan-based brands Acer, Asustek and Micro-Star International (MSI).
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| Apple aim to ship 6.5 million iPads in 1Q11 |
3/2/2011 |
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Apple plans to take deliveries of 6-6.5 million iPads, including iPad 2, in the first quarter of 2011 and aims at a total shipment volume of 40 million iPads for 2011.
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| Toshiba & Sony inked agreement for fab equipment transfer |
3/1/2011 |
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Toshiba and Sony Semiconductor Kyushu (SCK) have executed definitive agreements based on the non-binding MOU signed earlier between Toshiba and Sony for the transfer from Toshiba to SCK of certain semiconductor fabrication equipment.
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| Fujitsu to use ARM IP in new processor design |
2/28/2011 |
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Fujitsu Semiconductor will incorporate the latest technology from ARM Holding plc—including ARM's Cortex-A15 processor into its SoC offerings under the terms of a comprehensive license agreement between the companies.
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| TSMC chief says no overcapacity concerns |
2/28/2011 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) only builds capacity to meet the needs of its customers, and the company's advanced processing technology also encourages it to ramp up new capacity, according to chairman and CEO Morris Chang.
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| Intel ships fixed 6-series chipsets to Taiwan makers |
2/28/2011 |
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Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) have all received small-volume shipments of fixed 6-series chipsets from Intel and will begin delivery of new P67, H67 and H61-based motherboards shortly.
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