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| AMD launches Richland APU |
3/13/2013 |
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AMD on March 12 launched Richland, a new APU equipped with a Radeon HD 8000 graphics core.
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| Acer to adopt recycled materials in products |
3/12/2013 |
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Acer will cooperate with Wistron to adopt recycled materials such as plastic into their products and the company also plans to cut its carbon emissions by 30% by 2015 and 60% by 2020.
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| Taiwan IC test company reports poor Ferbruary revenue |
3/12/2013 |
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King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Sigurd Microelectronics and STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Semiconductor all suffered sequential revenue decreases in February 2013, due to inventory adjustments at their clients and fewer working days in the month because of the Lunar New Year holiday.
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| Acer to add more Taiwan R&D investment |
3/12/2013 |
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Acer plans to significantly raise its R&D and marketing funds for 2013 with such investment' share of revenues to gradually increase from 0.6-0.8% in 2012 to 1.2-1.5% by the fourth quarter of 2013, according to company president Jim Wong.
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| Samsung to offer Wireless Charging |
3/11/2013 |
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Samsung is expected to adopt Qi wireless charging technology run by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) for its next flagship model, the Galaxy S IV, the sources indicated.
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| Macronix February slips 19.52% |
3/11/2013 |
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Macronix had consolidated revenues of NT$1.315 billion (US$44.3 million) for February slipping 19.52% on month and 28.48% on year and those of NT$2.950 billion for January-February declining 16.12% on year.
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| HTC one to launch in Taiwan |
3/8/2013 |
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The New HTC One will be avaialbe in Taiwan at the end of March, with a retail price of NT$19,900 (US$670)
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| HP turns to purchasing components from China makers |
3/8/2013 |
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) has recently turned to seek component supplies from China-based makers in order to cut costs and continue staying competitive in the PC market, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
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| Samsung to invest in Sharp |
3/7/2013 |
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Samsung Electronics may invest JPY10 billion (US$107 million) in Sharp, according to industry rumors.
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| Microsoft reduce OEM Window 8 price |
3/6/2013 |
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Microsoft will lower OEM licensing costs for WIndow 8 by offering a discount of US$20 for 11.6-inch and below notebooks that are equipped with touch screens.
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| Foxconn to add investment outside of China |
3/4/2013 |
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Rumors have started circulating in the IT market that Foxconn is considering moving its investment focus from China to countries such as Brazil, Indonesia, Taiwan and the US.
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| DRAM prices up over 10% |
3/4/2013 |
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DRAM makers have hiked February contract prices for PC-use DRAM by over 10% and consequently contract prices have risen to about US$20 for a 4GB DDR3 module and over US$11 for a 2GB DDR3 modules.
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| China Mobile starts trial run on TD-LTE Network |
3/1/2013 |
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It is the first time users are able to access the next-generation wireless network through smartphones. However, the only smartphone model currently available that supports TD-LTE, which was developed by the Chinese government, is the Samsung Galaxy S3.
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| Freescale wants to supply your ARM server chip |
3/1/2013 |
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Freescale announced that it had licensed the A50-series of microprocessors on a multiyear subscription basis for future versions of its i.MX applications processor and QorIQ communications processor product lines.
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