Toshiba Spins Off Memory Business to Strengthen Its NAND Flash Competitiveness, TrendForce Says
Toshiba officially announced today that its memory business will be spun off. Although the detail is not disclosed yet, but overall the procedure will be completed by March 31st . DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce, believes that from this point on, Toshiba’s memory business will have more operational flexibility and stronger fundraising ability...
CyberLink Ships World’s First Ultra HD Blu-Ray Playback Software to the PC Market
TAIPEI, Taiwan - CyberLink Corp. today announced the availability of its flagship media player, PowerDVD, with Pioneer’s latest Ultra HD Blu-ray drives. This announcement marks a world's first achievement for PowerDVD as the only Ultra HD Blu-ray playback software available for Windows PCs with compatible hardware...
Smartphone Volume Totaled 1.36B Units While Samsung Tops All
The global smartphone production volume for 2016 grew 4.7% annually to reach 1.36 billion units in total, according to market research firm TrendForce. Samsung continued to top the annual global ranking despite the discontinuation of Galaxy Note 7, suffering a marginal decline of 3...
Acer Announces New Chromebook Spin 11 with Wacom EMR Stylus at BETT 2017
Acer has announced its new Acer Chromebook Spin 11 (R751T) at the British Education and Training Technology (BETT) Show in London. Designed specifically for the classroom, the rugged convertible Chromebook comes with a stylus powered by Wacom EMR (Electro-Magnetic Resonance) technology, and features four versatile usage modes that are ideal for modern learning environments...
Global Shipments of LCD TV Panels for 2016 fell 3.5%, TrendForce Reports
Global shipments of LCD TV panels for 2016 fell 3.5% from the prior year to around 260.4 million units, according to the latest report by WitsView, a division of TrendForce. Major panel makers expanded their Gen-8.5 production capacity during 2016 in response to the rising demand for larger TV panels...
u-blox Acquires SIMCom Cellular Module Product Line
u-blox today announced an asset deal with Shanghai-based SimTech Group Company Ltd. that will give u-blox control over the company’s cellular modem products (known as SIMCom Wireless), patents and know-how, R&D and sales staff, and customer base...