Connected Vehicle Survey Reveals Safety and Convenience Critical to Consumer
Accroding to a new report of IDC Manufacturing Insights showed that consumers are looking for safety and convenience but aren't necessarily able to value the improvements connected vehicles can deliver. 53.8% of consumers don't think they will have connected vehicle capabilities in their next vehicle because they won't be able to afford it, don't want it, or don't think they should pay for it...
MediaTek Reports Q2 Consolidated Results, Revenue Up 17.7%
TAIPEI, Taiwan- MediaTek Inc. today announced financial results of second-quarter ended June 30, 2014. Second quarter revenue was NT$54,133 million, up 17.7% sequentially, and up 62.7% year-over-year. The sequential and year-over-year increase was mainly due to MStar revenue recognition as well as revenue growth in smartphone and tablet product lines...
HTC Sees Q3 Revenue Continued Decline
TAIPEI, Taiwan — HTC held its online investor conference today, and has forecasted that revenue in Q3 will likely decline. The company braces for a leaner quarter after sales of its flagship phone the One M8 begin to taper off after a strong second quarter...
Production Issues Restrict Apple’s Sapphire Cover the Newest iPhone Release
Despite Apple’s plans of launching the iPhone 6 in late 2014, optical demands in handheld devices failed to generate price upticks in the sapphire substrate industry, according to LEDinside, a research subdivision of market-research organization TrendForce...
Cadence Achieves PCIe 3.0 Compliance for PHY and Controller IP
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., announced that its PHY IP and Controller IP for PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 have passed certification tests from PCI-SIG. The solutions were tested to their full potential and complied with the full speed of 8GT/s for PCIe 3...
InFocus Launches 4G Flagship Smartphone M810
TAIPEI, Taiwan — InFocus, which is a close OEM/ODM partner of Foxconn group, unveiled its 4G LTE flagship smartphone M810 in Taiwan. InFocus has penetrated in Taiwan's smartphone market for one year, according to a market research institute GfK that InFocus ranked in top five in terms of handset unit sale in June...