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Apple's iPhone Revenues in the Greater China Market Grows 156.6% in 4Q 2014 (2015.03.07) MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), a Taipei-based ICT research institute, pointed that shipment volume of the global mobile phone industry totaled around 531.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, up 8.9% sequentially, and of total 531 |
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Taiwanese IP Camera Industry Posts 33.5% Year-on-year Shipment Volume Growth in 2014 (2015.02.02) MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), a government-backed IT research institute in Taiwan, reported that shipment volume of the Taiwanese IP camera industry totaled around 4.83 million in 2014, up 33.5% compared to 2013 |
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Autonomous Robots & IV Assistants to Have Highest CAGR in AI Applications (2015.01.30) AI (Artificial Intelligence) plays a pivotal role in IoT (Internet of Things) as it can be applied to a myriad of smart connected products, such as lighting, cars, wearables, medical care, smartphones, and smart home sensing control devices |
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China to Overtake the US as the World's Largest Online Game Market by 2016 (2015.01.08) Driven by the boom in Asian mobile game market, market value of the global online game reached over US$80 billion in 2014, up 7.5% to 8% year-on-year, according to China research team of MIC.
The Chinese online game industry totaled around 100 billion RMB (US$16 |
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Taiwanese Smartphone Communication IC Market Volume Hit New Highs in 4Q 2014 (2014.12.08) Market volume of Taiwanese smartphone communication ICs - mainly baseband ICs and application processors - has posted around 417.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, the highest quarterly total ever, according to MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), a Taipei-based ICT research institute |
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The Large LCD TV Panel Shipments Continue to Feel the Breeze from Healthy LCD TV Demand in 4Q (2014.11.17) Taiwan's large-area LCD panel shipment in the third quarter grew 0.7% sequentially, mainly owing to the increased demand for LCD TVs towards year-end, according to MIC (Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute), a Taipei-based ICT research institute |
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Taiwanese Notebook PC Shipment Volume Anticipates Slower Decline in 4Q 2014 (2014.10.29) Shipment volume of the Taiwanese notebook PC industry is expected to have reached about 38.02 million units in the third quarter of 2014, up 5.4% sequentially and 0.6% year-on-year, according to MIC.
Taiwanese notebook PC shipment value is estimated to have reached approximately US$16 |
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Taiwan's Server Shipments to Still See YoY Growth in 2H 2014 Despite Subdued Demand in 3Q (2014.10.23) Shipment volume of the Taiwanese server industry, comprising of server systems and server motherboards, reached around 2.09 million units in the second quarter of 2014, up 7% year-on-year, according to MIC.
"Of the total servers shipped in the second quarter, the shipment ratio of server systems and server motherboards was 49 |
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Smartphones with Screen Sizes Over 4.8" Make Up Approx. 80% of Taiwan (2014.10.09) Shipment volume of the Taiwanese smartphone industry has topped around 5.4 million units in the third quarter of 2014.
"The new rollouts of Samsung, Sony, and Apple in September have caused consumers to delay purchases and therefore dragged the sales momentum of HTC M8," said Sophia Chen, the industry analyst with MIC |
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Commercial Replacement Demand Keeps Upholding Global PC Shipments in 2014 (2014.09.22) Shipment volume of global PC systems - comprising of notebook PCs and desktop PCs - is forecast to reach around 299 million units in 2014, down 0.1% year-on-year, according to MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute).
The global PC industry has been bolstered mainly by the PC replacement demand in the commercial market in 2014 |
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Global Semiconductor Market Expects Over 3% Year-on-year Growth in 2015 (2014.09.16) Global semiconductor market value is estimated to reach approximately US$336.3 billion units in 2015, up 3.1% in comparison to 2014, delighted by the arrival of the Apple Watch and IOT (Internet Of Things) devices, according to MIC (Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute) |
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Global 4K2K LCD TV Panel Shipments to Top 17.2 Million Units in 2014 (2014.09.15) Worldwide 4K2K panel shipments are estimated to total around 17.23 million units in 2014, up 473.4% in comparison to 2013, according to MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute).
"4K2K LCD TV panels continue to gain intense market attention in 2014, as evidenced by global panel makers' continued aggressive plans for 4K2K panels, " said Brian Chen, industry analyst with MIC |
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Chinese Smartphone Shipment Reached 104.2M Units with Total Number of 560 Models Launched (2014.09.03) In the second quarter of 2014, the Chinese smartphone industry's shipment volume reached 104.2 million units, up 17% sequentially, with a total number of 560 models launched during the quarter.
Over 85% of the smartphones sold in China were low-cost models with a price tag below 2,000 RMB (US$325 |
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Taiwanese Branded Smartphone Shipments to Decline Over 10% in 2H 2014 (2014.09.01) Shipment volume of Taiwanese smartphone brands topped around 78.1 million units in the second quarter of 2014, up 65% sequentially and 13.8% year-on-year.
Lackluster sales of HTC M8 had dragged down the industry's growth rate and led to a higher inventory level, thereby slowing shipments for M8 in the subsequent quarter |
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Worldwide Large TFT-LCD Panel Supply Area to Increase by 6% in 2014 (2014.08.12) Worldwide large area TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display) panel supply area is anticipated to reach 136.7 million square meters in 2014, up 6% year-on-year, according to MIC (Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute), an ICT industry research institute based in Taipei |
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Taiwanese Tablet Shipment Volume Plunges Sequentially in 1Q 2014 (2014.07.18) In the absence of new Apple products, tablets shipped to Apple - the major client taking up nearly 70% of Taiwanese tablet shipments - witnessed a 38% sequential decline in the first quarter of 2014, to approximately 16 million units |
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Smartphone Sales Volume to Touch 23.6% Growth in 2014 on the Back of Emerging Markets (2014.07.11) In 2013, worldwide mobile phone market volume reached approximately 1.82 billion units. It is anticipated that the mobile market volume will touch 1.88 billion units in 2014, with a 3.0% year-on-year growth.
According to MIC (Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute), smartphones alone is forecast to hit around 1 |
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Growing Demand for Commercial Notebook PCs Slow Shipment Decline in 1Q 2014 (2014.07.07) Shipment volume of the Greater China notebook PC industry reached approximately 34.4 million units in the first quarter of 2014, down 14% sequentially and 5.1% year-on-year, according to MIC.
Notwithstanding, the industry's shipment volume decline rate in the first quarter is lower than previously expected at around 20% |
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Global Tablet LCD Panel Shipments Slipped Significantly in 1Q 2014 (2014.06.23) In the first quarter of 2014, traditionally a weak season for consumer electronic products, shipment volume of global tablet TFT-LCD panels reached 601.4 million units, down 32.6% sequentially. This decline is mainly ascribed to the fact that inventory clearance took place in the first quarter of 2014 following panel replenishment in the fourth quarter of 2013 |
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Computex Watch: Era of Cloud 2.0 to Arrive in 2020 (2014.06.08) At the Computex Summit Forum, MediaTek Chairman Ming-Kai Tsai gave a keynote speech titled "Enabling Limitless Possibilities in Cloud Era-Everyday Genius," saying that "Internet of Things" will be a "game changer" and Cloud 2 |