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One of our lead stories this week is about Black Friday. We first used the phrase “Black Friday” in the newsletter in 1997 in the context of a sales day after Thanksgiving. Interestingly, our very first article said that it was so named because on that day, according to some electrical retailers, sales were very … Read more
Tianma Microelectronics has signed a co-operation agreement with Wuhan East Lake High-Tech Development Zone (ELHTZ), also known as Optics Valley of China, for a 6G LTPS LCD production line project. Construction of the new facility is expected to begin at the end of this year, with production slated for 2016. The anticipated annual sales volume … Read more
The WT10-A-106 is a second-generation Encore tablet from Toshiba. A ‘Windows 8.1 with Bing’ model, the slate is bundled with a one-year Office 365 licence, 60 Skype Free Minutes every month and 1TB of OneDrive storage. A 1.33GHz Intel Atom processor runs Windows, with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. The tablet has Intel … Read more
Toshiba’s Satellite laptop range has seen a significant expansion, with 12 new models in the Satellite L50-B, L50D-B (15.6″) and L70-B (17.3″) lines. The 15.6″ models are 23.5mm thick and weigh 2.2kg. The 17.3″ models are desktop replacements, at 29mm thick and 2.7kg. GPUs vary depending on the model; some use discrete AMD Radeon chips … Read more
Toshiba Corporation has published its results for the second quarter and first six months of the year, posting a net profit in Q2 of ¥21.9 billion ($190.9 million) on turnover of ¥1.7 trillion ($14.8 billion), which compares with a net profit of ¥16.2 billion ($141.2 million) on turnover of ¥1.6 trillion ($13.9 billion) in Q2 … Read more
Toshiba has rolled out a significant number of new laptops in the Satellite series, as well as two new additions to the Qosmio range. The products have 15.6″ or 17.3″ displays and range in price from €250 to €1,220 ex VAT. One products is not listed, as Toshiba had not announced specifications. It is the … Read more
Toshiba’s new professional laptop, the Portege Z20T, is a Core-M unit that takes aim at Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 and Dell’s Venue 11 Pro 7000. As a convertible model, the Z20T’s 12.5″ display can be detached and used as a tablet. In this mode it features micro-HDMI, micro-USB and micro-SD inputs. Docking will add HDMI, … Read more
Toshiba unveiled its Portege Z30-A notebook series in July, although we were not covering the product category as fully as we are now. All models in the series are thin (13.9 – 18mm) and lightweight (1.2kg), designed for business users. The Z30-A-1C is the latest to be released. Featuring 4G connectivity, the laptop also boasts … Read more
TPK said sales in October fell 50% from October 2013 to NT$11.2 billion ($372.2 million), though this was 4.9% higher than September. Sales to date increased almost 4% to NT$128.3 billion ($4.2 billion).
For the fifth year in a row, TSMC has bestowed its Partner Award on ARM, for outstanding partner performance.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) saw sales exceed NT$80 billion ($2.6 billion) for the first time in October, its fourth consecutive record monthly sales figure. Last month’s result represented a 56% year on year increase in sales and brought sales so far in 2014 to NT$621 billion ($20.3 billion), 23.5% higher than a year earlier. TSMC … Read more
TUV Rheinland (Greater China) has granted its Low Blue Light certification to Acer’s monitors – the first company to receive the accreditation worldwide. Blue light filters are used on the B6 and V6 professional models, as well the K2 consumer series. TUV’s Low Blue Light certificate is based on its 2PfG testing standard. A display’s … Read more
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