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• Shipments of mobile phone displays surge
  Monday 18 September 2006 – 11:56
  Manufacturers of cellphones purchased significantly more LCDs for their products in Q2 2006 than in the same timeframe last year.
• Apple and Gateway post huge gains in PC shipments
  Tuesday 18 October 2005 – 07:46
  Latest PC shipment data released by market research firm IDC indicates that the PC market may grow faster in 2005 than originally expected. All large PC manufacturers achieved strong gains in the third quarter of this year, with Apple and Gateway leading the growth.
• Global PC Shipments Hang Tough In Q1 08, Says ISuppli
  Monday 30 June 2008 – 06:10
  Despite challenging economic conditions, worldwide PC shipments in the first quarter of 2008 rose in accordance with normal seasonal patterns, increasing by a double-digit percentage compared to the same period in 2007, according to iSuppli.
• Digital TV shipments totaled 15.5 million in Q2 06, says Displaysearch
  Wednesday 27 September 2006 – 04:18
  In the second quarter of 2006, global digital TV shipments rose 22% on quarter to 15.5 million units, accounting for 37% of TV units and 80% of TV revenues.
• PC shipments continue double-digit growth in Q1 - IDC
  Thursday 20 April 2006 – 03:08
  The worldwide PC market continued its solid expansion, in the first quarter of 2006, with year-on-year growth of 12.9%, despite an expected decline from growth of 15.9% in 2005, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).
• IDC Reports Sluggish Growth in Worldwide PC Shipments
  Friday 17 October 2008 – 07:20
  The deteriorating worldwide economy had a negative impact on PC shipments in the third quarter of 2008, according to IDC market analysts, but HP managed to retain its leadership position while Dell came in second.
• Mobile phone shipments keep growing on a fast pace
  Thursday 19 October 2006 – 10:22
  Cellphone manufacturers are well on track to break the 1-billion barrier in unit sales this year. According to a report released by IDC, third quarter sales were up 21.0% year-over-year.
• Taiwan leading motherboard makers see weaker shipments in April
  Wednesday 10 May 2006 – 05:04
  Taiwan's four leading motherboard makers - Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) - collectively shipped 8.53 million motherboards in April, up only 9.6% on year.
• IDC and Gartner: HP beats Dell in Q3 PC shipments
  Thursday 19 October 2006 – 04:23
  Figures from research firms IDC and Gartner show that Hewlett Packard (HP) outperformed Dell in worldwide PC shipments in the third quarter to reclaim the top vendor position.
• Shipments of PC-related chips expected to grow 20%
  Friday 21 July 2006 – 04:58
  Despite a slow start to the PC market's high season, PC-related chip designers still expect that orders from OEM clients will rise significantly in September, driving shipments up 20% for the third quarter, industry sources indicated.
• Combined motherboard shipments from first-tier players to grow 18 percent in 2005
  Monday 5 December 2005 – 04:45
  First-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte Technology, and Micro-Star International (MSI) estimate to ship a combined total of 104 million units this year, up 18 percent from 88.31 million in 2004.
• Shipments of 15.4" widescreen notebooks to outpace 15" models
  Wednesday 13 July 2005 – 04:48
  Shipments of 15.4" wide-screen notebooks are expected to outpace 15" models this year, as the price gap between 15- and 15.4" notebook panels has narrowed since the start of the year, sources in the Taiwan notebook industry indicated.
• First-tier motherboard makers top 100 million units in 2005 shipments
  Wednesday 11 January 2006 – 04:38
  Motherboard shipments from first-tier makers - Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte Technology, and Micro-Star International (MSI) - totaled 104.86 million units in 2005, up 18% from 88.51 million units the previous year.
• ADSL routers with built-in WLAN modules to account for 60% of global shipments in 2006
  Thursday 29 June 2006 – 07:04
  Of the total global shipments of ADSL routers in 2006, the proportion of those with a built-in wireless LAN (WLAN) module is expected to climb to 60% by year-end, up from about 33% currently, according to sources at WLAN chipmaker Broadcom.
• Delayed shipments of Intel G965 chipset may interrupt Conroe's march
  Monday 31 July 2006 – 05:11
  On 27 July when Intel announced its Core 2 Duo CPU lineup based on the Intel Core microarchitecture, the chip giant did not yet start shipments of its G965 chipset that may later appear as the chip giant's first chipset with DirectX 10 integrated graphics processor (IGP), according to unspecified motherboard makers in Taiwan.