There were 637,604 desktops and notebooks shipped in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2013, decreasing 9% on quarter and 16% on year, and the corresponding shipment value of US$408.9 million dropped 12% and 5%, respectively, according to IDC Taiwan.

　　Shipments of desktops and notebooks together in the Taiwan market in the second quarter will grow 5% sequentially, and shipments in the second half of 2013 will rise 18%. Whole year shipments will slip 10% from 2012, IDC Taiwan forecasts.