Last update: Wednesday 19 December 2012 [50 news items]
Compal, Inventec to increase notebook shipments from inland China in 2013
Dec 19, 22:08
Facing strong pressure from rising labor costs in China, notebook ODMs will accelerate their pace in shifting production to inland China in 2013 with Compal set to move all its notebook...
Notebook brands turn conservative about accumulating orders to inland plants
Nov 12, 22:40
While notebook ODMs become aggressive about building up their production capacities at plants in inland China to save costs, notebook vendors taken a more conservative stance about...
Compal announces profit for 3Q12
Oct 31, 22:08
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$173.03 billion (US$5.92 billion) for the third quarter of 2012, up 4.94% sequentially, with net profit reaching NT$1.63...
Workers strike at Compal factory in Chengdu
Oct 25, 20:37
Around 2,000 workers at the factory of notebook ODM Compal Electronics in Chengdu City, western China, went on strike early this week in protest because they were not allowed to be...
Notebook ODMs pushing production capacity in inland China for higher profit
Sep 4, 01:05
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs have recently been accelerating the process of moving production lines into inland China (western China) for the purpose of raising their profits, as they...
Chongqing and Chengdu are not competitors, says Chongqing mayor
Aug 21, 01:45
Chongqing and Chengdu of China, the two major cities of Sichuan province, have reportedly been competing against each other over investments from PC-related players; however, Chongqing...
Foxconn, Sharp to build 6G LTPS panel plant in Chengdu, says paper
Newswatch - May 25, 11:30
Foxconn Electronics plans to team up with Sharp to build a 6G LTPS (low temperature poly-silicon) panel plant in Chengdu, China, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted...
Power, labor shortage in China may affect notebook shipments in 2H12
May 15, 01:35
As the labor shortage in Eastern China (coastal area) is turning worse and the summer season when powers shortages are common is approaching, notebook component supply in the second...
Taiwan ODMs getting settled in western China
Apr 16, 10:25
As PC vendors Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer and Asustek Computer have stationed themselves in Chongqing City, western China, and Dell and Lenovo have done so in Chengdu City, their respective...
Government of Chongqing, China reportedly to accelerate subsidy to notebook players
Apr 3, 01:10
After the sudden replacement of Chongqing's committee secretary in China, the government of Chongqing reportedly will accelerate the subsidy it promised to notebook players as a pacification...
Wistron Chengdu plants to enter production in March, Compal in May
Mar 3, 14:56
Wistron expects its plants in Chengdu, western China to start production in March, according to company chairman Simon Lin, while Compal Electronics plans to start production at its...

Dell to start production at its base in western China, say Taiwan makers
Jan 4, 01:15
Dell will begin production at its base in Chengdu City, western China, in February or later in the first quarter of 2012, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Notebook ODMs picking up the pace in inland China production
Dec 20, 01:15
Notebook ODMs such as Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics have both recently picked up their pace in production in inland China with Compal's plants in Chengdu set to produce 10...
Philips to set up LED lighting plant in Chengdu, China
Dec 19, 15:34
Philips has announced a plan to set up an LED lighting plant in Chengdu, China and to invest up to EUR25 million (US$33 million) from 2011-2015.
Compal to start pilot run at plants in Chengdu, China, says paper
Newswatch - Dec 15, 12:13
Compal Electronics is set to start pilot production at its plants in Chengdu, China on December 19 with initial output to reach more than 1,000 notebooks each month, according to...
AMD announces two new server platforms in China
Nov 15, 01:20
AMD, on November 14, announced its latest 16-core Opteron 6200 series server processors, previously codenamed Interlagos, in Beijing, China with server players such as Hewlett-Packard...
Lenovo to start production in Chengdu soon
Nov 9, 17:01
Lenovo will begin production of desktops and notebooks at its base in Chengdu City, western China, on December 19, with expected output of 2-3 million units in 2012, accounting for...
Compal sees decline in 3Q11 revenues
Nov 1, 10:15
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$172.81 billion (US$5.77 billion) for the third quarter, down 2% sequentially and 19% on year. The company has recently...

Dell to increase workforce at Chengdu office
Sep 22, 01:50
Dell is set to expand its workforce at its Chengdu base from 300 currently to 3,000 soon. Dell plans to have Chengdu serve as its second operating base.
HP, Acer, Asustek to raise supply proportion from Chongqing in 2H11
Jun 30, 01:30
Global notebook brand vendors Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer are set to significantly increase their notebook supply proportions from Chongqing, China in the second half of 2011 with...
Foxconn May revenues down sequentially due to accident at Chengdu plant
Jun 13, 09:58
Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) had non-consolidated revenues of NT$200.561 billion (US$6.95 billion) for May dropping 2.14% on month due to the impact of an explosion at its...
Foxconn Chengdu plant employee commits suicide, says paper
Newswatch - May 27, 15:18
A male employee at Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) plant in Chendgu, China, has committed suicide by jumping from the roof of his apartment, according to a Chinese-language...
Foxconn temporarily stops its polishing process at all factories in China
Stockwatch - May 24, 01:25
Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on May 23 announced that the explosion and consequent fire at its production base in Chengdu City, western China, broke out in a workshop room...
Foxconn Chengdu plant produces less than 30% of total iPad 2 demand
May 23, 11:27
Production has been suspended at a Foxconn factory in Chengdu City, western China, following an explosion that left three dead and 15 injured on May 20. The plant recently started...
Accident at Foxconn's Chengdu plant not affecting iPad 2 assembly lines, says newspaper
Newswatch - May 22, 21:01
The explosion and consequent fire breaking out at Foxconn's production base of iPad 2 in Chengdu City, western China, has not affected the assembly lines of the tablet PC, according...
Explosion at Foxconn factory in Chengdu, impact of iPad 2 production still uncertain
May 21, 18:28
An explosion occurred at a factory building inside Foxconn's (Hon Hai Precision Industry) production base in Chengdu City, western China, on the evening of May 20, killing two employees...
Supply chain may not be able to satisfy demand from Apple
May 12, 01:05
Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly facing a shortage of both labor and materials at its plants...
FET to help China Mobile set up wireless network for public services in Chengdu
Apr 8, 16:39
Taiwan carrier Far Eastone Telecommunications (FET) will help China Mobile establish a TD-SCDMA+Wi-Fi wireless network in Chengdu, western China, to provide public services for tourism,...
Notebook vacuum sputtering provider Paragon to set up two plants in China
Mar 29, 01:25
Paragon Technologies, a Taiwan-based provider of vacuum sputtering processing to prevent EMI in notebooks, announced to establish plants in Chongqing and Neijiang, both located in...
SZS to set up plants in both Chongqing and Chengdu, China
Mar 21, 16:55
Taiwan-based hinge maker Shin Zu Shing (SZS) has announced plans to invest US$5 million for the initial preparation of new plants in Chengdu, China, in addition to its plants in Chongqing,...
Chengdu in western China to reach annual capacity of 100 million PCs, says mayor
Feb 15, 02:05
The government of Chengdu City, western China, has been developing the city as a large PC production park, with a goal of attaining an aggregate capacity of 100 million PCs a year,...
Wistron appropriates manpower from western China to solve labor shortages in eastern China
Feb 9, 15:35
Taiwan-based notebook maker Wistron has appropriated about 3,000 employees from its plant in Chengdu City, western China, through the city government's assistance, to support its...
Lenovo setting up combined operational base in western China
Feb 1, 14:44
China-based PC vendor Lenovo has started development on a combined operational base for R&D, production and marketing on a 13.3-hectare site with a total floor space of 100,000...
Compal begins construction of new plant in Chengdu, China
Jan 21, 01:10
Compal Electronics has begun construction of a new plant in Chengdu, western China slated to complete in June 2011, according to local media reports. Compal said its total investments...
Notebook makers do not rule out supporting upstream partners to avoid labor shortages
Dec 30, 01:05
As labor shortages in coastal areas of China in 2011 are expected to be even more serious than in previous years, sources from notebook makers said that they will not rule out the...
- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
- AEWIN Introduces Newest Multiplayer Gaming System SGA-5010
- Carry Technology Highlights Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi Card Reader Series
- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

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MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
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Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
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In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.

















