Solar spot pricing remained flat in the Greater China market this week, with the price of polysilicon dropping slightly to US$49.50/kg. The price of solar wafers also showed a slight...
One major topic at Computex Taipei this year is the rise of mobile computing devices built on the ARM platform. This trend is pitting multiple semiconductor firms against computing...
Greater China continues to increase production of solar cells while exporting more than 90% of its product, according to a recent report by The Information Network.
Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacture's Association has recently released an investigation report for investment risk and environment of Southeast Asia and India in hoping...
Intel has recently adjusted its netbook strategy and is set to cooperate with its partners including Asustek Computer and Acer to launch netbook devices priced below US$199 in regions...
AOpen will invest US$3.5 million to relocate its factory from Zhongshan City, southern China, to an optoelectronics park developed by Wistron also in Zhongshan, according to AOpen.
Asustek Computer's board of directors on March 18 decided to invest US$50 million to establish a subsidiary, tentatively named Asustek Computer (China), in either Chengdu City or...
Acer announced on February 16, that the company has signed contracts with China-based IT channel vendor Sunning Appliance for a two year, US$500 million worth sales agreement. Acer...
IT players in China recently started to compete for talent as labor shortages in 2011 are becoming a lot more serious than in previous years. In addition to competition between coastal...
Despite that first-tier touch panel makers are all actively expanding their capacity and are expected to double in 2011, Cypress Semiconductor expects touch panel supply to be short...
AMD has announced a lineup of motherboard products for AMD's 2011 low-power mobile platform (Brazos) and the AMD Embedded G-Series platform for embedded systems (eBrazos), both based...
China's labor shortages are worsening, particularly in the eastern region, according to panel component makers. Labor shortages are now an annual issue, but the problem has occurred...
The number of mobile payment users worldwide will exceed 108.6 million in 2010, a 54.5% increase from 2009, when there were 70.2 million users, according to Gartner. Mobile payment...
Japan's semiconductor production equipment manufacturers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.13 in May 2010, up from 1.07 in April, according to the Semiconductor Equipment Association...
The smartphone market continues to see impressive growth around the world, and in particular the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Shipments in the region are expected to grow 53% year-on-year...
