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Wednesday 20 February 2019
Taiwan makers facing competition from China for car-use PCBs
Taiwan-based PCB makers are facing fierce price competition from China-based rivals in the mid-range to entry-level segments of the car-use electronic component industry, but in the...
Wednesday 20 February 2019
Smartphone vendors see increasing profit pressure
Brand smartphone vendors may see their profits fall significantly in 2019 as they are investing heavily in upgrading their models despite sluggish terminal market demand, according...
Wednesday 20 February 2019
China makers expected to use PV silver paste without patent issues
First-tier China-based PV makers who are eyeing overseas markets are likely to adopt PV silver paste free from patent issues to avoid litigation over their exports, according to industry...
Wednesday 20 February 2019
PC vendors eyeing Southeast Asia gaming market
PC and peripherals vendors have been aggressively expanding into the gaming markets of some Southeast Asia countries where e-sport has received much government support, with vendor...
Wednesday 20 February 2019
Yen Sun to begin operation at China plants
Taiwan-based cooling solution developer Yen Sun Technology will see its plants in Dongguan soon enter pilot production for certification by its car vendor client and begin mass production...
Tuesday 19 February 2019
Globalfoundries dismisses China fab shutdown speculation
Globalfoundries has named Americo Lemos, who previously held executive positions at Qualcomm and Intel, as its China country manager on the heels of speculation about layoffs and...
Tuesday 19 February 2019
Major vendors eyeing preemption in 5G smartphone market
As the global handset market is entering the 5G era in 2019, leading vendors such as Samsung Electronics, Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi and Vivo are moving aggressively to launch 5G smartphone...
Monday 18 February 2019
China 2018 software revenues estimated at CNY6.306 trillion
China's software industry consisting of 37,776 companies generated revenues totaling CNY6.306 trillion (US$954 billion) in 2018, growing 14.2% on year, according to the country's...
Friday 15 February 2019
Foxconn affiliate to inaugurate 10.5G LCD plant in China in October
Sakai SIO International Guangzhou, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, is scheduled to have its 10.5G LCD plant kick off volume production in October 2019, according to the company.
Friday 15 February 2019
Asustek, Razer reportedly to seek cooperation with Tencent for gaming smartphones
Asustek Computer reportedly has been in talk with China-based mobile game distributor Tencent to release a gaming smartphone that supports Tencent's games, but has recently encountered...
Friday 15 February 2019
Tongwei, SCCI to construct PERC solar cell plants
China-based Tongwei Solar will expand its PERC solar cell production capacity by constructing a factory in Sichuan, western China, while state-run Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry...
Thursday 14 February 2019
Taiwan maintains largest share of global IC wafer fab capacity, says IC Insights
Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with 21.8% share, a slight increase from 21.3% in 2017, according to IC Insights. Taiwan first became the global wafer capacity...
Thursday 14 February 2019
China smartphone shipments to drop 8% in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
China-based vendors' smartphone shipments are expected to fall 8.2% on year to below 140 million units in the first quarter of 2019, as exports will slow down due to seasonality and...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
China smartphone market to continue contracting in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Smartphone shipments in the China market are forecast to continue to fall over 10% on-year to below 80 million in the first quarter of 2019 following an around 20% decline in fourth-quarter...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
PERC mono-Si solar cell tight supply to remain
Supply of PERC mono-Si solar cells in Taiwan and China has been tight since early January 2019, and the tight supply is expected to remain until the end of March and April respectively...