China-based makers produced 1.4 billion smartphones in 2017, increasing 0.7% on year, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

The number of Internet users in China increased to 771.98 million as of year-end 2017, according to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).

There were 1.417 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of December 2017, increasing 0.52% sequentially and 7.23% on year, and 134.63 million (9.50%) of...

The global semiconductor industry posted sales totaling US$412.2 billion in 2017, the industry's highest-ever annual sales and an increase of 21.6% compared to the 2016 total, according...

IC testing house King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) saw its January revenues increase 1.3% sequentially, while revenues at packaging specialist Siliconware Precision Industries...

China-based flat panel makers shipped 9.8 million units of small- and medium-sized OLED panels in 2017, mostly for smartphone applications, according to China-based Sigmaintell.

Samsung Electronics reportedly will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), which has expressed concerns over Samsung's...

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) expects its IC backend business sales to register strong sequential growth in the second quarter and grow through the fourth quarter. The...

ODM smartphone shipments by China-based suppliers totaled 260 million units in 2017 with the Wingtech Group and Huaqin Telecom Technology serving as the top-two vendors, according...

Smartphone shipments in the China market are likely to decline over 30% sequentially in the first quarter of 2018 after such shipments expanded nearly 10% on quarter to 199.8 million...

Photomask solution provider Photronics has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new FPD facility in Hefei China recently. The new plant, named Photronics Mask Corporation Hefei...

Worldwide notebook shipments, not including detachable 2-in-1 devices, performed weaker than expected and arrived at only around 41.15 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017,...

China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has obtained financial support from the government to accelerate the development of its 14nm and more...

MediaTek has forecast revenues for the first quarter of 2018 will decline up to 20% sequentially, as smartphone demand in China continues to disappoint. A seasonal slowdown in IoT...

China's software industry consisting of 35,774 companies generated revenues totaling CNY5.504 trillion (US$814.02 billion) in 2017, growing 13.9% on year, according to China's Ministry...