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Friday 17 February 2017
China set to become leading semi equipment spender in next few years
Globalfoundries recently made a media splash in announcing a reported $10 billion fab investment for Chengdu, China, but there are dozens of other semiconductor manufacturing projects...
Thursday 16 February 2017
China market: PV demand expected to be hot in 1H17, turn cold in 2H17
As the China government will lower PV feed-in tariffs for PV power-generating stations and distributed PV systems to be established after June 2017, there is expected to be a rush...
Thursday 16 February 2017
Tight LED chip supply due to robust demand for lighting, fine pixel pitch displays
Supply of low- and medium-power LED chips has become tight arising from strong demand for LED lighting and LED fine pixel pitch displays and consequently, several China-based LED...
Wednesday 15 February 2017
China has 8 makers amid global top-10 PV module vendors in 2016, says firm
Of the global top-10 PV module vendors by shipments in 2016, eight were China-based makers, reflecting China's domination of the global supply of PV modules, according to UK-based...
Wednesday 15 February 2017
UTAC to close Shanghai operations
United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC), a Singapore-based provider of test and assembly services for ICs, has announced plans to discontinue its operations in Waigaoqiao, Shanghai.
Wednesday 15 February 2017
China market: Combined smartphone shipments of 5 major vendors to surpass 500 million units
China-based vendors Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi and Gionee together are expected to ship a total of 500 million smartphones in 2017, accounting for nearly 90% of China's total smartphone...
Wednesday 15 February 2017
Commentary: Xiaomi in-house developed smartphone CPUs face uncertainty
It is highly risky for Xiaomi Technology to launch smartphones featuring in-house developed CPUs as the vendor's shipment volumes are not large enough.
Wednesday 15 February 2017
Apple said to be testing China AMOLED panels
China panel makers are looking to cut into the display supply chain for the iPhone, with news coming out that Apple is reportedly testing AMOLED panels from BOE Technology in consideration...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Andes growing customer base in China
Andes Technology, one of the very few Taiwan-based CPU IP providers, has been expanding its customer portfolio in China at a gradual pace.
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Oppo expanding production capacity in China, India to ramp up shipments in 2017
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo has continued expanding its production capacity in China and plans to build up production lines in India in line with its plan to further ramp up...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
China market: Asustek fails to reach DIY motherboard shipment goal in 2016
Asustek Computer aimed to ship 10 million DIY motherboards in the China market in 2016 but actually shipped nine million units, according to industry sources.
Monday 13 February 2017
SolarWorld shift to mono-Si wafers due to inability to compete with China makers
Germany-based PV maker SolarWorld has decided to adjust its production capacity to enhance its overall competitiveness through a gradual shift from producing solar-grade polycrystalline...
Monday 13 February 2017
Xiaomi to launch smartphone using in-house developed CPU, says report
Xiaomi Technology is expected to unveil its next-generation Mi 5C smartphone powered by in-house developed Pipecone V670 CPU in March at the earliest, according to a Chinese-language...
Monday 13 February 2017
Globalfoundries to invest for capacity growth in US, Germany, China and Singapore
Globalfoundries has announced plans to invest in its existing fabs in the US and Germany, expand its footprint in China with a fab in Chengdu, and add capacity for mainstream technologies...
Friday 10 February 2017
BOE Technology to set up OLED platform in China
China-based display panel maker BOE Technology will cooperate the government of Hefei City, central China, to establish an OLED platform in the city to boost development OLED technology...