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Tuesday 22 December 2015
China market: iPad Pro sales reach only 49,000 units in the first month
Apple's new enterprise tablet, the iPad Pro did not achieve expected sales in its first month after the launch in China selling only 49,000 units, according to China-based research...
Tuesday 22 December 2015
China makers plan to hike solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer prices in January
China-based makers, in view of continued tight supply, plan to increase quotes for solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers from US$0.85-0.86 currently to US$0.88 in January, according...
Monday 21 December 2015
ZTE to develop smartphone application processors in house
ZTE has stepped up its efforts to internally develop smartphone chipset solutions, aiming to re-capture the title as one of the top-three smartphone vendors in China, according to...
Friday 18 December 2015
TV panel shipments fall in November; China makers overtake Taiwan in volume, says WitsView
A total of 22.74 million LCD TV panels were shipped in November 2015, representing a 0.8% decrease compared with the prior month and a 2.2% increase on year, according to WitsView...
Friday 18 December 2015
Surface Book to become available to China consumers on December 24
Microsoft China has announced that its new Surface Books will become available for pre-order online on December 24 in China and the retail channel in China will also start accepting...
Friday 18 December 2015
Lenovo gives priority to emerging markets for handsets, says report
Lenovo is giving priority to promote its handsets in emerging markets, especially in Brazil, India and Russia, according to a China-based tech.sina.com report, citing company chairman...
Thursday 17 December 2015
China wearable device market continues to grow, with varied performance between segments, says IDC
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC ), wearable device shipments in China reached 7.37 million units in the third quarter of 2015, up 40.1% from the previous quart...
Wednesday 16 December 2015
Tsinghua Unigroup looking to invest in Phison China subsidiary, says report
China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup intends to acquire a 51% stake in Taiwan-based NAND flash device controller supplier Phison Electronics' subsidiary in Hefei of China's Anhui...
Wednesday 16 December 2015
Tsinghua Unigroup investment plans an opportunity, says Acer founder
Acer founder Stan Shih, in response to public controversy over China-based Tsinghua Unigroup's proposed stake investment in three Taiwan-based semiconductor companies, indicated that...
Wednesday 16 December 2015
China plans to further reduce 2016 PV feed-in tariffs
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in October 2015 announced tentative PV feed-in tariffs for 2016, which will be 2-5.88% lower than this year's level. But...
Tuesday 15 December 2015
China market: China Mobile aims at 500 million TD-LTE users at end of 2016
China Mobile has completed deployment of one million TD-LTE base stations around China and plans to add 300,000 in 2016, aiming to increase the number of TD-LTE subscribers to 500...
Monday 14 December 2015
Should Taiwan open its IC design industry to China capital?
Taiwan has come to a turning point as whether it should open its IC design industry to China investment. The issue arises now as China-based Tsinghua Unigroup wants to buy a 25% stake...
Thursday 10 December 2015
Robot maker Hiwin denies suffering large payment defaults
Robot and ballscrew maker Hiwin Technologies has denied a media report indicating that the company has suffered a default payment of over several billion New Taiwan (NT) dollars by...
Thursday 10 December 2015
Giga Solar Materials to set up factory in eastern China
PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials on December 9 announced the acquisition of land in an industrial park in Yencheng City, eastern China, to construct a factory to produce...
Thursday 10 December 2015
Samsung aims to reduce pricing for small- to medium-size OLED panels 20% by mid-2016, says report
Samsung Display is expected to drop pricing for small- to medium-size OLED panels 20% by mid-2016 in order to meet requirements for a surge in orders from China-based handset vendors,...