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Thursday 20 August 2015
China pushes for homegrown display driver IC industry
China is looking to build a homegrown panel-use driver IC industry in Hefei, China, which will likely threaten Taiwan's IC driver IC sector, according to industry sources.
Thursday 20 August 2015
China IC foundries, backend firms soliciting orders from Taiwan
China-based IC foundries including Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Huali Microelectronics (HLMC), and backend firms such as Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology...
Wednesday 19 August 2015
MediaTek buys ISSI Taiwan subsidiary to enable acquisition of ISSI by Uphill
The acquisition of US-based Integrated Silicon Solution (ISSI) by China's Uphill Investment is expected to run more smoothly after ISSI's Taiwan subsidiary Chingis Technology is taken...
Wednesday 19 August 2015
HiSilicon, Spreadtrum head-hunting in Taiwan
China-based HiSilicon Technologies and Spreadtrum Communications have been aggressively hiring engineering talent at their local offices in Taiwan, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 18 August 2015
Orders for onboard recorders growing from China, say Taiwan IC designers
Chip orders for onboard recorders from China's white-box makers have been rising in 2015, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Tuesday 18 August 2015
Digitimes Research: AP suppliers adopting different strategies for 4G CA solutions
With the proportion of 4G devices in China's smartphone shipments having already surpassed 90% in first-half 2015, application processor (AP) suppliers have taken different strategies...
Tuesday 18 August 2015
China market: China Mobile to launch own-brand smart wireless routers
China Mobile will launch own-brand smart wireless routers in the China market, with the device positioned as the center of home-use IoT applications for security surveillance, environmental...
Tuesday 18 August 2015
China smartphone market and industry – 2Q 2015
Smartphone sales in China no longer show any significant momentum for growth as the fast maturing market now increasingly relies on replacement demand from existing users.
Tuesday 18 August 2015
Quanta partners with Cisco to push cloud medical services
Quanta Computer has partnered with Cisco to provide hardware- and software-integrated services to hospitals and clinics. Quanta will combine its QOCA medical platform, which it developed...
Monday 17 August 2015
Digitimes Research: China tablet AP shipments to ebb nearly 30% on year in 2H15
China's shipments of tablet-use application processors are expected to decline 29.4% on year to 47.75 million units in the second half of 2015 due to weak market demand for tablets,...
Monday 17 August 2015
China makers ship 79.41 million large-size panels in 1H15, says research firm
China-based BOE Technology, China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) and Nanjing CEC Panda LCD Technology together shipped 79.41 million large-size TFT-LCD panels in first-half...
Monday 17 August 2015
Worldwide EMV payment card shipments top 2.1 billion in 2014 with 43% issued into the US and China, says firm
Just over 2.1 billion EMV cards were issued worldwide in 2014, up 27.5% from 2014. The exponential on-year growth rate was driven by significant EMV issuance into the US and China...
Friday 14 August 2015
China market: Xiaomi unveils Hongmi Note 2
Xiaomi Technology has unveiled its Hongmi Note 2, a 4G smartphone targeting the younger generation with a price tag below CNY1,000 (US$156).
Friday 14 August 2015
Clevo pushing own-brand consumer electronics product line in China
Clevo is planning to create a brand to sell smart home electronics, medical devices and creative products and will establish a section in its Buynow store in Guangzhou, China to test...
Friday 14 August 2015
China market: 5.5-inch Full HD to be widely used in CNY1,000 smartphones in 2016
While 5-inch HD (720 by 1280) is currently the mainstream touch panel standard for China-made smartphones priced at the CNY1,000 (US$158) level in the China market, China-based vendors...