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Wednesday 6 May 2015
China market: Xiaomi launches Mi Note Pro
Xiaomi Technology has unveiled its new high-end smartphone, the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro, which sports a 5.7-inch QHD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 CPU, and 13-megapixel camera with...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Winbond reportedly to place orders with China 12-inch foundry
Taiwan-based Winbond Electronics will likely place orders with Shanghai Huali Microelectronics (HLMC), a 12-inch wafer foundry in China, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Taiwan makers to benefit from new smartphones from Xiaomi, LeTV
Taiwan-based handset ODMs and component suppliers, including Pegatron, Foxconn Electronics, Compal Electronics and Largan Precision, are expected to benefit from strong sales of new...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
China smartphone vendors look for more supplies of CMOS image sensors
China-based smartphone vendors reportedly are suffering shortages in the supply of CMOS image sensors from Sony as the Japan-based supplier has given priority to Apple and Samsung...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
China market: Prices for 4- and 8-core handset chips to fall
Prices for 8-core handset chips are set to fall below US$10 in 2015 while those for quad-core chips will slip to US$5, as chipmakers start a price war, according to industry sources...
Wednesday 6 May 2015
PV demand expected to rebound in June or early July, say China makers
Global PV demand is expected to rebound in June or early July as China begins a rush to construct new PV systems and power-generating stations in the second half of 2015, according...
Tuesday 5 May 2015
Casetek sees weak results in 1Q15 due to rising labor costs and delayed orders
Taiwan-based chassis maker Casetek Holdings has announced its financial results for the first quarter and achieved EPS of NT$2.66 (US$0.09), weaker than market watchers' estimated...
Tuesday 5 May 2015
EU may soon decide whether to start anti-circumvention probe of China PV module makers
The European Union (EU) is likely to determine soon whether a formal investigation will be launched into China-based PV modules makers over alleged circumvention of minimum import...
Monday 4 May 2015
Digitimes Research: April 7W, 9W LED light bulb prices up sequentially, down in China market
April average retail price for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent ones) in the China market increased by 23.4% on month to CNY35.9 (US$5.8), while that for 9W models...
Monday 4 May 2015
China investors near deal to acquire OmniVision
OmniVision Technologies, a developer of CMOS image sensors for mobile devices, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a group of China-based investors including...
Monday 4 May 2015
China software industry posts January-March revenues of CNY880 billion, says MIIT
China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY880 billion (US$141 billion) in January-March 2015, growing 17.5% on year, according to statistics by the Ministry of Industry...
Monday 4 May 2015
Apple iPhone captures 12% smartphone market share in China in 1Q15, says Strategy Analytics
Smartphone shipments to China totaled 109.8 million units in the first quarter of 2015, rising 17% from 93.6 million units a year earlier, according to Strategy Analytics. Xiaomi...
Monday 4 May 2015
China unlikely to develop home-grown DRAM technology within five years, say Nanya and Inotera
Responding to China's ambitions to step into the memory industry, Inotera Memories and Nanya Technology both believe that it is unlikely China can develop home-grown DRAM technology...
Thursday 30 April 2015
China makers aiming for 80% panel self-sufficiency
With new developments for expanding 8.5G facilities in China, local panel production is expected to help bring the self-sufficiency rate for panels in the nation to 80% over the next...
Thursday 30 April 2015
China PV module makers seeking solar cells produced outside of China, Taiwan
China-based PV module makers, viewing that PV module demand in the US is rebounding and prices are relatively high, have been seeking supply sources of crystalline silicon solar cells...