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Tuesday 17 June 2014
China market: MediaTek to ship over 200 million 3G handset solutions in 2014
MediaTek is expected to ship over 200 million 3G handset solutions in China in 2014, accounting for a 50% share of the segment and making MediaTek the top 3G solution vendor in the...
Tuesday 17 June 2014
Solar-grade wafer makers adjust pricing in wake of US anti-subsidy measures
Since the US Department of Commerce in early June imposed preliminary anti-subsidy tariffs on solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, solar cells and PV modules imported from China,...
Tuesday 17 June 2014
China market: x86 server shipments up 22.9% in 1Q14, says IDC
Shipments of x86 servers in the China market during the first quarter of 2014 totaled 350,000 units, up 22.9% on year. Meanwhile, factory revenues of x86 servers during the quarter...
Tuesday 17 June 2014
China PV firms seeking help from Taiwan peers to cope with US anti-dumping taxation
China-based PV makers, expecting US anti-dumping tariffs to be announced in late July, have talked with Taiwan-based fellow makers about cooperation in an attempt to avoid such taxation,...
Monday 16 June 2014
Differentiation is the core advantage: Q&A MediaTek president Hsieh Ching-chiang
MediaTek has taken up to 60% of the 3G handset solution market in China, pushing the market value of the company shares to over NT$800 billion (US$26.68 billion) recently. Digitimes...
Monday 16 June 2014
Coretronic to purchase factory in eastern China
Backlight unit (BLU) and DLP projector maker Coretronic will acquire a LCM (liquid crystal module) factory in Wujiang, eastern China, from LED BLU and LCM maker Taiwan Thick-Film...
Friday 13 June 2014
UMC to expand foundry capacity to fend off competition from SMIC, say sources
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will ramp up its capacity for 40nm processes in order to fend off increasing competition from China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International...
Thursday 12 June 2014
China TV vendor sales outside of China expected to grow 40% in 2Q14
China TV vendors' sales to markets outside of China are expected to grow 40% on year in the second quarter of 2014.
Wednesday 11 June 2014
IPC makers looking to move production back to Taiwan
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) makers have started considering moving their production lines back to Taiwan as China's increasing labor costs have started creating pressure on the...
Wednesday 11 June 2014
Panel makers see increased orders from China handset vendors
Panel makers are seeing increased orders as China handset vendors prepare to release new models, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 10 June 2014
China market: MediaTek 4G LTE solutions verified by China Mobile
MediaTek's 4G LTE smartphone solutions have been verified by China Mobile, paving the way for China-based handset vendors to begin shipping LTE models to China Mobile, the largest...
Tuesday 10 June 2014
Foxconn said to be parting ways with Cybermart
Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) subsidiary Pan International recently announced it will sell its 48.01% shareholdings in SMS Marketing Service, and market watchers...
Tuesday 10 June 2014
China market: China Mobile launches first own-brand 4G smartphone M811
China Mobile has launched M811, its first own-brand 4G smartphone, for sale in the China market at a contract-free retail price of CNY999 (US$160), according to China-based tec...
Friday 6 June 2014
Digitimes Research: LED bulb prices in China up sequentially in May
May average retail pricing for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent) in the China market rose 4.2% on month to CNY37.4 (US$5.90), while 9W models (equivalent to 60W...
Friday 6 June 2014
Quanta, Wistron pushing new business measures to prolong competitiveness
Quanta Computer's white-box server subsidiary is planning to establish new branches in Hangzhou and Shenzhen, China to tighten its partnerships with China-based Internet players Alibaba...