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Wednesday 29 January 2014
Digitimes Research: China handset vendors to rely on local AMOLED panel production from 2016
On December 17, 2013, China-based touch panel maker Truly Optoelectronics announced that it had entered a joint venture with the Huizhou City Government to invest in a 4.5G AMOLED...
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Altek to launch Cubic smartphone attachable lens-style camera in China
Digital camera ODM Altek launched the Altek Cubic, an attachable lens-style camera for smartphones or tablets, in the Taiwan market in late December 2013 and is poised to launch the...
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Supply chains see increased orders for 4G smartphones in China
Panel and touch panel makers are seeing increased orders from China-based handset vendors as the vendors plan to release new large-size high-resolution 4G smartphones in 2014.
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Tablet processor market to rise 23% in 2014, says IHS
Strong growth in the processor market for tablet devices this year and beyond will draw increasing competition from suppliers eager to throw their hat into the ring, including the...
Monday 27 January 2014
AUO to focus on product differentiation strategies amid competition from China, says company president
As rumors are spreading that China's government will increase LCD tariffs from 5% to 8% in 2014 coupled with expected pressure from production capacity expansion on China panel makers'...
Monday 27 January 2014
China polysilicon makers plan to increase spot prices in February
Spot market prices for polysilicon have risen to US$20/kg currently and some China-based makers, in view of strong demand in the China market, plan to further hike quotes by 10% to...
Monday 27 January 2014
China market: Prices of octa-core smartphones drifting below CNY1,000
The battle for the entry-level smartphone segment in China is intensifying, and Coolpad with releasing an octa-core model priced below CNY1,000 (US$165), according to industry sour...
Monday 27 January 2014
SMIC readies 28nm chip production
Semiconductor Manufacturing International's (SMIC) 28nm technology has been process frozen, and the company has successfully entered the multi project wafer (MPW) stage to support...
Friday 24 January 2014
Greater China touch panel shipment forecast through 2015
This Digitimes Research Special Report outlines the key factors in the rapid growth of the touch-panel industry in Greater China in recent years, as well as the technology trends...
Friday 24 January 2014
China market: China Mobile, China Telecom aim to sell 100, 36 million TD-LTE devices in 2014
China Mobile and China Telecom, two of three 4G licensees in China, aim to sell 100 million and 36 million TD-LTE terminal devices, respectively, in the China market in 2014, according...
Friday 24 January 2014
SerComm expects to ship 3 million PON units in 2014, says president
Taiwan-based networking/communication device maker SerComm shipped nearly two million units of PON (passive optical network) broadband equipment in 2013 and expects to ship three...
Thursday 23 January 2014
About 60% of TVs in the China market in 2014 expected to be smart TVs
About 60% of TVs in the China market in 2014 are expected to be smart TVs, according to market observers.
Wednesday 22 January 2014
Strong footprint in leading solar markets forms backbone to continued success of China producer Yingli, says IHS
China was the largest solar market in the world in 2013, besting a hotly contested field that included Japan, the US and Germany, and China-based manufacturer Yingli Green Energy...
Wednesday 22 January 2014
Taiwan ODMs struggle to land mobile device orders from Samsung
While Samsung Electronics are expected to roll out an array of new smartphones and tablets for high-end as well as entry-level segments in 2014, the vendor is quite unlikely to release...
Tuesday 21 January 2014
China white-box makers likely to launch array of wearable devices in 2Q14
China-based white-box mobile device makers are likely to launch an array of wearable devices, including smartwatches, in the second quarter of 2014, using chipset solutions from Taiwan-based...