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Tuesday 15 October 2013
Accessories for next-generation iPad showing up at China Sourcing Fair in Hong Kong
Although Apple's next-generation iPad and iPad mini are not expected to show up until later in October, many vendors have already showcased accessories designed for the new tablets...
Tuesday 15 October 2013
Taiwan-based IC suppliers look to bleak sales in 4Q13
Sales of smartphones, tablets and LCD TVs in China during the October 1 holidays were flat, dashing hopes of Taiwan-based IC suppliers of ramping shipments in the fourth quarter of...
Monday 14 October 2013
Digitimes Research: China TFT-LCD capacity global share to rise to 23.7% in 2016
The total production capacity of China-based TFT-LCD panel makers, including two 8.5G plants established by Samsung Display and LG Display, as a percentage of global capacity will...
Monday 14 October 2013
Commentary: Would strong 3Q13 earnings ensure smooth sailing for Samsung?
Samsung Electronics has just announced that its estimated profits for the third quarter of 2013 will reach KRW10.1 trillion (US$9.38 billion). Would that ensure smooth sailing for...
Monday 14 October 2013
China market: MIIT likely to assign bands to China Telecom and China Unicom for FDD-LTE, says China media
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is likely to assign two 1800MHz band units, 1755-1785MHz and 1850-1880MHz, to China Telecom and two 2100MHz band units,...
Monday 14 October 2013
China market: TV sales during October holidays down slightly, says AVC
There were 6.242 million TVs sold in the China market during the second half of September and the October 1-6 holidays, decreasing on year by 1%, according to China-based All View...
Friday 11 October 2013
China Mobile may procure 40 million TD-LTE smartphones in 2014, say Taiwan makers
As the China government will issue 4G licenses by the end of 2013, China Mobile is expected to kick off commercial operation of TD-LTE services in 2014 and therefore is likely to...
Wednesday 9 October 2013
SMIC eEEPROM technology for bank card ICs certified by China Union Pay
IC foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has announced that bank card IC products adopting its eEEPROM process technology have obtained China Union Pay certifica...
Tuesday 8 October 2013
China IC production reaching 31.9% of IC consumption in 2013, says Information Network
Massive investments in China's semiconductor industry is paying off as internal production is making inroads on demand, according to The Information Network.
Tuesday 8 October 2013
LCD driver IC ASP likely to fall on rising penetration of RAMless chips
As more high-resolution display products utilize RAMless LCD driver ICs, the average selling prices (ASPs) of LCD driver ICs might be dragged down, constraining makers' revenue growth...
Monday 7 October 2013
October notebook shipments to be impacted by labor shortage
China is currently suffering from a labor shortage and the issue has caused many notebook-related players to only be able to deliver 85% of their orders for September. With the approach...
Monday 7 October 2013
1Q14 parts and component orders for iPhone 5s and 5c remains unclear, say sources
While pull-in orders for the first wave of iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c are expected to reach a peak in the 2013 year-end holiday season, parts and components orders for the two new Apple...
Monday 7 October 2013
Digitimes Research: TD-LTE lags behind LTE FDD in global development
While China Mobile has successfully promoted TD-LTE - a China-developed version of LTE (Long Term Evolution) - as an international standard, TD-LTE has lagged behind LTE FDD (frequency...
Friday 4 October 2013
China market: Local smartphone vendors reluctant to adopt fingerprint sensors
China-based smartphone vendors may not follow the steps of Apple to adopt fingerprint identity sensors for their next-generation models, and instead will continue to maintain their...
Friday 4 October 2013
Lenovo to adopt Qualcomm solutions for next-generation smartphones
Lenovo reportedly will adopt Qualcomm's solutions for its next-generation K910 smartphone, switching from Intel's platform used in the vendor's existing K900 device, according to...