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Friday 28 December 2012
Trends in China's IC design industry in 2013
While China technically hosts 400-500 IC design firms - more than Silicon Valley or Hsinchu Science Park, the world's two largest IC design centers - a closer inspection of the list...
Friday 28 December 2012
Flat screen TV sales in China expected to reach 50 million by the end of 2012
Flat screen TV sales are expected to reach 50 million units in China by the end of 2012 largely due to energy-saving subsidies issued by the China government, according to market...
Friday 28 December 2012
Lenovo-Compal joint venture in China begins mass production, says paper
The notebook manufacturing joint venture of Compal Electronics and Lenovo in Hefei, China has begun commercial runs with its production capacity expected to reach one million units...
Friday 28 December 2012
China solar equipment firm JYT succeeds in suing LDK for breaching contract, say reports
China-based JYT Corporation has announced a verdict from China' International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission finding that LDK needs to pay CNY293 million (US$46 million)...
Thursday 27 December 2012
Hareon Solar obtains CNY500 million subsidy, say reports
China-based Hareon Solar has announced that the firm has obtained government funding of CNY210 million (US$33 million), and has accumulated total subsidies of CNY500 million in one...
Thursday 27 December 2012
Low-price competition between tablet vendors to crowd out white-box players
Google and Amazon have released 7-inch tablets priced US$199, and Acer and Asustek Computer reportedly release models priced at US$99 and US$149, respectively, targeting emerging...
Thursday 27 December 2012
Taiwan solar firms not keen to invest in China projects
China's domestic solar demand has been rising, but due to risks, Taiwan-based makers believe the best way to enter the market is to provide products such as solar cells instead of...
Wednesday 26 December 2012
December revenues to show continuous decreases, say sapphire substrate makers
Taiwan-based sapphire substrate makers believe December revenues are likely to show a continuous decrease due to the low season and year-end inventory checks by downstream LED firm...
Wednesday 26 December 2012
Orise looks to strong sales in 2013 on growing shipments of WVGA driver chips
LCD driver IC vendor Orise Technology is expected to see its revenues rally by 40% in 2013 buoyed by increasing shipments of high-margin WVGA driver chips to smartphone makers in...
Wednesday 26 December 2012
Digitimes Research: Smartphone sales in China to grow 137% to 189 million units in 2012
Sales of smartphones in China are expected to grow 137% on year to 189 million units in 2012, buoyed mostly by a take-off in demand for EDGE and TD-SCDMA models in the second half...
Wednesday 26 December 2012
Digitimes Research: Greater China foundry capacity utilization rate to continue slide in 1H13
Utilization rates at leading IC foundries in Greater China will remain under downward pressure during the first half of 2013, as the top-3 players' continued efforts to expand their...
Tuesday 25 December 2012
China market: November mobile phone users grow to 1.104 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.104 billion subscribers to mobile communication services in China as of the end of November 2012, growing by 0.80% on month and by 13.21% on year, and 220.49 million...
Tuesday 25 December 2012
Flytech to expand distribution network in China
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) player Flytech Technology recently signed a contract with China-based channel retailer China National Electronic Devices for the retailer to handle...
Tuesday 25 December 2012
Some tier-two China-based makers dumping solar modules in Europe
While tier-one China-based solar module makers quote EUR0.45/watt in the Europe market and US$0.6/watt in the US market, a few tier-two China-based fellow makers are dumping solar...
Monday 24 December 2012
BOE signs US$5.26 billion agreement with China government to construct new 8.5G line
China-based panel maker BOE has officially signed an investment agreement with the Chongqing Municipal Government to jointly invest CNY$32.8 billion (US$5.26 billion) in constructing...