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Tuesday 6 November 2012
Digitimes Research: China-based tier-2 LED chipmakers see falling revenues in 2012
China-based tier-two LED chipmakers such as Silan Azure, Epilight Technology, and Tsinghua Tongfang have seen on-year decreases of around 30-50% in their accumulated revenues so far...
Tuesday 6 November 2012
SMIC expects record revenues in 2012
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is set to end 2012 with record revenues, according to the China-based foundry chipmaker, which saw its revenues hit a new quarterly...
Monday 5 November 2012
Google, Amazon and other vendors in China to lead pricing in low-cost smartphone segment, say sources
While sales of low-cost smartphones are expected to continue growing in the next few years, Google, Amazon and other Internet service companies in China may lead price competition...
Monday 5 November 2012
IC distributor WPG expects 4Q12 sales to decline
IC distributor WPG Holdings expects its consolidated revenues to decline 5.4-10.5% sequentially to NT$88-93 billion (US$3-3.17 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2012 due to inventory...
Monday 5 November 2012
Two PCB makers to sell subsidiaries in China, says paper
PCB makers Dynamic Electronics and Cheer Time Enterprise have decided to liquidate their respective PCB plants in China, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times r...
Friday 2 November 2012
MediaTek seeing handset-chip supply tighten
The supply of MediaTek's dual-core and TD-SCDMA smartphone solutions, including the MT6577 and MT6517, has become increasing tight recently due to strong demand from China-based branded...
Friday 2 November 2012
China market: Over 310,000 x86 servers shipped in 2Q12, says IDC
There were 316,000 x86 servers shipped in the China market during the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 5.6% on year. Of the shipments, 26,700 were 4-way units, up 33% on-year,...
Friday 2 November 2012
CSOT 8.5G yield rate reaches 95%, says company acting CEO
LCD panel maker China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) has already seen its 8.5G line attain a 95% yield rate, with monthly 8.5G capacity expected to reach more than 125,000...
Thursday 1 November 2012
Trends in China's flat panel LCD industry
Large-size TFT LCD panel production capacity will double in China in 2012, representing dramatically higher growth than a global level of 7.0%. In 2013, Digitimes Research estimates...
Thursday 1 November 2012
China adds Europe-based polysilicon firms to anti-dumping investigation
China's Ministry of Commerce announced on November 1 that the government received requests to conduct anti-dumping investigations on Europe-based polysilicon imports in September...
Thursday 1 November 2012
Acer Greater China president expects 10% growth in 2013 notebook shipments
President of Acer Greater China Scott Lin, commenting on the touchscreen and convertible notebook trends brought on by Windows 8, pointed out that he believes these trends can resurrect...
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Compal announces profit for 3Q12
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$173.03 billion (US$5.92 billion) for the third quarter of 2012, up 4.94% sequentially, with net profit reaching NT$1.63...
Wednesday 31 October 2012
China market: Nichia hopes to obtain 30-40% market share in 2013
To build market share in China's LED lighting market, international firms have been expanding capacity. Philips' Lumileds has revealed plans to expand LED component capacity in its...
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Solar module prices continue to slide, but signs of recovery appear on the horizon, says IHS
Overcapacity, a decline in pricing as well as slowing growth in key worldwide markets will serve to keep the global market for solar modules depressed for the rest of the year, with...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Some China-based solar firms see better utilization rates
Solar material makers have stated that China has been expanding domestic demand and some tier-one solar firms have been seeing capacity utilization rate rebound to 50% in October...