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Wednesday 19 September 2012
ICP to set up factory in eastern China
Taiwan-based industrial PC maker ICP Electronics will begin establishment of a new factory in Kunshan, eastern China, in the fourth quarter of 2012 and complete it three years after...
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Foxconn reportedly begins trial proruction of large-size LCD TVs
With wired/wireless network infrastructure maturing, large-size LCD screens will serve not only as a TV, but also the center for convergence of all home video entertainment or digital...
Tuesday 18 September 2012
IC distributors to see sales peak in 3Q12
Buoyed by rising demand for smartphones and a pick-up in orders from their China channels, most of Taiwan-based IC distributors have reported revenue growth sequentially for August...
Tuesday 18 September 2012
India likely to start anti-dumping probe into solar products, says China media
India's government has received complaints from the domestic solar industry asking it to start an anti-dumping probe into solar cells and components from firms in Malaysia, China,...
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Agricultural installations in China provide 300MW boost to PV domestic sales, says Solarbuzz
New solar projects on agricultural land are playing a pivotal role within the rapid growth of distributed solar power generation in China. Currently, there are more than 300MW of...
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Google attitude against modified Android may lead to split in Android, say Taiwan handset makers
Google's opposition to Taiwan-based vendor Acer's launch of the A800, a smartphone based on the Alibaba-developed operating system Aliyun, reflects Google's attempt to check development...
Monday 17 September 2012
Samsung reducing shipments of 43- and 48-inch TV panels, say sources
Samsung Electronics has been reducing its shipments of 43- and 48-inch LCD TV panels as rivals Chimei Innolux (CMI) and AU Optronics (AUO) are ramping up their shipments of 39- and...
Monday 17 September 2012
China market: Dual-core CPUs, 4-inch displays become standards for entry-level smartphones
Local brands in China have made upgrades to the specifications of their entry-level smartphones for the CNY1,000-1,500 (US$158-237) segment making dual-core 1GHz processors and 4-inch...
Monday 17 September 2012
MOCVD equipment price falling
The upstream LED chip market has been in oversupply causing the price of MOCVD equipment to drop 30-40% compared to the price two years ago.
Monday 17 September 2012
GCL-Poly chairman refutes rumor about month suspension
Zhu Gong Shan, executive director, chairman and CEO of China-based solar firm GCL-Poly, has refuted rumors of shutting down company operations for a month starting on September 20...
Friday 14 September 2012
Digitimes Research: June solar installations surge to 1.69GW in Germany
Solar installations usually increase significantly before the effective date of solar incentive cuts. New solar installations in Germany reached 4.37GW (total installations in Germany...
Friday 14 September 2012
Commentary: Global solar market losing energy
Since the second quarter of 2011, the global solar market has been a ship trying to sail in a hurricane. Solar markets in Europe and the US have been building up trade barriers while...
Friday 14 September 2012
China government discloses total solar installation investment of CNY250 billion during 12th Five-Year plan period
China's National Energy Administration recently disclosed that its target for new solar-powered plants during the 12th Five-Year Plan period is 10GW. The government also set its target...
Friday 14 September 2012
New Lenovo tablet PC uses MediaTek chip
MediaTek on September 13 announced that Lenovo has selected its Android mobile platform for the new LePad A2107, which is shipping to customers globally.
Thursday 13 September 2012
China market: Over 38 million smartphones sold in 2Q12
There were 66.47 million handsets sold in the China market during the second quarter of 2012, dropping by 1.0% on quarter and by 2.0% on year. However, sales of 38.19 million smartphones...