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Thursday 22 September 2011
Price of 6-inch solar wafers likely to fall 11-13% in 4Q11
Pricing for 6-inch polysilicon solar wafers will be quoted at US$1.60/unit in the fourth quarter of 2011, down from US$1.80-1.85 in the third quarter, according to industry sources...
Thursday 22 September 2011
Dell to increase workforce at Chengdu office
Dell is set to expand its workforce at its Chengdu base from 300 currently to 3,000 soon. Dell plans to have Chengdu serve as its second operating base.
Thursday 22 September 2011
Acer to ship 40,000 notebooks by rail across China and Europe
Acer will ship 40,000 notebooks by railroad across Chongqing, China and Duisburg, Germany. The shipments are expected to arrive in Europe in two weeks.
Thursday 22 September 2011
Acer enjoying strong short-term notebook orders for Europe
Acer, benefiting from Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) uncertainty about its PC business, has started receiving strong notebook orders from channels in Europe with volumes, as of September...
Thursday 22 September 2011
ASE breaks ground on China headquarters
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) broke ground at the site of a regional headquarters in Zhangjiang, Shanghai on September 21. Operations are scheduled to commence in 2012,...
Wednesday 21 September 2011
Everlight plans to expand operations in China, says chairman
Capacity utilization in the LED industry has been lower than expected in 2011, and the fourth quarter is likely to be moderate, said Robert Yeh, chairman of Everlight. Growth of TV...
Wednesday 21 September 2011
Solar wafer firms suffering more than cell makers in 3Q11
Falling product prices have been causing solar wafer and cell firms to face shrinking gross margins and possible losses. While upstream polysilicon prices have been relatively rigid,...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Altair chip solution approved for use in LTE networks in China
Altair Semiconductor, a developer of low-power chips for LTE network deployments, has announced that following testing conducted by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Solar cell quotes drop below US$0.70/watt
Some small- and medium-size solar cell makers reportedly have further lowered capacity utilization rates or are on the verge of suspending production after prices dropped faster than...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Lite-On plans to develop LED lighting products with Epistar
Following the inauguration of Taiwan-based chipmaker Epistar's plant in Changzhou, China, Lite-On has indicated it plans to cooperate with Epistar to develop new LED lighting products,...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
ASE to open China regional headquarters
Packaging and testing firm Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a regional headquarters in Shanghai on September 21, and is also expected...
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Ultrabook platform may not benefit ODMs
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs may not benefit much from the Ultrabook platform, despite downstream branding partners mostly being optimistic about the new device, according to sources...
Monday 19 September 2011
LED market in China faces elimination
Due to government policies on providing subsidies for MOCVD equipment, China quickly become the world's leading market for MOCVD equipment in 2010. However, market conditions and...
Monday 19 September 2011
China market: Local TV brands to lose advantage from subsidy program
Local TV vendors in China is bracing for stronger competition from foreign brands as the country is set to end a home appliances subsidy program for rural areas, according to industry...
Friday 16 September 2011
Greater China spot price of monocrystalline wafers shows relatively large drop this week, says Digitimes Research
The spot price of polysilicon in the Greater China region remained steady at US$49.5/kg this week. However, the spot price of 125 monocrystalline (125 Mono) wafers dropped to US$1.25/pc,...