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  • Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman

    Displays | 37min ago

  • Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director

    Bits + chips | 1h 17min ago

  • Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market

    Bits + chips | 1h 19min ago

  • Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October

    Mobile + telecom | 2h 19min ago

  • Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands

    Mobile + telecom | 2h 34min ago

  • Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG

    Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 21:08

  • DRAM shortages to continue for 3 years, says Inotera executive

    Before Going to Press | Jun 18, 20:56

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Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels

IT + CE | Jun 18, 20:53

To boost tablet sales in the Brazil market, Samsung Electronics has offered subsidies to its local sales agents to cover 30% of sales prices on average, while...

Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip

Bits + chips | Jun 18, 22:18

Globalfoundries has landed wafer start orders from China-based SoC solution provider Rockchip Electronics. The US-based foundry house will manufacture Rockchip's...

Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13

Bits + chips | Jun 18, 21:55

Prices of chipset solutions for smartphones and tablets are expected to decline 10-20% sequentially in the second half of 2013 due to competition between...

CVIA vice president and secretary-general Bai Weimin

CVIA vice president and secretary-general Bai Weimin

China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president

Displays | Jun 18, 19:58

China-based makers turned out 24 million LCD TV panels for a global market share of 10.5% in 2012 and will produce an estimated 44 million panels to account for 17.6% of the global total in 2013, according to vice president and secretary-general Bai Weimin for the China Video Industry Association....

Smartphone industry and market, 2013 forecast
Trends in China LED chip and packaging sector
  • 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast

    Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.

  • Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market

    Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.

  • Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry

    Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.