Last update: Friday 11 May 2012 [59 news items]
May 11, 16:03
Spot prices of solar products in Greater China remained flat this week (May 7-11). Stable demand and clear order visibility have been helping solar firms maintain high capacity utilization...

May 4, 14:52
Solar spot prices in Greater China have not shown signs of increasing despite continuous demand and clear order visibility, said Chihheng Liang, analyst at Digitimes Research and...

Digitimes Research: High demand in Europe holds Greater China solar spot prices steady
Apr 27, 15:43
Market demand in the second quarter has been hot causing price falls to seize, said Chihheng Liang, analyst of Digitimes and author of new report, PV 2012-Expectations for the...

Digitimes Research: Spot price of polysilicon in Greater China drops to US$22.5/kg
Apr 13, 13:58
The prices of solar products in China dropped slightly this week (April 9-13).

Digitimes Research: Flat solar spot prices in Greater China due to long holiday
Apr 6, 16:14
Due to long holidays in China, solar spot prices this week (April 2-6) has remained relatively flat.

Digitimes Research: Consistent demand in US market keeps Greater China solar price steady
Mar 23, 16:04
The prices of solar products in Greater China continue to hold despite the concerns over the upcoming Germany feed-in-tariff (FIT) cuts. In addition, demand in the US has been picking...

Digitimes Research: Price of solar modules in Greater China falls on Yingli low offer
Mar 16, 16:15
Digitimes research analyst Chihheng Liang stated that prices across the supply chain have been falling. The price fall of solar modules was due to Yingli's quote of CNY5.18/W (EUR0.55/W)...

Digitimes Research: Solar prices in Greater China begin to fall due to Germany FIT cuts
Mar 9, 16:32
The announcement of Germany's new feed-in-tariff (FIT) cuts has stopped the price increases of solar products that began in February. Despite the fact that the Germany government...

Solar prices in Greater China unaffected by upcoming incentive cuts in Germany
Mar 8, 01:45
Industry sources have noted that so far solar cell prices in the Greater China region have not been affected by planned incentive cuts in Germany. The price of solar cells with conversion...

Taiwan market: Dell launches 12G server
Mar 8, 01:20
Dell has launched its latest 12 generation (12G) server in Taiwan to fulfill market demand for large data processing.

Digitimes Research: Greater China solar prices remain static ahead of Germany incentive cuts
Mar 2, 14:49
Due to the incentive cuts that will take effect on March 9, 2012 in Germany, prices of solar products have been static. Digitimes Research analyst Chihheng Liang noted that module...

Digitimes Research: Solar prices in Greater China stay flat due to on-going negotiations
Feb 24, 15:16
Solar prices in Greater China were mostly flat this week (Feb 20-24), except for 156 mono solar cells which saw an increase of US$0.01/W, said Chihheng Liang, Digitimes Research an...

Digitimes Research: Solar cell prices in Greater China increase to reflect rising costs
Feb 17, 16:14
The return of demand has been helping solar firms in Greater China to increase capacity utilization rates, said Chihheng Liang, Digitimes Research analyst. Order visibilities are...

Digitimes Research: Solar wafer makers in Greater China increase quotes
Feb 10, 15:12
The prices of solar wafers and cells have been increasing. However, polysilicon spot price remains flat at US$29.50/kg while the price of solar modules has dropped by EUR0.01/watt.

Digitimes Research: Monocrystalline solar wafer prices in Greater China show increases
Feb 3, 16:29
Compared with downstream firms, quotes from upstream solar firms have been increasing more apparently, according to Digitimes Research analyst, Chihheng Liang. Downstream firms such...

Jan 20, 14:43
Due to the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays, prices of solar products in Greater China have been quite stable, however polysilicon and solar wafer firms are inclined to increase quotes...

Digitimes Research: Rising demand continues to push up polysilicon price in Greater China
Jan 13, 16:15
The spot price of polysilicon in Greater China continues to increase. Many small- and medium-size polysilicon firms suspended operations when the price was falling rapidly in 2011...

Digitimes Research: Polysilicon firms in Greater China hope to increase price to US$30/kg
Jan 6, 16:28
The spot price of polysilicon has been increasing in recent weeks. Due to increased demand in first-quarter 2012 compared with fourth-quarter 2011, the spot price of US$25/kg no longer...

Digitimes Research: Polysilicon spot price in Greater China continues to increase
Dec 30, 16:47
Due to demand increase, the spot price of polysilicon has been reviving since last week. This week (December 26-30), the spot price increased by US$1.50/kg to US$27/kg, said Digitimes...

Epistar to benefit from Greater China LED lighting projects
Dec 26, 13:37
The growing number of LED lighting projects in Greater China is likely to benefit LED chipmaker Epistar as the firm may become the main supplier of LED chips, according to industry...
Digitimes Research: Polysilicon spot price in Greater China returns above US$25/kg
Dec 23, 16:12
The prices of solar products in Greater China did not experience a lot of changes this week (December 19-23). According to Digitimes analyst Chihheng Liang, the solar industry has...

Digitimes Research: Slight dip of solar wafer price in Greater China
Dec 16, 16:23
After a few weeks of stable prices for the solar products in the Greater China region, the prices dipped slightly this week (December 12-16) because of seasonality, according to Digitimes...

Digitimes Research: Solar cell spot price in Greater China remains flat
Dec 9, 16:25
Spot price of solar cells in the Greater China region stopped falling this week (Dec 5-9), according to Digitimes Research analyst Chihheng Liang. The spot price of solar cells has...

Digitimes Research: Spot price of polysilicon in Greater China remains static
Dec 2, 15:38
This week's spot prices of solar products in the Greater China region continued to fall but the pace of decline was slowing down significantly, as the market approached an end of...

Digitimes Research: Top foundries in Greater China to see slight growth in 2011 revenues
Dec 1, 14:13
Following a strong recovery in 2010, Digitimes Research expects the top-three foundry chipmakers in Greater China to see their combined revenues grow at a modest 3% rate in 2011.

Digitimes Research: Greater China solar product price decreases slightly
Nov 25, 16:51
The spot price of solar products in Greater China continued to show slight decreases his week (November 21-25) except the 125 mono wafers, according to Chihheng Liang, analyst of...

Digitimes Research: Price drops of solar products in Greater China begin to ease
Nov 18, 15:47
The spot prices of solar products in Greater China this weeks have been experiencing some leveling off, says Chihheng Liang, analyst of Digitimes Research. The leveling off is not...

Digitimes Research: Solar product prices continue falling in Greater China
Nov 11, 15:25
This week, the average spot price of polysilicon in Great China has come to US$28/kg, a US$1.00 drop compared to last week, according to Chihheng Liang, an analyst of Digitimes Research...

Inventory backlog continues to push down solar cell quotes
Nov 8, 01:10
The price of solar cells continues to decrease. The current price of solar cells is around US$0.50/watt, but second- and third-tier firms have been reportedly quoting around US$0.45/watt...
Digitimes Research: Greater China polysilicon spot price drops below US$30/kg
Nov 4, 16:29
Spot price of polysilicon in Greater China region has fallen below US$30/kg, according to Chihheng Liang, an analyst of Digitimes Research. While international polysilicon suppliers...

Digitimes Research: Greater China solar cell spot prices show signs of stabilization
Oct 28, 16:45
The decline of solar cell spot prices has slowed down this week in the Greater China region due to increased installation demand from Germany as the new subsidy cut of 15% has been...

Digitimes Research: Spot price declines of solar modules in Greater China slow down
Oct 21, 17:10
The spot price of polysilicon in Greater China has continued to drop. However, the price drop of 125 mono solar wafers has halted, according to Chihheng Liang, analyst from Digitimes...

Digitimes Research: Polysilicon spot price in Greater China falls below US$40/kg
Oct 17, 11:17
The spot price of polysilicon continued to demonstrate significant falls last week (October 10-14), dropping to US$36/kg. Compared to the price in September, the spot price for polysilicon...
Digitimes Research: Polysilicon spot price drops 8.5% in Greater China
Sep 30, 18:26
Compared with the spot price of other solar products, the price of polysilicon in Greater China this week showed the largest decrease from last week's US$47/kg to US$43/kg, an 8.5%...

AMD aggressive about cloud computing business in Greater China, say executives
Sep 30, 16:28
AMD, seeing the cloud computing market starting to take off, has been aggressive about gaining share in the server market and has already cooperated with the government of Beijing,...

Computex 2012: ViewSonic to unveil 21.5-inch touch screen monitor
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NAND flash faces oversupply and falling contract prices in May
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:44
Taiwan market: LG aims to take up 8% in local smartphone segment
Before Going to Press | May 23, 20:41
Touch IC orders in May are mostly short-term orders, says EETI
Before Going to Press | May 23, 19:48
- LCD driver IC design houses shifting more capacity to high-resolution parts for smartphone segment
- Sony to ship in-cell touch panels for next-generation iPhone, say sources
- Google 7-inch tablet PC to ship in June with initial volume of 600,000 units
- Solar wafer maker GET reports full capacity
- PC shipments may only see slight sequential growth in 2Q12
- TPV steps up LCD TV production
- Lenovo FY2011 net profit hikes 73.1%
- Suntech gross profit impacted by US anti-dumping duties
- Trina Solar announces 1Q12 results
- TXC to increase TCXO capacity by 200%
- MILC to enjoy growth in both worldwide and Taiwan sales
- Taiwan market: HTC recaptures top handset vendor ranking in April
- Asustek to launch three new ZenBook models in June
- TXC optimistic about 2Q12 revenues
- TSMC 3Q12 revenues to grow at a slower pace than expected, say sources
- China market: Energy-saving subsidies expected to boost sales of LCD TVs
- New e-book readers face production issues with front light panel
- China and Taiwan LED firms sign agreement in Zhengzhou China
- China government focuses on illegal imports of waste materials that carry polysilicon
- LED industry enjoys high capacity utilization rates in 2Q12
- Solar wafer firms inclined to follow solar cell firms to increase quotes
- Some China solar cell makers looking for Taiwan partnerships
- Mighty Bright showcasing LED lighting lineup at the National Stationery Show in New York
- China market: April mobile phone users reach 1.03 billion
- Taiwan market: Four operators to begin selling HTC WiMAX smartphones
- Digitimes Research: Embedded and standalone integration in NFC IC development
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
- Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
- Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
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- iPV Tracker: TOPPER SUN's intelligent solar tracking system that adjusts the position of PV modules automatically to track the sun can increase the power yield by 30-40%
- Glacialight is pleased to expand its Navi Series LED Flood Light Line into DC
- Advantech Makes Testing More Effective, Advancing Intelligent Vehicle Inspection
- Digi-Key launches new website for Israel
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
- Fujitsu converts Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications into a wholly owned subsidiary
- NEC reaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations
- ATO Solution to launch 256Mb SLC NAND Flash - for the first time in fabless industry
- LSI completes acquisition of SandForce
- NEC develops super-resolution technologies for fine magnification of surveillance camera images
24-May-2012 11:44 (GMT+8)
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- India gives 4G to Qualcomm at last (May 8) - Tech Eye.net
- Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala plans US$5.5 billion spending in 2012 (May 9) - Reuters
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