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Monday 23 July 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers 2H12 digital camera shipments to fall 21.7% on year
Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical will ship a total of 21.738 million digital cameras in second-half 2012, decreasing by...
Monday 16 July 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship nearly 68 million large-size LCD panels in 2Q12
Chimei Innolux (CMI), AU Optronics (AUO), Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and HannStar Display shipped a total of 67.882 million large-size TFT-LCD panels (9 inches and larger) in second-quarter...
Monday 9 July 2012
Digitimes Research: Yingli captures top solar module vendor ranking in 1Q12
By shipments of solar modules, the rankings of top five solar firms in China experienced major shifts in first-quarter 2012, Digitimes Research has found. Suntech's shipments dropped...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Digitimes Research: Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and Coolpad to take 40% of China smartphone market in 2012
The development of China's smartphone market has drawn much attention, particularly in 2012, during which the local brands Huawei Device and ZTE will make it to the global top-10 smartphone...
Thursday 21 June 2012
Digitimes Research: Microsoft tablet PC plan may benefit the industry
Microsoft's own-brand Surface tablet PCs have triggered market watchers to believe that the company will turn its business model from purely software licensing to hardware sales which...
Friday 8 June 2012
Digitimes Research: Smartphones to take 32% of China handset market in 2012
Digitimes Research estimates that China handset shipments will grow to 430 million units in 2012, with smartphones likely to take 32% of the market, equivalent to 143 million handsets...
Friday 11 May 2012
Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China freeze before final verdict of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation
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...
Friday 4 May 2012
Digitimes Research: Solar spot prices in Greater China remain flat despite continuous demand from Europe
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 author...
Thursday 3 May 2012
Commentary: Long-term solar material supply contracts increase losses during industry downturns
Long-term solar material supply contracts seem to stabilize the financial performance of solar firms during good times, but increase the magnitude of losses during down times.
Wednesday 2 May 2012
Digitimes Research: April 1 solar FIT cuts in Germany to negatively impact solar spot prices
The German parliament adopted a bill introducng a new solar feed-in-tariff (FIT) policy at the end of March 2012. The new policy, which took effect on April 1, 2012, cuts FITs for...
Monday 30 April 2012
Digitimes Research: Global tablet PC shipments to reach 21.58 million units in 2Q12
Global tablet PC shipments are expected to grow 47.5% on year to 21.58 million units in the second quarter of 2012; however, compared to the first quarter, shipments will drop 8.2%,...
Friday 27 April 2012
Digitimes Research: High demand in Europe holds Greater China solar spot prices steady
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...
Monday 23 April 2012
Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire
The US government has been taking up anti-dumping and anti-tariff investigations against China-based solar firms. According to LA Times, the US government recently announced the import...
Friday 20 April 2012
Digitimes Research: Order visibility of solar firms clear to end of 2Q12
Solar spot prices in Greater China remained relatively flat this week. But Chihheng Liang, author of Digitimes Research's new report " href="http://www.digitimes.com/Reports/Report.asp?datepublish=2012/4/13&pages=RS&seq=400&read=toc"...
Thursday 19 April 2012
Digitimes Research: China solar module makers see major reshuffle in 4Q11 rankings
Digitimes Research has found that solar module shipments from China's tier-one firms Yingli Solar, Suntech, Hanwha SolarOne and Jinko Solar decreased slightly, while Canadian Solar...