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Wednesday 20 February 2019
Yen Sun to begin operation at China plants
Taiwan-based cooling solution developer Yen Sun Technology will see its plants in Dongguan soon enter pilot production for certification by its car vendor client and begin mass production...
Tuesday 19 February 2019
Globalfoundries dismisses China fab shutdown speculation
Globalfoundries has named Americo Lemos, who previously held executive positions at Qualcomm and Intel, as its China country manager on the heels of speculation about layoffs and...
Tuesday 19 February 2019
Major vendors eyeing preemption in 5G smartphone market
As the global handset market is entering the 5G era in 2019, leading vendors such as Samsung Electronics, Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi and Vivo are moving aggressively to launch 5G smartphone...
Monday 18 February 2019
China 2018 software revenues estimated at CNY6.306 trillion
China's software industry consisting of 37,776 companies generated revenues totaling CNY6.306 trillion (US$954 billion) in 2018, growing 14.2% on year, according to the country's...
Friday 15 February 2019
Foxconn affiliate to inaugurate 10.5G LCD plant in China in October
Sakai SIO International Guangzhou, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, is scheduled to have its 10.5G LCD plant kick off volume production in October 2019, according to the company.
Friday 15 February 2019
Asustek, Razer reportedly to seek cooperation with Tencent for gaming smartphones
Asustek Computer reportedly has been in talk with China-based mobile game distributor Tencent to release a gaming smartphone that supports Tencent's games, but has recently encountered...
Friday 15 February 2019
Tongwei, SCCI to construct PERC solar cell plants
China-based Tongwei Solar will expand its PERC solar cell production capacity by constructing a factory in Sichuan, western China, while state-run Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry...
Thursday 14 February 2019
Taiwan maintains largest share of global IC wafer fab capacity, says IC Insights
Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with 21.8% share, a slight increase from 21.3% in 2017, according to IC Insights. Taiwan first became the global wafer capacity...
Thursday 14 February 2019
China smartphone shipments to drop 8% in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
China-based vendors' smartphone shipments are expected to fall 8.2% on year to below 140 million units in the first quarter of 2019, as exports will slow down due to seasonality and...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
China smartphone market to continue contracting in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Smartphone shipments in the China market are forecast to continue to fall over 10% on-year to below 80 million in the first quarter of 2019 following an around 20% decline in fourth-quarter...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
PERC mono-Si solar cell tight supply to remain
Supply of PERC mono-Si solar cells in Taiwan and China has been tight since early January 2019, and the tight supply is expected to remain until the end of March and April respectively...
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Four China firms among top 10 chip buyers in 2018, Gartner says
Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top two semiconductor chip buyers in 2018, representing 17.9% of the total worldwide market, according to Gartner. Meanwhile, the top-10...
Monday 11 February 2019
Spirox gains new clients
Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes and sells packaging and testing equipment, has signed new supply contracts but will terminate its long-term agreement with Xcerra.
Monday 11 February 2019
China IC production to grow 15% through 2023, says IC Insights
China-based IC production is forecast to exhibit a strong 2018-2023 CAGR of 15%, according to IC Insights. Considering that China-based IC production was only US$23.8 billion in 2018,...
Friday 1 February 2019
China smartphone vendors still keen on hardware competition
China's handset brands have continued gearing up efforts to upgrade hardware specs of their new smartphones to be launched in 2019 as they seek to further expand global sales, according...