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Tuesday 29 January 2019
Holtek enters wireless headset supply chains of China handset vendors
Despite lackluster sales performance of iPhones, Apple's Airpods have ushered in a new market for wireless Bluetooth headsets, prompting China smartphone vendors such as Huawei and...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
Everlight subsidiary ordered to compensate Nichia in China patent row
The Beijing Intellectual Property Court has ruled Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics' subsidiary in China and its distributors have infringed Nichia's...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
USI to build new plant in China
DMS (design and manufacturing services) provider Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), a member of Taiwan's ASE Technology Holding, plans to build a new plant in Huizhou in southern...
Tuesday 29 January 2019
BOE to lead in China smartphone panel sector, says Digitimes Research
BOE Technology, which has adopted an aggressive strategy by foraying into the flexible AMOLED panel sector and stopping further investment in LTPS TFT LCD technology, is likely to...
Monday 28 January 2019
Unimicron raises capex budget for 2019
PCB and IC substrate supplier Unimicron Technology has decided to increase its capex budget this year by NT$2.32 billion (US$75.5 million) to total NT$8.3 billion, according to a...
Friday 25 January 2019
China reportedly to sharply cut 2019 PV subsidies
The China government is looking to sharply cut subsidization for the PV industry in 2019, with plans to set an upper limit of CNY3 billion (US$440 million) on subsidies based on feed-in-tariffs...
Wednesday 23 January 2019
Server-use PCB shipments to see stable growth in 2019
Relatively stable demand for servers is likely to become the only major growth driver for PCB makers in 2019 amid the lackluster global sales of consumer electronics devices, but...
Wednesday 23 January 2019
AI-based medical image interpretation sector in China consolidating
Over 120 startup businesses developing AI-based solutions of interpreting medical images for diagnosis have been established in China since 2014, but no more than 20 of them remain...
Tuesday 22 January 2019
China, Taiwan LED makers face big challenge in 2019
China- and Taiwan-based LED firms generally saw prices drop due to weak demand and oversupply in 2018, and in 2019 they are facing probably the biggest challenge in 10 years, as oversupply...
Tuesday 22 January 2019
Tianma ranks top LTPS panel supplier in China, says Digitimes Research
Tainma Microelectronics has come out as the top vendor of LTPS TFT LCD panel maker in China thanks to its early deployment in the segment and the ramp-up of related production capacity,...
Monday 21 January 2019
China vendors set pricing for initial 5G phones
China's vendors are likely to adopt a pricing strategy selling their 5G smartphones at about CNY500 (US$74) more than their current price ranges to increase profitability in 2019,...
Monday 21 January 2019
China LED chip inventory over CNY6 billion at year-end 2018
China-based LED chip makers had high inventory levels exceeding CNY6 billion (US$871 million) at year-end 2018 due to weak demand, according to industry sources.
Friday 18 January 2019
Value of semiconductor M&A falls considerably
The historic flood of merger and acquisition agreements that swept through the semiconductor industry in 2015 and 2016 slowed significantly in 2017 and then eased back further in...
Friday 18 January 2019
China camera module maker Q Technology issues earnings warning
China-based camera module maker Q Technology has issued an earnings warning, saying its pre-tax profits for 2018 will tumble by 95% as compared to a year earlier.
Thursday 17 January 2019
Taiwan LED makers improving production efficiency in competition with China rivals
Taiwan-based LED firms have been improving their production efficiency by upgrading manufacturing lines with more smart automation equipment in a bid to maintain competitiveness against...