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Tuesday 30 January 2018
First-tier China smartphone brands to bring more competition in 2018
First-tier China-based smartphone vendors are set to continue ramping up shipments in 2018, which will bring not only more competitive pressure on international and other local brands...
Tuesday 30 January 2018
MCU firm Holtek posts record profits for 2017
MCU specialist Holtek Semiconductor saw its net profits climb to a record high of NT$926 million (US$31.7 million) in 2017. EPS for the year came to NT$4.10.
Tuesday 30 January 2018
China makers account for 30% of global PV silver paste shipments in 2017
China-based PV conductive paste makers shipped about 800 tons of PV silver paste in 2017, which accounted for about 30% of the global total, doubling the 15% in 2016, according to...
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Chimei Materials breaks ground for China polarizer plant
Taiwan-based Chimei Materials recently broke ground for a new plant in Xian, China where it will install its second 2,500mm polarizer production line.
Friday 26 January 2018
AcBel expects new products to boost 2018 revenues
Despite a nearly 10% on-year drop in 2017 consolidated revenues, Taiwan-based power supply maker AcBel Polytech still expects its 2018 revenues to benefit from volume production of...
Friday 26 January 2018
Qualcomm signs purchase MoU with 4 China smartphone vendors
Qualcomm has signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with four China-based smartphone vendors: Lenovo, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi for the purchase of Qualcomm's RF front-end (RFFE) components...
Friday 26 January 2018
China-based HKC to invest in 11G LCD line
HKC is planning to invest CNY40 billion (US$6.36 billion) to build an 11G LCD panel production line in Henan, China, according to industry sources. The China-based HKC's move comes...
Friday 26 January 2018
HTC ships standalone Vive Focus in China
HTC has begun shipping its Vive Focus VR devices to consumers in China, expecting the availability of the standalone VR products to boost its sales performance for the first quarter...
Friday 26 January 2018
Skepticism arises over production in US to avoid PV tariffs
For China-based PV module makers, establishing factories in the US may not be the best move to avoid safeguard tariffs on imported PV products, condisering the lower production costs...
Friday 26 January 2018
China PV exports over US$13 billion in 2017, says CPIA
China's exports of solar wafers, cells and PV modules totaled US$13.11 billion in 2017, with India being the largest market accounting for 24.1%, Japan for 14.8%, and South Korea,...
Friday 26 January 2018
LED overcapacity likely in 2018
China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers began massive expansion projects in 2017 and most of their new production capacities will come online in 2018, likely resulting in...
Thursday 25 January 2018
Sanan tops China LED makers in 2017 government subsidies
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics obtained about CNY400 million (US$59.2 million) in government subsidies for equipment purchases in 2017, the highest amount...
Wednesday 24 January 2018
Gigabyte sees weak motherboard orders in 1Q18
Motherboard orders received by Gigabyte Technology so far in the first quarter of 2018 are much lower than those received during the same period of a year earlier, an apparent result...
Tuesday 23 January 2018
China gaming monitor shipments to rise to over 1 million units in 2018
Gaming monitor shipments in China are expected to reach 1.07 million units in 2018, buoyed by increasing popularity of e-sports events, according to marketing consulting firm Sigma...
Tuesday 23 January 2018
Higher-end MOSFET chip prices may stay put in 1Q18
With the global PC market entering the traditional slow season and demand from China's automotive electronics market turning weak, medium- to high-power MOSFET chips have seen shipment...