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Friday 8 December 2017
China market: HTC Vive Focus aims for Janaury-2018 release
HTC on December 7 hosted a Vive experiencing event in Beijing and also announced that it will begin to accept pre-orders for its standalone head-mounted display (HMD) Vive Focus,...
Friday 8 December 2017
China gets big boost in semiconductor equipment localization
China has taken a big stride forward in the localization of semiconductor equipment needed to support domestic chip production, as some major equipment makers have achieved technological...
Friday 8 December 2017
TSMC Nanjing fab to start volume production in May 2018
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will see its 12-inch wafer fab in Nanjing, China start volume production in May 2018, more than one quarter ahead of its original...
Thursday 7 December 2017
China LED lighting exports fall in October, says GGII
China's LED lighting sector recorded total export value of US$1.379 billion in October 2017, slipping 29% sequentially due to off-season effects, according to Shenzhen Gaogong Industry...
Thursday 7 December 2017
Sanan Optoelectronics to set up LED production base in southeastern China
The largest China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics has announced it will invest CNY33.3 billion (US$5.03 billion) to set up an LED production base in...
Thursday 7 December 2017
Harvatek to boost IR LED device production in China
LED packaging service provider Harvatek will invest CNY7.5 million (US$1.13 million) to take a 75% stake in an existing factory in Guangzhou, southern China, mainly for production...
Wednesday 6 December 2017
Mono-Si, poly-Si solar wafer price gap narrows to US$0.10
The gap between quotes by China-based makers for solar mono-Si and poly-Si wafers shrank from over US$0.15 in October 2017 to US$0.14-0.15 in early November and further to US$0.10...
Wednesday 6 December 2017
Vacuum coating specialist Pragon taps into China car market
Following three years of harsh operations,Taiwan-based vacuum sputtering specialist Pragon Technologies is staging a comeback with significant momentum, as it has tapped into the...
Tuesday 5 December 2017
Global MOSFET suppliers seeking capacity support from Taiwan, China players
With global shipments of electric cars seen to grow sharply in 2018, the supply of vital components, particularly high-voltage MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor)...
Monday 4 December 2017
Digitimes Research: China government promoting LPWAN networks
The China government has been actively promoting the development of LPWAN (low-power wide area network)-based IoT market and set NB-IoT as its standard technology, according to Digitimes...
Monday 4 December 2017
SMIC announces private placement
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has announced it has entered into an agreement with investors, including Dtang and the China IC Fund, for the placing...
Friday 1 December 2017
Taiwan optical communication players receiving short lead-time orders from China
After having experienced sluggish sales for more than one year, the China optical communication market is gradually gaining growth momentum, promoting customers there to place short...
Friday 1 December 2017
China NOR flash maker GigaDevice launches strategic investment in SMIC
China-based NOR flash supplier GigaDevice Semiconductor has announced subscribing to HK$532.5 million (US$68.43 million) worth of new shares issued by Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Friday 1 December 2017
China keen to develop AI industry
The production value of the AI (artificial intelligence) industry in China is expected to increase to CNY360 billion (US$54.46 billion) in 2017 from CNY300 billion recorded in 2016,...
Friday 1 December 2017
China smartphone AP shipments – 3Q 2017
Vendors moved up smartphone AP shipments ahead of China's National Day Golden Week holiday, buoying third-quarter 2017 shipments to come to 172 million units, up 24.3% on quarter,...