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Friday 10 March 2017
China smartphone vendors conservative about placing component orders
Competition in China's smartphone market is getting keener, forcing some players including Huawei, Xiaomi, Vivo and LeEco to turn more conservative about placing orders with upstream...
Friday 10 March 2017
Digitimes Research: February 7W LED light bulb prices up, 9W down
February 2017 average retail prices for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescents) in the China market increased 0.8% from December 2016 to CNY26.5 (US$3.9), while 9W models...
Thursday 9 March 2017
TSMC China sees profits decline significantly in 2016, says paper
TSMC China, a TSMC 8-inch subsidiary in Shanghai, yielded net profits of NT$6.094 billion (US$197.52 million) in 2016, a sharp decline of 30.19% from a year earlier, according to...
Thursday 9 March 2017
China makers ship 46.86 million handsets in January
Handset shipments, including exports, by China-based makers totaled 46.86 million units in January, of which 45.03 million units were smartphones, according to a ChinaTechNews.com...
Thursday 9 March 2017
Samsung Xian fab output value exceeds SMIC in 2016
Samsung Electronics' NAND flash fab in Xian, China generated CNY23.75 billion (US$3.44 billion) in output value in 2016 outpacing the total output value generated by SMIC's fabs estimated...
Wednesday 8 March 2017
Record spending for fab equipment expected in 2017 and 2018, says SEMI
Fab equipment spending is expected to reach an industry all-time record, more than US$46 billion in 2017, according to SEMI. The record is expected to be broken again in 2018, nearing...
Tuesday 7 March 2017
Taiwan IC design service and IP providers seeing robust 10nm, 16nm chip demand in China
Taiwan-based IC design service companies and silicon IP providers have recently enjoyed a ramp-up of demand for 10nm and 16nm products from their China-based customers, according...
Tuesday 7 March 2017
Commentary: The rise of 10.5/11G lines and new forces in global flat panel industry
The groundbreaking ceremony held for a 10.5G IGZO TFT-LCD panel plant to be built by Japan-based Sakai Display Products (SDP) in Guangzhou, China heralds a drastic change of the landscape...
Tuesday 7 March 2017
China LED lighting makers to hike prices due to rising costs
In response to increased material costs for aluminum substrates, copper foil, plastic and paper boxes for product transportation, China-based LED lamp and light bulb/tube makers will...
Monday 6 March 2017
China market: Xiaomi, LeEco smartphone sales declining after price hikes
China-based smartphone vendors Xiaomi Technology and LeEco reportedly have reduced their orders for parts and components recently as their smartphone sales have been affected by recent...
Monday 6 March 2017
Foxconn China-subsidiary cooperates with GCL System Integration on PV power generation projects
FuYang Soleros Technology (Nan Yang), a wholly-owned Foxconn Electronics subsidiary and contractor for PV power generation projects in the China market, has cooperated with GCL System...
Friday 3 March 2017
Nishoku Technology setting up factory in China
Plastic mold injection component maker Nishoku Technology is constructing a factory to mainly produce plastic automotive components in Kunshan, eastern China, with completion scheduled...
Friday 3 March 2017
China market: Xiaomi mobile SoC to heat up competition in AP market
While the performance and market acceptance of Xiaomi's recently released Surge S1 application processor still remains to be seen, the roll-out of the Surge S1 will certainly heat...
Friday 3 March 2017
Competition in China mobile SoC market growing
During the 2017 Mobile World Congress, there are many announcements relating to cellular modems and mobile SoC - with two major ones coming from Xiaomi and Spreadtrum, according to...
Thursday 2 March 2017
China-based Meizu may switch mobile AP orders to MediaTek from Samsung, says report
China-based smartphone vendor Meizu reportedly plans to purchase mobile application processors from MediaTek for its upcoming high-end M Pro 7 smartphone instead of buying Exynos...