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Wednesday 22 February 2017
AUO undaunted by China competition, says chairman
TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) is not worried by China-based competitors' government-supported fast expansion of production capacity because the Taiwan-based firm's competitiveness...
Tuesday 21 February 2017
Foxconn turns to China, initiates large-scale recruitment for company
Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn Electronics has kicked off recruitment of 12,000 university graduates and 6,000 graduates of senior high schools and junior vocational colleges in...
Tuesday 21 February 2017
China market: White-box smartphone supply chain faces increasing pressure from brand vendors
As first-tier China-based smartphone vendors including Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi and Gionee are gearing up efforts to expand sales overseas, their white-box handset competitors are...
Tuesday 21 February 2017
Sated China smartphone market to sit back and digest inventory in 1Q17
After seeing record shipments in the fourth quarter of 2016, the China smartphone will ease up and try to digest inventory in the first quarter of 2017. Smartphone shipments in the...
Tuesday 21 February 2017
TPV to set up LCD TV factory in China, says paper
TPV Technology will invest US$25 million to set up a LCD TV factory and another US$25 million to set up a factory making components used in LCD TVs in Xianyang City, northern China,...
Tuesday 21 February 2017
China and Taiwan fabs gearing up for next-gen memory production
China- and Taiwan-based pure-play foundries are partnering with their fabless clients to fabricate next-generation memory types, such as 3D NAND, MRAM and ReRAM, while memory chipmakers...
Monday 20 February 2017
China market: Xiaomi to enhance its product portfolio to ramp up sales in 2017
Xiaomi Technology reportedly will enhance its competitiveness by adding more mid-tier and high-end models to its portfolio in 2017 as it faces increasing pressure from domestic rivals...
Monday 20 February 2017
China adds PV installation capacity of 34.54GWp in 2016, says CPIA
A total PV installation capacity of 34.54GWp in power-generating stations and distributed systems was completed around China in 2016, accounting for 47% of the global total, according...
Saturday 18 February 2017
China smartphone market and industry – 4Q 2016
Digitimes Research estimates overall fourth-quarter 2016 shipments from China-based smartphone firms were 181.8 million units with an on-quarter increase of 4.4% and an on-year increase...
Saturday 18 February 2017
China market: Smartphone shipments hit record 131.6 units in 4Q16, says Canalys
Smartphone shipments in China reached 131.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, accounting for nearly a third of worldwide shipments, according to Canalys.
Saturday 18 February 2017
HTC takes VR lead in China, says Canalys
Shipments of VR headsets totaled 300,000 units in China in 2016, making it the world's second-largest market with a 15% share, according to Canalys.
Friday 17 February 2017
Digitimes Research: China smartphone AP shipments to fall 16% in 1Q17
Shipments of smartphone-use application processors in China are expected to decline 15.9% sequentially to 145 million units in the first quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes Research...
Friday 17 February 2017
China foundries planning FD-SOI process technology
China-based IC foundries, such as Shanghai Huali Microelectronics (HLMC), are evaluating plans to offer FD-SOI process technology since they are less competitive in the mainstream...
Friday 17 February 2017
China set to become leading semi equipment spender in next few years
Globalfoundries recently made a media splash in announcing a reported $10 billion fab investment for Chengdu, China, but there are dozens of other semiconductor manufacturing projects...
Thursday 16 February 2017
China market: PV demand expected to be hot in 1H17, turn cold in 2H17
As the China government will lower PV feed-in tariffs for PV power-generating stations and distributed PV systems to be established after June 2017, there is expected to be a rush...