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Thursday 4 February 2016
Taiwan MOEA approves TSMC 12-inch fab investment in China
The Investment Commission of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved TSMC's proposal to set up a 12-inch wafer fab and a design service center in Nanjing, China...
Thursday 4 February 2016
Demand for LCD panels for mosaic video walls surging in China, says firm
Mainly because the China government has been boosting development of smart cities, there is fast growing use of mosaic video walls in communities, parks, hospitals and other public...
Thursday 4 February 2016
China PV module makers ask Taiwan makers to lower solar cell prices
China-based PV module makers, in view of high inventory levels and an unexpected decrease in demand in the US market, have asked Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers...
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Digitimes Research: China smartphone shipments increase 11.5% on quarter in 4Q15
Shipments of smartphones in China grew 11.5% sequentially to 119 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, buoyed by an increase of 54.5 million new 4G/3G service subscribers due...
Tuesday 2 February 2016
China market: LeTV to launch Le Max Pro smartphone
China-based LeTV is set to launch its new smartphone, the Le Max Pro, shortly, according to a China-based leiphone.com report. The vendor showcased the model at the recently concluded...
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Digitimes Research: Tablet AP shipments in China to drop to 19.15 million units in 1Q16
China's tablet-use application processor (AP) shipments will drop 15.5% sequentially and 13.7% on year to reach 19.15 million units in the first quarter of 2016 due to fewer working...
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Tsinghua Unigroup to build own DRAM fab, says report
China's state-backed Tsinghua Unigroup reportedly plans to build its own DRAM fab and invite Micron Technology to be a shareholder of the fab, according to a report by Taiwan's Central...
Monday 1 February 2016
SerComm ships 12 million units of fiber-optic equipment to China in 2015
Networking/communication device maker SerComm shipped 12 million units of fiber-optic equipment to China-based clients in 2015, 50% more than its expected shipments of eight million...
Monday 1 February 2016
Taiwan IC suppliers look to land more orders from Huawei, Lenovo in 2016
Taiwan-based IC design houses, particularly LCD driver IC vendors, are eyeing orders from Huawei and Lenovo to sustain sales growth and market share in 2016, according to industry...
Monday 1 February 2016
Oppo ships 50 million smartphones in 2015
China-based vendor Oppo has announced that it shipped 50 million smartphones globally in 2015, increasing 67% from a year earlier. The sales made Oppo the world's eighth-largest vendor...
Monday 1 February 2016
China Mobile takes up over 80% of 4G users in China at end of 2015
There were 386 million 4G mobile communication subscribers in China as of the end of 2015 and China Mobile had 312 million, accounting for 80.83%, according to China's Ministry of...
Friday 29 January 2016
China market: Asustek launches low-cost motherboards
With Asustek Computer launching the Red Flag series motherboards, looking to compete against China-based vendors such as Colorful for China's mid-range and entry-level motherboard...
Friday 29 January 2016
China software industry posts 2015 revenues of over CNY4.3 trillion, says MIIT
China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY4.325 trillion (US$688 billion) in 2015, growing 16.6% on year, according to statistics by the Ministry of Industry and Information...
Friday 29 January 2016
Commentary: Apple expected to see decreasing profits from hardware
Apple is expected to see difficulties maintaining strong hardware sales, as sales of iPhone, iPad and Mac-series products during its fiscal first quarter of 2016 were all weaker than...
Friday 29 January 2016
ChipMOS shareholders approve Tsinghua investment
Shareholders of ChipMOS Technologies have approved the company's plan to sell a 25% stake to China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup. ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) has announced that...