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Thursday 5 November 2015
China LED makers see mixed growth in January-September
China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker San'an Optoelectronics saw revenues of CNY3.602 billion (US$576 million) and net profit of CNY1.447 billion for January-September 2015...
Thursday 5 November 2015
China becoming a major investment market for Intel
Intel Capital is estimated to invest a total of US$500 million in 2015. Prior to the end of October, Intel Capital had already invested US$168 million in China and with a separate...
Thursday 5 November 2015
Acer sets up joint-venture venture capital in China
Acer, in line with promoting its Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) business, has established joint-venture venture capital of CNY100 million (US$15.75 million) in Chongqing City, western...
Thursday 5 November 2015
Digitimes Research: October LED light bulb prices mixed in China market
October average retail price for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent ones) in the China market decreased 9.7% on month to CNY29.8 (US$4.7), while that for 9W models...
Thursday 5 November 2015
Falling sales of Android smartphones affecting Taiwan IC design houses
The global sales of Android-based smartphones have been a disappointment affecting negatively the performance of Taiwan-based IC design houses, according to industry sources.
Thursday 5 November 2015
Demand key to driving 2016 semiconductor market, says ASE COO
The 2016 semiconducor market will be all about demand, according to Tien Wu, COO for IC backend house Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE).
Thursday 5 November 2015
China panel makers ramping up high-end display production
In addition to reaching 90% yields for a-Si displays, China panel makers are also ramping up production of AMOLED, Ultra HD (4K) and IGZO applications to meet demand from high-end...
Tuesday 3 November 2015
Digitimes Research: China tablet AP shipments to drop close to 30% on year in 4Q15
Digitimes Research estimates that China's tablet AP shipments will reach 24.3 million units, staying flat from a quarter ago and down 29.6% on year, as related chip makers are not...
Tuesday 3 November 2015
Digitimes Research: China smartphone shipments grow 11.2% sequentially in 3Q15
Shipments of smartphones in the China market grew 11.2% sequentially to 101.2 million units in the third quarter of 2015, buoyed by an increase of 59.8 million new subscribers for...
Tuesday 3 November 2015
China to lower feed-in tariffs for PV, wind power generation in 2016-2020
The China government has drawn up tentative feed-in tariff rates for on-grid PV power-generating stations and distributed PV systems as well as land-based wind power-generating farms...
Tuesday 3 November 2015
Commentary: Tsinghua Unigroup investment in PTI may trigger Taiwan policy change for semiconductor industry
The investment of NT$19.4 billion (US$598 million) by China-based Tsinghua Unigroup to take a 25% stake in Taiwan's IC backend service company Powertech Technology (PTI) could lead...
Monday 2 November 2015
Coretronic cuts personnel due to shifting production to China
Backlight unit (BLU) maker Coretronic has downsized manpower by laying off 127 employees working at factories in northern and southern Taiwan due to shifting production to its factories...
Monday 2 November 2015
ChipMOS to expand business in China
Acknowledging robust demand from China-based panel makers including BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT), LCD driver IC backend houses such as ChipMOS Technologies...
Friday 30 October 2015
LeTV aims to ship 10 million Letv 1s smartphones
China-based online video service provider LeTV, in a show of ambitions for the smartphone market, has set a shipment goal of 10 million units for the latest smartphone model, Letv...
Friday 30 October 2015
Digitimes Research: China foundry houses focusing on FD-SOI process
Wafer foundry houses in China have stepped up efforts to develop Fully Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator (FD-SOI), or also called Ultra-Thin Body (UTB), processes for wafer production,...