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Thursday 11 December 2014
AMD expanding into China Internet cafe market
AMD hosted i-Cafe Conference in China on December 10, forming partnerships with hardware companies such as Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), Asustek Computer, Micro-Star...
Thursday 11 December 2014
Canada launches antitrust probe into China-made PV modules
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has launched an antitrust probe into PV modules and laminates (semi-finished PV modules) imported from China.
Thursday 11 December 2014
Taiwan smartphone panel makers faced with growing pressure from China competitors
As China-based TFT-LCD panel makers BOE Technology and Tianma Micro-electronics have been upgrading manufacturing technology and offered price cuts to compete for orders from China-based...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
China market: Handset chip demand slowing down
Demand for handset chips is slowing down in China affecting sales at MediaTek and Ilitek, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 10 December 2014
China touch panel makers suffer amid smartphone inventory pile-up
As demand for smartphones in the China market has turned weak in the second half of 2014, smartphone vendors have high inventory levels and clearing of inventories is expected to...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
China market: LCD TV sales to drop in 2014, 2015, says AVC
There will be an estimated 45 million LCD TVs sold in the China market in 2014, decreasing on year by 5.6%, and the sales volume will slip by 1.8% to 44.29 million units in 2015,...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
China falls short of 2014 PV installation goals, say reports
Based on actual total installation capacity of 3.79GWp for PV systems set up around China during the first three quarters of 2014, the total installation capacity for the whole year...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Notebook supply chain mulling shift back to production plants in China coastal areas
Notebook supply chain players have recently started considering a return to their original production hubs in coastal cities of Southeastern China such as Kunshan since the Chongqing...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Digitimes Research: Microsoft Mobile exit from feature phone market to benefit white-box makers and Samsung
Samsung Electronics and China-based white-box handset makers will benefit from Microsoft Mobile's decision to phase out its feature phone business within one and a half years, Digitimes...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Asustek, Gigabyte to account for 80% of China motherboard market in 2015
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology are seeing their combined share in China's motherboard market surpassing 75% in 2014 and the percentage is expected to rise further to 80%...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Wintek to shut down three China factories
Touch panel maker Wintek, due to its quickly shrinking business arising from financial troubles, will stop operations at three factories in China either entirely or partially and...
Monday 8 December 2014
China may extend feed-in tariffs period, say Taiwan makers
The China government, viewing that total PV system installations in the country in 2014 are expected to be significantly short of target, is likely to extend the applicability of...
Friday 5 December 2014
Will Xiaomi get caught in the antitrust crossfire between China and Qualcomm?
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is investigating Qualcomm's alleged monopolization of patents concerning smartphones through alleged unreasonable licensing...
Friday 5 December 2014
Commentary: Signing of FTA between China and Korea offers a choice for Taiwan
The signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Korea is expected to result in a structural change in trade patterns between the two counties. The FTA and its consequences...
Friday 5 December 2014
LTE smartphone shipments to post 3-fold increase in 2015
Shipments of 4G LTE smartphones are expected to increase by more than three fold in 2015, accounting for 50% of total global smartphones shipments, according to industry watchers.