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Thursday 27 August 2015
China market: Local smartphone vendors limit launch of new models
China-based smartphone vendors have limited the number of new models launched per year to cope with the declining profitability generated by smartphones, a move which has affected...
Wednesday 26 August 2015
China July mobile phone user base grows to 1.295 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.295 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of July 2015, growing 0.13% sequentially and 2.47% on year, and 444.08 million (34.30%) of them were...
Wednesday 26 August 2015
Laster lands orders for LED headlights from China
LED automotive lighting maker Laster Tech has obtained orders for three LED headlight models from China-based automotive lamp vendors, with shipments to begin in the second quarter...
Wednesday 26 August 2015
Digitimes Research: China government to support development of MCUs, CPUs, memory chips
The China government will support local IC-design companies' development in the MCU, CPU,FPGA, MEMS and memory chips sectors through acquisitions during its current five-year economic...
Monday 24 August 2015
Alibaba, Qihoo 360 set to enter China smartphone market
More China-based Internet service providers are looking to enter the local smartphone market later in the second half of 2015, according to sources at Taiwan's IC design houses.
Monday 24 August 2015
Lenovo reportedly to raise PC prices in China because of Chinese yuan deprecation
China-based Lenovo reportedly is planning to raise its PC prices in China at the end of August due to a significant depreciation of the country's currency, and the vendor will next...
Monday 24 August 2015
China installs 7.73GWp PV systems in 1H15, says MIIT
A total of 7.73GWp in PV power-generating and distributed systems was installed in China in first-half 2015, with cumulative capacity reaching 35.7GWp, according to China's Ministry...
Friday 21 August 2015
BOE receives government support to enter IC design industry
Panel maker BOE Technology has received support from the China government enabling it to step into the IC design industry. In addition to LCD driver ICs, DRAM and flash memory chips...
Friday 21 August 2015
China Mobile, China Telecom post mixed 1H15 revenues
China Mobile on August 20 released its financial report for the first half of 2015, with consolidated revenues reaching CNY340.727 billion (US$54.77 billion) up 4.94%, while China...
Friday 21 August 2015
China Unicom, China Telecom setting up FDD LTE networks, say reports
China Unicom and China Telecom have been actively establishing FDD LTE networks in China since they obtained FDD LTE licenses in late February 2015, and aim to complete installing...
Thursday 20 August 2015
China pushes for homegrown display driver IC industry
China is looking to build a homegrown panel-use driver IC industry in Hefei, China, which will likely threaten Taiwan's IC driver IC sector, according to industry sources.
Thursday 20 August 2015
China IC foundries, backend firms soliciting orders from Taiwan
China-based IC foundries including Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and Huali Microelectronics (HLMC), and backend firms such as Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology...
Wednesday 19 August 2015
MediaTek buys ISSI Taiwan subsidiary to enable acquisition of ISSI by Uphill
The acquisition of US-based Integrated Silicon Solution (ISSI) by China's Uphill Investment is expected to run more smoothly after ISSI's Taiwan subsidiary Chingis Technology is taken...
Wednesday 19 August 2015
HiSilicon, Spreadtrum head-hunting in Taiwan
China-based HiSilicon Technologies and Spreadtrum Communications have been aggressively hiring engineering talent at their local offices in Taiwan, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 18 August 2015
Orders for onboard recorders growing from China, say Taiwan IC designers
Chip orders for onboard recorders from China's white-box makers have been rising in 2015, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.