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Tuesday 20 May 2014
SPIL setting up FC CSP capacity in eastern China
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), in view of fast growing demand for ICs used in smartphones, is setting up FC (flip chip) CSP (chip scale package) capacity at its two factories...
Monday 19 May 2014
Xiaomi finding its groove in China smartphone market
With interesting designs, superior pricing and an innovative marketing strategy, China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi was able to become the top local brand in China in the first...
Monday 19 May 2014
MediaTek facing challenges in maturing China AP market
With the China smartphone market maturing, application processor (AP) providers are facing new challenges to increase their market share. According to the latest Digitimes Research...
Monday 19 May 2014
China market: Handset brands and ODMs still reluctant to launch WP-based smartphones
China-based handset vendors and ODMs are still reluctant to launch Windows Phone (WP)-based smartphones in 2014 despite Microsoft's efforts to promote its WP platform without charging...
Friday 16 May 2014
Digitimes Research: LED bulb prices in China market up sequentially in April
April average retail price for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent ones) in the China market rose by 5.9% on month to CNY35.9 (US$5.7), while 9W (equivalent to 60W...
Friday 16 May 2014
China makers expanding LCD materials production
China makers are continuing to expand their production of LCD materials and upstream components amid expected increases in order growth from 2014-2016, according to industry source...
Thursday 15 May 2014
Manz to set up PCB equipment experimental factory in China
Germany-based equipment maker Manz AG will invest CNY8.0 million (US$1.3 million) to establish a PCB production equipment experimental factory at its existing plant in Suzhou, eastern...
Thursday 15 May 2014
China Telecom 2014 fixed-line Internet-access equipment procurement down 47.5% on year
China Telecom will procure 6.37 million fixed-line broadband Internet-access devices in 2014, decreasing 47.5% on year mainly because the company has allocated a large portion of...
Thursday 15 May 2014
International LED package makers contend for market share in China, says LEDinside
China's LED package industry market scale reached US$7.2 billion in 2013, up 20% from the year before, according to LEDinside. China has become the largest maker of LED products,...
Thursday 15 May 2014
China polysilicon maker Daqo New Energy to expand capacity
China-based polysilicon maker Daqo New Energy has almost doubled its annual production capacity from 6,200 tonnes to 12,000 tonnes in an expansion project totaling US$22 million,...
Wednesday 14 May 2014
Technology may no longer become focus of motherboard competition
Competition in the motherboard industry is expected to gradually turn to focus on each player's brand power and channel relationships as newly developed technologies are becoming...
Wednesday 14 May 2014
China market: White-box handset makers using inferior parts and components for 3G smartphones
China-based white-box handset vendors, which have been forced to stay in the 3G sector amid rising popularity of 4G LTE smartphones, reportedly are using inferior parts and components...
Wednesday 14 May 2014
China Labor Day LCD TV sales decline, says WitsView
LCD TV sales during the Labor Day holidays in China reached a total of 3.73 million units to represent a 10.2% on-year decline, according to WitsView. During the holidays, international...
Wednesday 14 May 2014
Asustek increases Zenfone components orders to meet demand in China
Asustek Computer is expected to attain its target global shipments of 10 million ZenFone smartphnes in 2014 as the devices are seeing significant demand in the China market, according...
Tuesday 13 May 2014
China market: Sales of 4G LTE smartphones to reach 160-200 million units in 2014, says MediaTek
The market for 4G LTE smartphones in China is expected to reach 160-200 million units in 2014, MediaTek has estimated. The solution vendor plans to launch its first 8-core 4G chip,...