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Wednesday 15 January 2014
DRAM supplies to remain tight through 2014
The supply of commodity DRAM for PCs is expected to remain tight through the entire year of 2014, despite reports indicating that SK Hynix has resumed wafer start production at its...
Tuesday 14 January 2014
China TV panel makers look to strengthen presence in 2014
China's TV panel makers are looking to bump up their influence in the market through advanced technology and increased production capacity in 2014.
Tuesday 14 January 2014
China TV vendors to limit purchases of Taiwan panels in 2014, says trade expert
Flat panel makers in Taiwan can expect limited purchases from TV vendors in China during 2014 as China panel makers continue to bump up their production capacity, according to Taiwan...
Tuesday 14 January 2014
Upstream suppliers planning measures to keep production lines running during holidays
Upstream supply chain makers have recently started taking measures such as separating workers' vacation times and raise the overtime pay, to minimize the impacts from the labor shortage...
Tuesday 14 January 2014
Digitimes Research: Global smartphone shipments to top 1.24 billion units in 2014
Global smartphone shipments are expected to top 1.24 billion units in 2014, with Samsung Electronics, Apple, LG Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, Lenovo, Huawei, Microsoft,...
Tuesday 14 January 2014
Taiwan IC design houses gearing up for MEMS market boom in China
Acknowleging that demand for MEMS sensors for use in smartphones, tablets and other portable electronics devices is set to boom in China, Taiwan-based IC design houses including Sitronix...
Monday 13 January 2014
China TV vendors hold conservative shipment views for 2014
China TV vendors have conservative shipment estimates for 2014 due to a lack of energy-saving subsidies provided by the China government for LCD TV purchases.
Monday 13 January 2014
China beefs up TD-LTE promotion in 2014
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), following the release of three TD-LTE (Time Division-Long Term Evolution) licensees to three major mobile telecom carriers...
Monday 13 January 2014
China Mobile 3-mode TD-LTE smartphone procurement plan to benefit China-based suppliers
China Mobile originally planned to procure 5-mode (supporting TD-LTE, FDD LTE, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, GSM) and 10-frequency band smartphones but has decided to reduce the format specification...
Monday 13 January 2014
China upstream flat panel makers look to Taiwan for engineering talent
China-based components and materials makers are reportedly increasing their efforts to attract Taiwan engineers to their companies.
Monday 13 January 2014
China LED chip self-sufficiency rises to 80% in 2013, says LEDinside
The proportion of China's demand for LED chips suplied by China-based makers in 2013 increased to 80%, according to LEDinside.
Monday 13 January 2014
Gigabyte ships 20 million motherboards, 3.5 million graphics cards in 2013
Gigabyte Technology shipped 20 million own-brand motherboards in 2013, of which most were entry-level and mid-range models and 40% were to the China market, as well as 3.5 million...
Friday 10 January 2014
Sitronix lands g-sensor orders for tablets
IC design house Sitronix Technology has entered the supply chain of China's tablet industry with its MEMS accelerometers (g-sensors), according to market sources.
Friday 10 January 2014
Coolpad aims to ship 60 million smartphones in 2014, says report
China-based vendor Coolpad aims to ship 60 million smartphones in 2014, hiking 50% on year, according to China-based Xinhua Online.
Friday 10 January 2014
Huawei, ZTE introduce new executives to promote handset sales
China-based handset vendors Huawei and ZTE have recently hired new talent or reorganized their corporate structure in efforts to sharpen their global marketing and to win more shar...