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Friday 22 November 2013
Taiwan Chinsan to begin volume production at China factory in 2Q14
Taiwan-based aluminum electrolytic capacitor maker Taiwan Chinsan Electronic Industrial has been setting up a factory in Guangzhou, southern China, since late 2012 and will start...
Friday 22 November 2013
China market: Local brands to enhance high-end smartphone specifications
China-based handset vendors will bring the hardware specifications of their high-end smartphones on par with those of international players in the first half of 2014, making international...
Thursday 21 November 2013
MediaTek to invest CNY500 million to develop in-car chipset solutions
MediaTek has signed a contract with the city government of Hefei, China under which the Taiwan IC design house will invest up to CNY500 million (US$82.1 million) to set up a R&D-production...
Wednesday 20 November 2013
China-based smartphone vendors launching family series models to extend product life-cycles
China-based smartphone vendors are following the steps of international players to launch upgraded flagship models and family series products to ramp up their product scale as well...
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Taiwan panel makers drop pricing for small-size panels amid competition from China
Taiwan panel makers are dropping pricing for their small-size panels in order to compete against China-based panel makers for handset panels at the beginning of 2014.
Wednesday 20 November 2013
MediaTek officially launches 8-core smartphone CPU
MediaTek has officially unveiled its first 8-core CPU, the MT6592, for smartphones in China in preparation for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday season.
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Mainstream prices for 4G terminal devices should be below CNY1,000 in 2014, says China Mobile president
As China Mobile is poised to start TD-LTE commercial operations, company president Li Yue has said that prices for 4G terminal devices are too high currently and mainstream prices...
Tuesday 19 November 2013
Taiwan and China panel makers see increased orders from Samsung
Taiwan- and China-based panel makers are seeing increased orders from Samsung Electronics for TN panels used in mid-range handsets.
Monday 18 November 2013
Clevo sees profit growth from notebook and China shopping mall businesses
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Clevo saw its consolidated revenues grow 6% sequentially to NT$4.4 billion (US$149.49 million) in the third quarter with its net profits dropping...
Monday 18 November 2013
China TV vendors see sales drop in 3Q13
China-based TV vendors saw their sales of LCD TVs drop 6.4% on year to 10.84 million units for a sales value worth CNY$39.4 billion (US$6.46 billion), down 0.5% on year, according...
Monday 18 November 2013
China TV vendors look to release glasses-free 3D Ultra HD TVs in 2014
China TV vendors are looking to release glasses-free 3D Ultra HD TVs by the Lunar New Year period set to take place in early 2014.
Monday 18 November 2013
China market: Huawei, Gionee to take on Xiaomi through Internet
China-based smartphone vendors Huawei and Gionee Communication Equipment will follow the steps of fellow company Xiaomi Technology to market smartphones online with aggressive pricing,...
Friday 15 November 2013
IC design houses likely to post better-than-expected 4Q13 results on short lead-time orders
Taiwan-based IC suppliers which are offering IC components including application processors, LCD driver ICs, touchscreen controller ICs, analog ICs and ambient light sensors, are...
Thursday 14 November 2013
Digitimes Research: China panel makers to increase global proportion of small-size panel production
China panel makers are expected to make up 33% of global small-size TFT LCD panel production from 2013 onwards, up from 20% in 2012, due to newly constructed lines and expanded production...
Thursday 14 November 2013
Digitimes Research: ASPs of TD-LTE chips to remain stable initially as suppliers are limited
While a number of IC vendors have begun shipping chips supporting TD-LTE, including base band chips, radio frequency chips, application processors, SoC solutions and soft modems,...