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Friday 2 August 2013
Taiwan panel makers continue to provide on-cell technology to China handset vendors
Taiwan panel makers are continuing to supply China-based handset vendors with on-cell touch technology and are optimistic about shipments of the technology in the second half of 2013,...
Friday 2 August 2013
Spansion and XMC announce licensing agreement
Spansion and China-based 300mm semiconductor foundry XMC have announced an agreement for XMC to license Spansion's floating gate NOR flash technology. The agreement expands the companies'...
Friday 2 August 2013
EU 7GWp import quota reportedly to include soar cells
The European Union (EU) has reached a consensus with the China government to set an annual quota of 7GWp on PV modules imported from China, but the quota will reportedly also include...
Thursday 1 August 2013
China still tops in world TV market; global 1Q13 Shipments were down, says IHS
China continued to be the world's largest market for TVs in the first quarter of 2013, retaining first place among eight distinct regions as it accounted for nearly one-quarter of...
Thursday 1 August 2013
Touch panel makers in China to pose major challenges for Taiwan makers, say observers
As China-based touch panel makers are improving their yields and expanding production capacity in addition to providing low-priced solutions, first-tier handset and tablet vendors...
Thursday 1 August 2013
China market: Xiaomi to launch inexpensive smartphone
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi Technology on July 31 unveiled the Hongmi smartphone for sale by China Mobile in the China market at a contract-free retail price of CNY799 (US$130)...
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Asustek, Gigabyte account for 60% of 14.5 million motherboards shipped in China
Motherboard shipments in China's PC DIY market reached 14.5 million units in the first half of 2013, down one million units from the same period a year ago. Asustek Computer and Gigabyte...
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Asustek, Acer aim to ship 1.0, 1.5 million smartphones in 2013
Asustek Computer aims to ship at least one million smartphones in 2013 and reach breakeven for smartphone operations in the second half of the year, while Acer aims to ship 1.5 million...
Wednesday 31 July 2013
China antidumping tariffs to have limited impact on polysilicon pricing, says IHS
China's move to slap retaliatory antidumping tariffs on solar polysilicon imported from the US and South Korea will cause only a slight increase in domestic pricing for the material,...
Wednesday 31 July 2013
China market: Mobile phone users grow to 1.176 billion in June, says MIIT
There were 1.176 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of June 2013, growing by 0.91% on month and by 11.84% on year, and 318.87 million (27.12%)...
Wednesday 31 July 2013
China software industry posts 1H13 revenues of nearly CNY1.4 trillion, says MIIT
China's software industry generated total sales revenues of CNY1.392 trillion (US$226.9 billion) in January-June 2013, growing by 24.5% on year, according to the Ministry of Industry...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
The era of low-cost China solar modules in Europe ends as tariffs drive up pricing, says IMS Research
The European Union's (EU) anti-dumping tariffs are spurring an increase in prices for China-made solar modules, marking the end of a period when available inexpensive photovoltaic...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
PC-related IC suppliers expect demand to pick up in August
PC-related IC design houses expect the visibility of orders to improve in August thanks to roll-outs of new Haswell PC products and clients' inventory replenishment ahead of China's...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Pegatron conducting investigations to resolve labor mistreating claim
Commenting on its factories in China being accused by China Labor Watch, a China-based labor right protection organization, for violating China's labor laws, Pegatron Technology spokesperson...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
If China-made solar wafers and cells get pass from EU, Taiwan solar cell makers expected to step into PV modules
The European Union (EU) has not yet decided on whether to impose anti-dumping tariff rates on solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers and cells imported from China, and if the EU does...