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Friday 2 November 2012
CSOT 8.5G yield rate reaches 95%, says company acting CEO
LCD panel maker China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) has already seen its 8.5G line attain a 95% yield rate, with monthly 8.5G capacity expected to reach more than 125,000...
Thursday 1 November 2012
Trends in China's flat panel LCD industry
Large-size TFT LCD panel production capacity will double in China in 2012, representing dramatically higher growth than a global level of 7.0%. In 2013, Digitimes Research estimates...
Thursday 1 November 2012
China adds Europe-based polysilicon firms to anti-dumping investigation
China's Ministry of Commerce announced on November 1 that the government received requests to conduct anti-dumping investigations on Europe-based polysilicon imports in September...
Thursday 1 November 2012
Acer Greater China president expects 10% growth in 2013 notebook shipments
President of Acer Greater China Scott Lin, commenting on the touchscreen and convertible notebook trends brought on by Windows 8, pointed out that he believes these trends can resurrect...
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Compal announces profit for 3Q12
Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$173.03 billion (US$5.92 billion) for the third quarter of 2012, up 4.94% sequentially, with net profit reaching NT$1.63...
Wednesday 31 October 2012
China market: Nichia hopes to obtain 30-40% market share in 2013
To build market share in China's LED lighting market, international firms have been expanding capacity. Philips' Lumileds has revealed plans to expand LED component capacity in its...
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Solar module prices continue to slide, but signs of recovery appear on the horizon, says IHS
Overcapacity, a decline in pricing as well as slowing growth in key worldwide markets will serve to keep the global market for solar modules depressed for the rest of the year, with...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Some China-based solar firms see better utilization rates
Solar material makers have stated that China has been expanding domestic demand and some tier-one solar firms have been seeing capacity utilization rate rebound to 50% in October...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
China September mobile phone user base grows to 1.084 billion
There were 1.08474 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of September 2012, growing 1.17% on month and 13.91% on year, and 202.64 million (18.68%)...
Monday 29 October 2012
Western Digital expected to turn conservative about HDD shipments in 4Q12
With hard disc drive (HDD) maker Western Digital has recently announced its latest financial report with a shipment drop, sources from the HDD-related industry expect the company...
Monday 29 October 2012
MediaTek smartphone-IC shipments to top 40 million in 4Q12
MediaTek is likely to ship more than 40 million smartphone chips in the fourth quarter of 2012, up from 35-40 million in the third quarter, said company president Hsieh Ching-chiang...
Monday 29 October 2012
AUO technology leads China rivals by two generations, says company president
AU Optronics (AUO) is still leading its China-based competitors by two generations in terms of technology despite the quick rise of China's LCD panel industry, according to Paul Peng,...
Monday 29 October 2012
Genesis introduces Match LED
Taiwan-based LED firm Genesis Photonics introduces a new LED lighting product, Match LED. The new product emphasizes cost-saving features to attract LED packaging houses. Match LED...
Thursday 25 October 2012
Digitimes Research: China government continues to support LCD industry
The China government is continuing to help China's TFT LCD industry by increasing funding to various companies for development of technology, as well as by reducing or eliminating...
Thursday 25 October 2012
Some Taiwan-based notebook component makers will not move into western China
As notebook vendors and Taiwan-based ODMs have established operational bases in Chongqing and Chengdu, western China, some of their components makers have set up, or will set up,...