Taiwan-based LED firm High Power Opto has enlisted Semileds to become a shareholder with a close to 10% stake, which makes Semileds the largest single shareholder of the firm. High...

LCD TV shipments from China-based brand vendors to the domestic market during the fourth quarter of 2012 will reach 13-13.5 million units due to various holiday seasons during the...

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) was recently found using under-aged interns (below 16) at its plants in Yantai, China.

Acer is looking to launch AcerCloud 2.0, expanding its existing Android service platform to also support both Microsoft Windows and Apple iOS, while the new service will also be expanded...

Taiwan-based solar cell makers have been keeping their lowest quotes at around US$0.35/watt in mid-October. Firms have been cutting capacity and would rather reduce production than...

Playing a key role in government-mandated automotive safety systems including stability control and tire-pressure monitoring, magnetic sensors are in high demand in the car business,...

Taiwan's government plans to raise the cap on China-based firms investing in Taiwan's LED industry. Some Taiwan-based LED firms welcome the opportunity to work with China-based peers...

The semiconductor foundry industry in Taiwan is forecast to register growth of 11.8% and 6.2% in output value in 2012 and 2013, respectively, according to Digitimes Research. Growth...

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) plans to assign 2,500-2,690 MHz frequency bands, a total bandwidth of 190MHz, for TDD-LTE mobile communications, according...

Japan-based solar firm Kyocera obtained a patent for 3-busbar solar cell structure in Japan on September 4, 2012. According to foreign media reports, the firm may use the patent to...

Throughout the last year, the influence of China-based panel makers' increased production capacity has been increasing, especially when it comes to LCD TV panels. As 8.5G production...

Taiwan-based makers are expected to expand total production capacity for large-sized TFT-LCD panels by 0.2% in 2013 from 2012, with the global share to fall from 32.1% in 2012 to...

Demand for white-box tablets rolled out by China-based makers remains strong currently despite the launch of US$199 models by Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Google, and the dominance...

Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology together took a 70% share of the motherboard market in China in September, with shipments totaling 1.1 and 1.0 million units, respectively,...

Shipments of ICs for smartphones by Taiwan-based IC design houses to China will remain robust in the fourth quarter of 2012, as sales of smartphones in China during the October 1...