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Thursday 20 June 2013
Innolux not to be largely affected by subsidies ending in China, says company president
Innolux is likely to see a decrease in TV panel shipments over the next 2-3 months due to an expected decline in TV sales in the China market, but expects shipments to bounce back...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
Taiwan panel makers are continuing to benefit from handset panel orders from the China market, and are now seeing increased orders for 5-inch qHD (960 by 540) panels from local telecom...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
While China-based TFT-LCD panel makers have reportedly asked the China government to increase customs duties on imported 32-inch and above TV panels from 5% currently to 8% or even...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
Prices of chipset solutions for smartphones and tablets are expected to decline 10-20% sequentially in the second half of 2013 due to competition between MediaTek and Qualcomm, according...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
The Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance will propose common interface specifications and standards for driver circuits and lighting modules for Taiwan- and China-based LED lighting...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
China's mobile phone shipments registered at 97 million units in the first quarter of 2013, up 15% compared with the same period in 2012, while China's smartphone shipments totaled...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
Chipbond Technology is ramping up testing capacity for advanced LCD driver ICs in response to rising demand for high-end smartphones and other mobile devices with higher resolution...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
As China-based touch panel makers are continuing to improve and expand their product portfolios, international-based handset and tablet vendors are increasing their orders to the...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
MediaTek-MStar merger yet to receive China approval
MediaTek has again postponed its proposed merger with fellow IC design company MStar Semiconductor as China's Ministry of Commerce has yet to approve the deal, according to the com...
Monday 17 June 2013
CVIA: China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers
China-based TV vendors are looking to procure about 30 million TV panels from Taiwan-based panel makers in 2013, according to the China Video Industry Association (CVIA).
Monday 17 June 2013
Coolpad becomes top 3G handset vendor in China
China-based handset vendor Coolpad has reportedly become the number-one local brand in China's 3G handset market, overtaking Lenovo due to sales of its 4-inch smartphones, according...
Monday 17 June 2013
LED packaging houses face rising technological challenge
South Korea-based TV makers hope to further reduce the cost of direct-lit LED TVs by using fewer LED chips in backlight modules, hence the firms hope LED packaging houses can increase...
Monday 17 June 2013
New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
China-based solar firm China Sunergy (Csun) announced the opening of its new solar product manufacturing facility in Turkey at the end of May. This announcement came days before the...
Friday 14 June 2013
China leads growth in LCD TV shipments in 1Q13, says DisplaySearch
Global LCD TV shipments grew 4% on year in first-quarter 2013 to 44.8 million sets, led by strong growth in China, according to research firm DisplaySearch. The improved growth is...
Friday 14 June 2013
China market: 4-inch smartphones to replace 3.5-inch models to become mainstream
In the China market, mobile telecom carriers have stopped subsidizing 3.5-inch smartphones and instead are looking to launch more 4-inch or above models, which are expected to become...