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Tuesday 19 June 2012
Huawei Device aims to ship 20 million smartphones in China market, say reports
Huawei Device, a China-based vendor of handsets and other terminal devices, aims to ship 30 million handsets, including 20 million smartphones, in the China market in 2012, according...
Tuesday 19 June 2012
Inventec raises notebook shipments forecast for 2012
Inventec chairman Richard Lee on June 18, said the company's 2012 notebook shipments are expected to see a double-digit percentage growth on year, better than its original forecast;...
Monday 18 June 2012
China Telecom to procure 40 million CDMA 3G smartphones
China Telecom, the only CDMA2000 operator in China, will cooperate with four nationwide distributors and several nationwide retail chains to procure 40 million CDMA 3G smartphones...
Monday 18 June 2012
Smartphone orders from China unattractive to Taiwan ODMs, say sources
Despite efforts by China-base branded handset vendors to push sales of sub-CNY1,000 (US$157) smartphone models, Taiwan-based handset ODMs are not rushing to snap up orders, according...
Friday 15 June 2012
Government subsidies to increase 32-42-inch LCD TV sales in China and Taiwan
New waves of subsidies in Taiwan and China for energy-efficient products that include TV sets are expected to boost 32-42-inch TV sales, according to industry sources.
Friday 15 June 2012
Digitimes Research: China raises 12th Five-Year Plan LED industry targets
China's Ministry of Science and Technology is seeking public opinions on the recently revised goals set for the semiconductor lighting technology development under the 12th Five-Year...
Friday 15 June 2012
Imagination steps up collaboration with TSMC
GPU IP vendor Imagination Technologies has announced a collaboration with TSMC to ensure that licensees of all of Imagination's IP cores can optimize speed, area and power consumption...
Friday 15 June 2012
China market: Small-scale makers and retail channels to stage comeback in smartphone segment
Small-scale handset makers as well as retail handset channels in China may stage a comeback in the smartphone segment optimizing the availability of low-priced models, according to...
Friday 15 June 2012
Taiwan premier expresses concern over LCD losses
Taiwan's premier Sean Chen has expressed concern over the heavy losses incurred by local LCD makers in 2011, saying it is time the government extend necessary help to the panel ind...
Thursday 14 June 2012
China market: White-box handset makers to shine in smartphone segment
White-box handset makers are expected to take the main scene of China's handset market again by rolling out sub-CNY500 (US$79) smartphones in the second half of 2012, optimizing chipset...
Thursday 14 June 2012
China market: Local chipmakers dominate tablet PC chip segment
Despite booming sales of tablet PCs in the China market, Taiwan-based IC vendors have not been able to make significant inroads into the tablet chipset segment in China, according...
Thursday 14 June 2012
Commentary: Cost decides technologies in Taiwan solar supply chain
Demand for solar cells with higher conversion efficiency has been rising causing various types of technologies to be taken notice by the industry. The solar industry continues to...
Thursday 14 June 2012
Acer enters tier-3 to -5 cities in China
Acer, starting 2012, is executing a three-year plan in China to expand its channel bases from tier-1 and -2 cities to tier-3 to -5 cities and is set to open new stores at a rate of...
Thursday 14 June 2012
Taiwan ODMs show no interest in ultra-low price handset market
China-based second-tier smartphone brand vendors have recently been pushing their ultra-low price smartphones, priced at only CNY500 (US$79), in the retail channel, but since these...
Wednesday 13 June 2012
Taiwan IC designers competing for 32-bit MCU market in China
IC design houses Nuvoton Technology, Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology, have recently strengthened their deployment in 32-bit MCUs in a bid to compete with international players...