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Wednesday 18 January 2012
TSMC seeing 3G chip orders boom, sources say
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen orders from the wireless communications sector boom recently, according to industry sources, adding that the contract chipmaker...
Tuesday 17 January 2012
China solar PV equipment suppliers grab further market-share gains, says Solarbuzz
Ambitious solar PV manufacturing capacity investments across the Asia Pacific region during 2011 have provided substantial revenue growth for local solar equipment suppliers, according...
Tuesday 17 January 2012
China market: Skyworth sells over 1.1 million LCD TVs in December
China-based vendor Skyworth sold 1.1072 million LCD TVs, of which 772,100 were LED-backlit models, in the China market in December 2011, increasing on year by 18% and 165% respectively,...
Tuesday 17 January 2012
China market: Chip vendor competition heating up for 1GHz processors used in inexpensive smartphones
As China Mobile, China Telecom and China United Network Communications will procure large volumes of inexpensive smartphones equipped with 1GHz processors, there is increasing competition...
Monday 16 January 2012
Privatized solar firms in China unlikely to benefit from domestic market expansions, says report
The low demand of the solar market in 2011 has been pushing China to develop its own domestic solar demand. However, according to China news outlet NE21, most power plants are under...
Monday 16 January 2012
More governments to set standards for LED lighting
More governments around the globe are expected to set compulsory standards for LED lighting devices in 2012, which in turn will help reduce vicious price competition in the LED lighting...
Monday 16 January 2012
TCL ships over 10 million LCD TVs in 2011
China-based TCL shipped 10.856 million LCD TVs in 2011, including 6.606 million units sold in the domestic market and 4.25 million units shipped to overseas markets, the company has...
Monday 16 January 2012
Global demand for MOCVD equipment to decrease by half
The number of LED chips used in LED TVs has been decreasing. Industry sources believe LED TVs will only require 10-12 units of high-power LED chips in the future. Hence global demand...
Monday 16 January 2012
China government not expected to issue TD-LTE operating license for the time being
While China Mobile has been actively promoting TD-LTE, the China government is not expected to issue a TD-LTE operating license to China Mobile for the time being, according to industry...
Friday 13 January 2012
Digitimes Research: Rising demand continues to push up polysilicon price in Greater China
The spot price of polysilicon in Greater China continues to increase. Many small- and medium-size polysilicon firms suspended operations when the price was falling rapidly in 2011...
Friday 13 January 2012
China market: Some China-based motherboard vendors to withdraw due to hiked labor costs
Under pressure of continued hikes in labor costs in China, at least half of the China-based motherboard vendors are expected to withdraw from the market in 2012, leaving an estimated...
Friday 13 January 2012
GBM to start production at new China plant in July-August
Notebook PCB maker Global Brands Manufacture (GBM) will start volume production at its new plant in Chongqing, China in July-August 2012, with plans to ramp up the monthly capacity...
Friday 13 January 2012
China solar firms reportedly increase orders to Taiwan to avoid possible US punitive tariffs
Taiwan's solar industry has seen increases in orders reportedly from China-based firms that are trying to avoid possible tariffs resulted from the US anti-dumping and anti-subsidy...
Friday 13 January 2012
China market: TV sales down 20% on-year in first week of 2012
Sales of TVs by retail channels in China's tier-1 cities totaled 1.9 million units in the first week of January 2012, representing a decline of 20% from the same period of a year...
Thursday 12 January 2012
Lumax indicates clear order visibility
Semiconductor process control service supplier Lumax International has indicated orders from China have been healthy with visibility extended to the third quarter of 2012. The firm...