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Wednesday 15 August 2012
China turns out over 621 million handsets in January-July
Makers in China produced 621.021 million handsets in total during January-July 2012, growing 3.4% on year, according to statistics published on August 15 by the Ministry of Industry...
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Taiwan LED and lighting industry announces smart lighting system standards
Academics and industry experts from Taiwan announced five "Smart Lighting System Standards" on August 14. This is the first common standard for Taiwan's lighting system...
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Gigastorage introduces G3+ solar wafer with average conversion efficiency of 17.6%
Gigastorage has introduced the new G3+ high-efficiency solar wafer with an average conversion efficiency of 17.6%. The firm noted that the efficiency of the product can reach as high...
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Cybermart to remodel chain stores in China
Cybermart Worldwide, a Foxconn Group company which operate the 3C retail chain Cybermart in China, has been remodeling 34 existing outlets around the country into store complexes...
Tuesday 14 August 2012
China market: HTC-like device sold for less than CNY1,000
A number of smartphones resembling HTC handsets have been developed by China's white-box handset makers and are being priced at as low as less than CNY1,000 (US$157), according to...
Monday 13 August 2012
WT Micro, Zenitron to count on smartphone market in China for growing sales in 3Q12, say sources
IC distributors WT Microelectronics and Zenitron have both posted sequential revenue gains in July, but have to count on demand from the entry-level smartphone market in China to...
Friday 10 August 2012
China market: 2Q12 handset-based games valued at CNY1.20 billion
Operators of handset-based mobile games in the China market generated total revenues of CYN1.20 billion (US$190 million) during the second quarter of 2012, slightly dropping by 0.8%...
Friday 10 August 2012
Growth in building-mount solar PV applications reveals shift to self-sustained power generation in China, says Solarbuzz
A sharp increase in non-residential building-mount solar PV applications indicates a strong growth towards self-sustained power generation in the China PV market, according to Solarbuzz...
Friday 10 August 2012
Digitimes Research: China aims to expand LED industry output value through subsidy programs
The 12th Five-Year Plan announced by China's government indicates targets of the semiconductor lighting industry before 2015.
Friday 10 August 2012
China rolls out 535 million handsets in 1H12, says report
China produced 535 million handsets in the first half of 2012, increasing 5.5% on year. 457 million units or 85.4% of the total were exported, rising 17.7% on year, according to China-based...
Friday 10 August 2012
Losing R&D professionals may turn Taiwan LED firms into OEM firms: Q&A with Epistar chairman Biing-jye Lee
Despite the fact the penetration rate of LED backlight units (BLUs) in TVs has been increasing continuously, shining a light on the LED industry, Biing-jye Lee, chairman of Taiwan-based...
Friday 10 August 2012
China market: K-Touch rolling out low-priced quad-code smartphone
China-based smartphone vendor K-Touch has rolled out a quad-core smartphone, the Hornet II, priced at CNY1,999 (US$314) compared to CNY2,999 of a comparable model, the MX4, launched...
Friday 10 August 2012
China TV vendors expect sales to increase in October
China-based TV vendors do not expect to see LCD TV sales increase substantially until the October 1 holidays due to lack of promotion by energy saving subsidies since they were issued...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections. Content...
Thursday 9 August 2012
WPG July sales up 6%
WPG, Asia's largest IC distributor, saw its July sales increase 6% sequentially driven by rising shipments of smartphone-use components and also brisk demand coming from emerging...