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Friday 27 February 2009
Taiwan IC designers ahead in China white-box notebook market
The monthly shipments of white-box notebooks to the China market have reached over 200,000 units, attracting more IC designers to join this market. But Taiwan IC designers have taken...
Monday 23 February 2009
First-tier handset PCB suppliers vying for orders from white-box vendors
In order to push up utilization rates, first-tier handset PCB suppliers, such as Unimicron Technology, Compeq Manufacturing, Unitech Printed Circuit Board, and Tripod Technology,...
Tuesday 17 February 2009
IDMs cut MEMS prices targeting China white-box handset market
International IDMs, including Freescale Semiconductor, Analog Devices (ADI) and STMicroelectronics, have lowered prices for their accelerometers (g-sensors) to compete with China-based...
Monday 16 February 2009
IC distributors developing white-box notebook reference designs
Some IC distributors are aggressively setting up their own R&D teams to provide reference designs to notebook designers and manufacturers targeting China's white-box notebook...
Friday 13 February 2009
Pixart joins VIA alliance for China white-box netbook market
Taiwan-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) maker Pixart Imaging has obtained certification from Global Mobility Bazzar (GMB), an alliance of manufacturing and infrastructure partners led...
Tuesday 3 February 2009
LED players eying China white-box notebook BLU market
Taiwan LED makers are eying the China white-box notebook backlighting market, which is expected to grow fast in line with the global notebook backlighting market trend, according...
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Handset maker BYD to move into netbook production, reports say
BYD Electronics, the Hong Kong-listed OEM handset subsidiary of China-based BYD Company, plans to venture into the production of OEM netbooks, according to media reports in China.
Tuesday 3 February 2009
US$150 white-box Blu-ray Disc players available in 2009, paper says
Following an intensive price war to promote sales of Blu-ray Disc (BD) players amid international brands in the US and European markets prior to Christmas 2008, white-box vendors...
Thursday 22 January 2009
IC distributors turn to white-box DSC markets in Europe and North America
With white-box digital still cameras (DSCs) still not emulating the success of white-box handsets in China, while showing potential for growth in Europe and North America, Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 21 January 2009
China market: More white-box handsets integrate g-sensors
According to accelerometer (g-sensor) makers, the proportion of white-box handsets incorporating g-sensor chips is expected to reach 30-40% in the China market during the first quarter...
Thursday 8 January 2009
Surging China white-box handset demand boosts MCP memory pricing
A recent increase in demand for white-box handsets in China has also brought up demand and prices for key component multi chip package (MCP) memory, according to sources at IC channel...
Tuesday 6 January 2009
Intel hits into white-box netbook market in China
Intel recently adjusted the production and supplying strategy of its Atom processors for the white-box netbook market in China, with executives already having made contact with several...
Wednesday 24 December 2008
Taiwan-based IC designers plan to cooperate with China makers to offer white-box Blu-ray Disc players in 3Q09
Taiwan-based consumer IC design houses, including MediaTek and Sunplus Technology, plan to cooperate with hardware makers in China to offer Blu-ray Disc (BD) players for white-box...
Monday 22 December 2008
Notebook makers pessimistic about white-box netbooks in China, says paper
With China white-box makers reportedly developing ARM-based netbooks targeting prices of less than 1000 RMB (US$146), Quanta Computer has commented that the success of the white-box...
Monday 15 December 2008
PCB makers reportedly to focus on white-box handsets to increase utilization rates
Utilization rates at PCB makers are dropping with some dipping below 50% since orders have been frozen in the fourth quarter. Some PCB makers expect to cover parts of their capacity...