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Wednesday 22 July 2015
Global direct investment in China increases 8.3% in 1H15 despite decreases from US and Japan, says ministry
Direct investment from Japan in China declined 16.3% on year in the first half of 2015 to $2 billion, according to new statistics from the China Ministry of Commerce.
Wednesday 22 July 2015
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen adjusting retail stores
Tsann Kuen Enterprise is adjusting the operation of its IT and consumer electronics retail chain stores in Taiwan, according to company chairman Jerry Yen.
Wednesday 22 July 2015
HTC to seek partnerships with game developers for HTC Vive
HTC will showcase its forthcoming virtual reality device, the HTC Vive, at Taipei Game Developer Forum (TGDF) to be held from July 23-24, according to the forum organizers. The forum...
Tuesday 21 July 2015
China makers share different views on OLED TV development, says report
According to chairman Zhou Houjian of China vendor Hisense, Korea panel makers' development of OLED TV panels potentially poses a threat for China makers in the long term but over...
Tuesday 21 July 2015
DRAM contract prices to fall further, says DRAMeXchange
DRAM contract prices discontinued their six-month rally in November 2014, and have fallen since, according to DRAMeXchange. Growing chip supplies, coupled with weak PC sales and decelerating...
Tuesday 21 July 2015
Apple becomes top vendor of wearable bands in 2Q15, says Canalys
Apple became the world's leading vendor of wearable bands in the second quarter of 2015, according to Canalys. With shipments of 4.2 million units, Apple overtook Fitbit, Xiaomi and...
Tuesday 21 July 2015
IPC makers pushing EtherCAT-based solutions for Made in China 2025 project
Taiwan-based industrial PC makers including Advantech, Adlink Technology, Nexcom and Delta Technology have all been pushing products based on the Ethernet for Control Automation Technology...
Monday 20 July 2015
MediaTek likely to cut shipment target for 2015
MediaTek is likely to revise downward its handset-IC shipment target for 2015 to about 400 million units from 450 million, a 10% cut, according to market sources.
Monday 20 July 2015
Sony to increase LCD panel purchases in Malaysia for local TV production, says report
Sony is expected to increase its purchase of open cell LCD TV panels from Malaysia-based providers in order to increase production efficiency as well as lower overall production costs...
Monday 20 July 2015
Tablet vendors pushing new strategies for tablet business line
As demand for tablets has been weakening, tablet brand vendors worldwide have been adjusting their strategies for the product line. Apple and Microsoft are both planning to release...
Friday 17 July 2015
China market: Xiaomi launches Mi TV 2S
Xiaomi Technology has launched the Mi TV 2S, which features a Samsung 48-inch 4K resolution display and an aluminum frame that is 9.9mm thick, according to a China-based sohu.com...
Friday 17 July 2015
Wearable systems give major boost to total IoT sales in 2015, says IC Insights
Market revenues associated with network communications, sensing, and control functions in subsystems and objects attached to the Internet of Things (IoT) are forecast to grow 29%...
Friday 17 July 2015
Open cell TV panel pricing drops to US$84 in June, says DisplaySearch
Open cell TV panels sized 32-inch dropped to US$84 a unit in June 2015 while that for 50-inch Ultra HD (4K) TV panels also showed declines, with 55-inch units dropping 8% on month,...
Friday 17 July 2015
Getac targets on-year shipment growth of 20% in 2015
Ruggedized PC brand vendor Getac Technology maintains its original target on-year growth of 20% in 2015 shipments and will also launch new ruggedized tablets at the end of the third...
Friday 17 July 2015
TV panel shipments up nearly 8% on year in June, says WitsView
TV panel shipments dropped 0.5% on month but increased 7.9% on year to 22.6 million in June 2015. TV panel shipments globally reached 132.3 million in the first half of 2015, according...