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Thursday 18 May 2017
Digitimes Research: China vendors to ship 152 million smartphones globally in 2Q17
China-based vendors will together ship 151.8 million smartphones globally during the second quarter of 2017, increasing 13.0% on quarter but decreasing 2.7% on year and taking up...
Thursday 18 May 2017
Oppo, Vivo to adopt MediaTek Helio P30 chips in new smartphones
Oppo and Vivo have both decided to use MediaTek's Helio P30 series chips in their upcoming models slated for launch in the second half of 2017 - an encouraging sign for the mobile...
Thursday 18 May 2017
China market: Samsung launches Galaxy S8 as market share falls
Samsung Electronics will begin marketing its latest flagship Galaxy S8 devices in the China market following a product event held in Beijing on May 18. But the Korea-based vendor...
Wednesday 17 May 2017
Clevo ships 326,000 notebooks in 1Q17
Clevo shipped 326,000 notebooks in the first quarter of 2017, dipping 7.8% from 353,000 units a year ago, and the corresponding notebook sales revenues totaled NT$3.63 billion (US$119...
Wednesday 17 May 2017
Ardentec expanding automotive MCU testing business in Japan
Ardentec has expanded its automotive MCU testing business in Japan, which will further buoy its sales performance starting in the second quarter of 2017, according to industry sour...
Wednesday 17 May 2017
ASE, SPIL get US antitrust approval
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) have received approval from US antitrust regulators for their proposed merger, according to the...
Tuesday 16 May 2017
Acer looking to boost its gaming PC presence in China
Acer on May 16 announced a strategic cooperation with the Faculty of Arts under the Communication University of China (CUC) in Beijing, northern China, to donate an e-sports laboratory...
Tuesday 16 May 2017
China market: Advantech offers online pollution monitoring solutions
Industrial computing device maker Advantech has offered various online pollution monitoring solutions to help China-based enterprises comply with pollution-control standards, in line...
Tuesday 16 May 2017
Asustek shifting focus away from consumer desktop market
Asustek Computer has recently decided to release fewer traditional consumer desktop products and will focus on China and Taiwan’s enterprise sector as well as all-in-one PC...
Tuesday 16 May 2017
ARM to enhance investments in China, says report
ARM and China-based Hopu-ARM Innovation Fund have signed a MOU for the establishment of a joint venture in Shenzhen to develop intellectual property products for IC designs, according...
Monday 15 May 2017
Ardentec 1Q17 profits hike over 100%
Taiwan-based Ardentec, which specializes in testing services for logic and memory chips, has reported net profits surged 115% on year to NT$228 million (US$7.6 million) in the first...
Monday 15 May 2017
Digitimes Research: 9W LED light bulb prices in China rise in April
April 2017 average retail price for 7W LED light bulbs (40W incandescent equivalents) in the China market decreased 11.3% from February 2017 to CNY23.5 (US$3.4), while that for 9W...
Monday 15 May 2017
Digitimes Research: China smartphone-use AP shipments to grow over 10% sequentially in 2Q17
Shipments of smartphone-use application processors (APs) in the China market are expected to grow 10.5% on quarter but decline 10.8% on year to 129.85 million units in the second...
Friday 12 May 2017
China smartphone market and industry – 1Q 2017
Total shipments of China-based smartphone makers in first-quarter 2017 were 134.30 million units, representing flat growth compared to first-quarter 2016 and showing an on-quarter...
Thursday 11 May 2017
SMIC expects revenues to drop 3-6% in 2Q17
China-based pure-play foundry SMIC expects to post a sequential decrease of 3-6% in revenues for the second quarter of 2017, with gross margin ranging from 25% to 27%.