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Friday 17 March 2017
Neo Solar Power seeking partners to upgrade solar cell production in China
Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Neo Solar Power (NSP) is talking with first-tier China-based PV makers to introduce them as strategic partners via stake investment in NSP, and...
Friday 17 March 2017
China Unicom 2016 net profit slump 94.1%
China Unicom on March 15 released its financial report for 2016, posting consolidated revenues of CNY240.98 billion (US$36.29 billion), growing 2.4% on year, EBITDA (earnings before...
Friday 17 March 2017
China market: ZTE names new chairman
China-based telecom equipment maker ZTE has named Yin Yimin as its new chairman with immediate effect. ZTE said outgoing chairman Zhao Xianming has resigned from the chairmanship...
Thursday 16 March 2017
ASML strikes deal with China equipment maker
ASML has signed an MoU with Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE), under which ASML and SME will initially explore the potential sourcing of certain modules for ASML lithography...
Thursday 16 March 2017
GigaDevice aims to take up 50% of memory products for feature phones
GigaDevice Semiconductor, a China-based NOR flash specialist, aims to take up a 50% share of memory products used by feature phones globally, according to company vice president of...
Thursday 16 March 2017
China market: Oppo to build new R&D center, says report
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo is expected to begin construction of a new R&D center in Dongguan, China at the end of 2017 with a capital input of CNY2 billion (US$289.29...
Thursday 16 March 2017
China IC design industry growing
The "Made in China 2025" (MIC 2025) plan, published by the China State Council in May of 2015, has demonstrated the country's ambition to enhance its fabless IC design industry...
Thursday 16 March 2017
Huawei to face AMOLED panel shortage for smartphones in 2017
China-based vendor Huawei reportedly will have only 8% of its total production of smartphones featuring AMOLED panels in 2017 due to an insufficient supply of the panels.
Wednesday 15 March 2017
China market: Xiaomi invests in 77 firms to form smart hardware ecosystem
Xiaomi Technology has committed equity investments in a total of 77 hardware companies to form an ecosystem for the production of smart household devices, according a China-based...
Wednesday 15 March 2017
LTPS LCD panels in growing demand from China smartphone vendors
There has been increasing demand for LTPS (low-temperature poly-Si) TFT-LCD panels from China-based smartphone vendors as supply of AMOLED panels by Samsung Display has been insufficient,...
Wednesday 15 March 2017
Yangtze River Storage 3D NAND flash development on track
Yangtze River Storage Technology's (YMTC) development of 3D NAND flash technology is well on track, and equipment for the production of 3D NAND chips will be installed at its fab...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
LG will not launch G6 in China, says report
LG Electronics may not launch its latest flagship smartphone, the LG G6, in the China market, and eventually is likely to withdraw from the market due to heavy losses from its handset...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Certification service firms IST, MA-tek post revenue growth in February
Integrated Service Technology (IST) and Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek), two Taiwan-based certification service providers, have both reported on-year revenue growth for February...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
China 12-inch fab capacity set to boom
With major China-based chipmakers set to build new 12-inch fabs, the overall 12-inch fab capacity in China is expected to peak over the next two to three years.
Tuesday 14 March 2017
SMIC to enter 7nm R&D, says CEO
China-based pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) is looking to start R&D for 7nm process technology later in 2017, according to company CEO and executive...