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Wednesday 2 March 2016
Digitimes Research: China panel makers striving to develop flexible AMOLED
Viewing that Samsung Display and LG Display have started volume production of flexible AMOLED panels for use in smartphones and other mobile devices, China-based panel makers BOE...
Wednesday 2 March 2016
FocalTech looks to double-digit revenue growth in 2016
Despite China's saturated smartphone market, FocalTech Systems is looking to post a double-digit revenue increase in 2016, according to company chairman Genda Hu.
Friday 26 February 2016
China market: Xiaomi launches Mi 5 and Mi 4S
Xiaomi Technology has unveiled two smartphones, the Xiaomi Mi 5 and Mi 4S, in Beijing as its latest efforts to fend off increasing competition from local rivals, such as Huawei, Coolpad...
Friday 26 February 2016
China market: TCL launches VR-enabled smartphone, 2-in-1 tablet
TCL has unveiled two smartphones under its idol 4-family, as well as a 2-in-1 tablet, the Plus 10, under the Alcatel brand, to enhance its competitiveness in the smartphone and tablet...
Thursday 25 February 2016
China, Taiwan IC firms ramp 16nm chip orders at TSMC
China- and Taiwan-based IC design houses including MediaTek, HiSilicon Technologies and Spreadtrum Communications have placed 16nm chip orders with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Wednesday 24 February 2016
China firm terminates investment plan in Western Digital
Western Digital has disclosed its agreement with Unisplendour (Unis), and Unis Union Information System (Unis Union), a subsidiary of Unis that agreed to make a US$3.775 billion equity...
Wednesday 24 February 2016
PV installations on farmland in China in dispute
Establishing PV power-generating stations or distributed PV systems on farmland is important towards China's aims to boosting PV power generation in its 13th Five-year Development...
Wednesday 24 February 2016
AUO to start production at 6G LTPS line in China in 3Q16
TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) is setting up a 6G LTPS TFT-LCD plant in Kunshan, eastern China, and will kick off first-phase production at the end of third-quarter 2016,...
Monday 22 February 2016
China market: Asustek, Gigabyte to hike motherboard prices
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology will increase motherboard retail prices in the China market in February to cope with potential foreign exchange losses arising from large...
Friday 19 February 2016
China market: Huawei to dethrone Xiaomi as top smartphone vendor in home market in 2016
Huawei may dethrone Xiaomi Technology to become the largest smartphone vendor in the China mamrket in 2016 optimizing its improved brand image and the release of an array of new models,...
Friday 19 February 2016
Utilization rates rise at 8-inch fabs in China and Taiwan
Capacity utilization rates at 8-inch fabs in China and Taiwan have risen sharply since the first quarter of 2016 thanks mainly to a pull-in of orders for fingerprint sensors and large-size...
Friday 19 February 2016
Qualcomm and Lenovo sign 3G/4G patent license agreement
Qualcomm and Lenovo have announced that they have entered into a new 3G and 4G patent license agreement for China, which covers devices marketed by both Motorola and Lenovo.
Thursday 18 February 2016
Asustek lowers 2016 target global smartphone shipments
Asustek Computer originally set target shipments of 30 million ZenFone-series smartphones to all markets except China in 2016, but at a February 17 investors conference, it downward...
Thursday 18 February 2016
China market: Xiaomi falls out of top-2 smartphone vendors in 4Q15
Xiaomi fell out of the top-2 smartphone vendors in China in the fourth quarter of 2015, but remained the region's top smartphone vendor in all of the year.
Tuesday 16 February 2016
Earthquake-damaged Innolux fab may lose Huawei panel orders
Disrupted production at Taiwan-based Innolux's earthquake-damaged 5G L5 fab is likely to see smartphone vendor Huawei Device shift orders to China-based panel suppliers BOE Technology...