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Wednesday 30 April 2014
Graphics card vendors look to 10-20% sequential drops in 2Q14 shipments
Most graphics card vendors are expected to see shipments slip 10-20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2014 due to high inventory levels in retail channels, weak demand in China,...
Wednesday 30 April 2014
PV system installation in China may surge in 2H14, say Taiwan makers
There is likely to be concentration of PV systems installed around China due to government-offered feed-in tariff subsidies in the second half of 2014, and consequently Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 30 April 2014
China March mobile phone user base up to 1.248 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.248 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of March 2014, growing 0.7% on month and 8.96% on year. 445.02 million (35.65%) were 3G...
Tuesday 29 April 2014
PV systems installed in China in 2013 total 12.92GWp in capacity, says NEA
PV systems installed in China in 2013 had a total power-generating capacity of 12.92GWp, consisting of 12.12GWp (95.81%) ground-mounted PV stations and 800MWp (6.19%) distributed...
Tuesday 29 April 2014
Notebook makers brace for minimum wage hike in eastern China
The minimum wage in Jiangsu Province, eastern China, is expected to hike by 14.86% from CNY1,480 (US$239) currently to CNY1,700 in July 2014, which will affect Taiwan-based notebook...
Monday 28 April 2014
TV sales in China decline 10.5% in 1Q14, says AVC
TV sales in China reached 10.9 million units in the first quarter of 2014, down 10.5% on year, according to findings from research firm AVC. The sales represented CNY$36.6 billion...
Friday 25 April 2014
Lenovo to start dual-brand smartphone marketing
Lenovo will adopt dual-brand marketing for smartphones in 2014, using the Motorola brand to sell mid-range to high-end models in the US and Western Europe, and selling entry-level...
Friday 25 April 2014
Tesla seeing short production capacity, say Taiwan makers
US-based electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors has seen production capacity fall far short of its fast growing global demand, and a feasible solution is to set up production lines in...
Friday 25 April 2014
Taiwan IC design houses see booming orders from China smartphone vendors
China-based smartphone vendors have been increasing their purchases of IC parts, including application processors, LCD driver ICs, touchscreen controller ICs, analog ICs and ambient...
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Panel supply chain expects performance to increase in 2Q14
The panel supply chain expects performance to increase in the second quarter of 2014, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 23 April 2014
China market: Tesla plans to deploy PV-based power charging network
US-based electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors plans to set up a network of PV-based power charging stations in China, news.cnyes.com cited company CEO Elon Musk as indicati...
Wednesday 23 April 2014
China Mobile 1Q14 profitability down on year
China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, on April 22 released its financial report for the first quarter of 2014, with EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation,...
Wednesday 23 April 2014
China white-box tablet prices expected to drop in 2014
Pricing for white-box tablet products in China are likely to drop during 2014 as demand is expected to decrease while competition intensifies, according to China-based supply chain...
Tuesday 22 April 2014
Taiwan market: China solar-grade wafer makers competing with local makers
China-based solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer makers have shifted to tap the Taiwan market where demand from crystalline silicon solar cell makers has remained strong, according...
Tuesday 22 April 2014
Intel looking to tap entry-level tablet market with Bay Trail-Entry
In an attempt to tap China and other emerging markets for Android entry-level tablets, Intel will launch Bay Trail-Entry, a CPU platform specifically for use in entry-level tablets...