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Friday 7 February 2014
Digitimes Research: China smartphone shipments to decline slightly in 1Q14
China-based handset companies are expected to see their shipments of smartphones decline lightly in the first quarter of 2014, after combined shipments posted a 13% sequential growth...
Friday 7 February 2014
China to account for more than 70% of FPD equipment spending over next 2 years, says DisplaySearch
According to DisplaySearch, the vast majority of spending on flat panel display manufacturing equipment to expand production capacity is occurring in China, and the trend is likely...
Friday 7 February 2014
Catcher Technology to expand capacity in China
Taiwan-based metal-alloy chassis maker Catcher Technology will invest CNY496.54 million (US$82.1 million) to expand the production capacity at its two factories in eastern China,...
Thursday 6 February 2014
China December mobile phone user base growing to nearly 1.23 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.229 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of December 2013, growing by 0.48% on month and by 10.42% on year, and 401.61 million...
Thursday 6 February 2014
Commentary: Is COS a genuine home-grown platform or a copycat?
China has unveiled a home-grown operating system, the China Operating System (COS), for use in smartphones, tablets, set-top boxes (STBs) and other types of smart devices, claiming...
Wednesday 5 February 2014
CSOT acting CEO may leave company in February
China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) acting CEO Chen Liyi , who has been largely responsible for bringing Taiwan engineering talent to China, may withdraw from the company...
Wednesday 29 January 2014
Spreadtrum launches single-core smartphone platform for WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and EDGE
Spreadtrum Communications has introduced its next-generation single-core smartphone platform for WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and EDGE, which integrates a Cortex-A7 CPU running at speeds up to...
Wednesday 29 January 2014
Digitimes Research: China handset vendors to rely on local AMOLED panel production from 2016
On December 17, 2013, China-based touch panel maker Truly Optoelectronics announced that it had entered a joint venture with the Huizhou City Government to invest in a 4.5G AMOLED...
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Altek to launch Cubic smartphone attachable lens-style camera in China
Digital camera ODM Altek launched the Altek Cubic, an attachable lens-style camera for smartphones or tablets, in the Taiwan market in late December 2013 and is poised to launch the...
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Supply chains see increased orders for 4G smartphones in China
Panel and touch panel makers are seeing increased orders from China-based handset vendors as the vendors plan to release new large-size high-resolution 4G smartphones in 2014.
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Tablet processor market to rise 23% in 2014, says IHS
Strong growth in the processor market for tablet devices this year and beyond will draw increasing competition from suppliers eager to throw their hat into the ring, including the...
Monday 27 January 2014
AUO to focus on product differentiation strategies amid competition from China, says company president
As rumors are spreading that China's government will increase LCD tariffs from 5% to 8% in 2014 coupled with expected pressure from production capacity expansion on China panel makers'...
Monday 27 January 2014
China polysilicon makers plan to increase spot prices in February
Spot market prices for polysilicon have risen to US$20/kg currently and some China-based makers, in view of strong demand in the China market, plan to further hike quotes by 10% to...
Monday 27 January 2014
China market: Prices of octa-core smartphones drifting below CNY1,000
The battle for the entry-level smartphone segment in China is intensifying, and Coolpad with releasing an octa-core model priced below CNY1,000 (US$165), according to industry sour...
Monday 27 January 2014
SMIC readies 28nm chip production
Semiconductor Manufacturing International's (SMIC) 28nm technology has been process frozen, and the company has successfully entered the multi project wafer (MPW) stage to support...