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Tuesday 26 March 2013
Suntech: Bailout or fade out?
While the debate and the mystery regarding a possible bailout of China's solar giant Suntech is still going on, the latest news is that the founder and the CEO of Suntech reportedly...
Monday 25 March 2013
Digitimes Research: Toshiba, Sony see semiconductor revenues grow; Renesas struggles to make profits
Due to rising prices of NAND flash in the third quarter of 2012, Japan-based semiconductor firm Toshiba has reported fourth-quarter 2012 revenues of its semiconductor business unit...
Monday 25 March 2013
Digitimes Research: Japan 2013 solar installations to reach over 3GW
The Japan government continues to promote the use of renewable energy and lower the percentage of electricity generated from nuclear power. In July 2012, the government announced...
Friday 22 March 2013
FTDI solution integrates display, audio and touch
While a majority of the total touch panel shipments is still taken up by the mobile phone sector at present, those shipped to other applications are on the rise. Fabless firm FTDI...
Thursday 21 March 2013
Galaxy S4 to extend Samsung lead in 2013 handset market, says IHS
Samsung will extend its mobile handset market share lead over its nearest competitor to 11 percentage points in 2013, thanks to the launch of its latest Galaxy S handset, IHS iSuppli...
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Panasonic in talks to sell its handset business, says Japan press
Panasonic is mulling plans to sell its mobile phone business, the Sankei...
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Do quantom dot displays pose challenges for OLED?
As OLED has been consistently facing mass production issues for applications on large-size displays such as TV panels, and is expected to have high production costs for at least a...
Monday 18 March 2013
Incredible: Suntech fails to pay back loans but share price increases by 4%
There is a Chinese saying: observing flowers in the fog. It simply means people aren't seeing things clearly. This is how I feel about the recent events unfolding at Suntech, a China-based...
Friday 15 March 2013
Commentary: The rise and the possible fall of Suntech
Suntech Power Holdings, a China-based solar module giant, said on March 11, 2013, that it has signed a forbearance agreement with the holders of more than 60% of the firm's 3% convertible...
Friday 15 March 2013
Phablet: The paradigm shift
Looking at the "phablet" - the hybrid of, or a bridge between, a phone and tablet - I can't help but think of the colossal military-walkie-talkie-looking first-generation...
Friday 15 March 2013
White-box beating first-tier, who would have thought?
It may be an unthinkable scenario in the past, but the fact that China-based white-box ARM chipmakers are gradually winning their way into the first-tier market, has started to change...
Thursday 14 March 2013
Flexible displays unlikely to hit markets in 2013
Flexible OLED displays, which are bendable and extremely light and thin screens, are starting to be researched and developed more in depth. These paper-like devices are expected to...
Wednesday 13 March 2013
Nuclear power plants: My neighbours
Well, I don't live next door to nuclear power plants, but I live close enough to two. If they go wrong, I will definitely have to flee.
Monday 11 March 2013
On site: Anti-nuclear power protest in Taiwan
On March 9, 2013, more than 100,000 people across Taiwan took to the streets protesting against the government's plan to continue a controversial project to build the country's fourth...
Friday 8 March 2013
Checking in: Newlans looks to simplify front end RF modules
Newlans COO Divi Gupta and his small entourage recently stopped by the Digitimes office to talk up the company's reconfigurable CMOS analog designs targeting ultra-broadband handsets...