- Firich trialling low-cost POS in the US, Japan and China
Taiwan-based POS device maker Firich Enterprise is trialling low-cost POS products with potential clients in the US, Japan and China, according to the company.
- Live from Beijing China: Community to Launch NetBeans 6.5 IDE at Sun Tech Days Conference
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and the NetBeans community today announced the imminent release of the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) 6.5. This release provides an intuitive and feature-rich...
- China leads in IC consumption, despite fragile supply from local players
The production value of China's semiconductor industry grew 23% to account for more than one-third of total chip production worldwide for the first time in 2007, as the nation's huge export growth has been the key to...
- China-based TechFaith sales driven by smartphones in 3Q08
TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology, a China-based handset and handset-solution provider, has seen rising sales contribution from smartphones since the third quarter of 2008, according to industry sources....
- Sun Strengthens China's Disaster Recovery Capabilities with Powerful, Mobile Sun Modular Datacenter; Donation Benefits China National Disaster Reduction Center
Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the donation of its Sun Modular Datacenter (Sun MD) to the China National Disaster Reduction Center (CNDRC) in an effort to help the Chinese government build a...
- China semiconductor industry sees weak growth in 3Q08
A recent survey by the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) pointed out that China's semiconductor industry only saw 1.1% growth in the third quarter of 2008, the slowest rate on record. According to CSIA,...
- Optical glass processor G-Tech to expand China plant
Taiwan-based optical glass processing service provider G-Tech Optoelectronics, in which Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) owns a major stake, recently announced an additional investment of US$8.74 million in the...
- TPO to set up glass thinning plant in China
Taiwan-based small- to medium-size panel maker TPO Displays have announced plan to set up a new subsidiary in Nanjing, China for glass thinning operations, with maximum investment of US$3 million, according to a...
- Microsoft appoints ex-Motorola guy as chairman and CEO for Greater China
Microsoft has announced that Simon Leung will join Microsoft as corporate vice president, chairman and CEO of Microsoft Greater China Region (GCR).
- China market: C2C transactions top 30 billion yuan in 3Q08
C2C online auctions in the China market reached a total transaction value of 30.453 billion yuan (US$4.45 billion) during the third quarter of 2008, rising by 18.4% on quarter and 147.8% on year, according to...
- Taiwan solar industry has upper hand in the meantime, but China has better long-term potential
The solar power industry in Taiwan may be doing better than that in China in terms of technology, management and product quality for the time being, but may eventually lose the lead because makers in China have the...
- China market: Online gaming services valued at 4.76 billion yuan in 3Q08
Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated total revenues of 4.76 billion yuan (US$696 million) during the third quarter of 2008, rising by 7.5% on quarter, according to China-based consulting...
- Kingston claims almost half of China DRAM module market
Kingston Technology has expanded its presence in the DRAM module and NAND flash applications market in China. The memory-module maker has seen its market share in China rise to almost 50% in the DRAM segment, and over...
- China market: 359,000 GPS PNDs sold in 3Q08
In the China market, 359,000 GPS (global positioning system) PNDs (portable navigation devices) were sold during the third quarter of 2008, increasing 39.4% on year, according to China-based CCID Consulting.
- Microsoft PlayFX wins adoption amid top digital music player vendors in China
Microsoft began cooperating with Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics, a China-based multimedia IC design house, in 2007 in order to promote its self-developed sound enhancement solution PlayFX. As a result Fuzhou Rockchip...
- Solar cell maker Motech dismisses rumors of defaulted payments by China clients
Motech Industries, the largest Taiwan maker of crystalline silicon solar cells, has seen its stock price drop for five consecutive business days, having plunged 30.23% as of Wednesday since November 5. Market sources...
- China market: 3Q08 B2C transactions reach nearly 2.24 billion yuan
In the China market, sales transactions of B2C online shopping during the third quarter of 2008 reached a total value of 2.24 billion yuan (US$327 million), increasing by 25.6% on quarter and 88.2% on year, according...
- China mobile phone user base increased to 624.05 million in September 2008
There were 624.05 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of September 2008, growing by 1.3% on month and 19.25% on year, according to statistics published by China's Ministry of...
- Korean CMOS image sensor maker expands in China white-box handset market
Seti, a Korea-based CMOS image sensor maker, has succeeded in expanding its CMOS image sensor market share in China to 50%, according to market watchers. Seti's monthly shipments of VGA-resolution CMOS image sensors...
- China market: Digital photo frame vendors start price war
With prices of small- to medium-size TFT LCD panel dropping, Samsung Electronics and other local digital photo frame vendors have started the price war in China this month in order to clear their inventories,...
- China market: Smartphone sales expand over 12% on year in September
Volume sales of smartphones in the China market grew 12.2% on year to 2.53 million units in September 2008. Nokia, Motorola and Dopod China were the top-three branded vendors, according to data from China-based CCID...
- Elpida delays China manufacturing joint venture on DRAM market's 'unprecedented slump'
... have been hit hard by oversupply and weak ASP (average selling price) market conditions. Qimonda in October announced it would and exit 200-mm manufacturing. Qimonda also announced it would ...
- China market: IM accounts rise to 463 million by end of 3Q08
In the China market of instant messenger (IM) services, the number of active accounts increased to 463 million as of the end of the third quarter of 2008, rising by 8.7% on quarter and 19.3% on year, according to...
- China provides over US$600 million in outsourced software in 3Q
China-based companies generated total revenues of 4.53 billion yuan (US$662 million) from developing software for international clients during the third quarter of 2008, representing an increase of 8.8% on quarter and...
- Thin-film solar module makers in Taiwan and China face difficulty reaching economies of scale
Taiwan and China-based thin-film module makers are enjoying a steady stream of potential orders and stable prices, but the tasks of technologically attaining a sufficient economy of scale in production and raising...
- Global and white-box netbook vendors facing difficulty entering the China market
Global first-tier vendors are being met with stiff competition in the China market as local brands, such as Hasee, have launched netbook products with similar specifications, but lower prices.
- China market: nearly 40 million digital cable TV users at end of 3Q
There were 39.73 million subscribers of digital cable TV service in China as of the end of the third quarter of 2008, growing by 9.5% on quarter and by 88.1% on year, according to China-based consulting company...
- China market: Online advertising reaches 3.3 billion yuan in value
Providers of on-line advertising services in the China market generated total revenues of an estimated 3.344 billion yuan (US$489 million) during the third quarter of 2008, according to China-based consulting company...
- Himax targets china white-box handst market with mobile LCOS projectors
The news that Taiwan LCD driver maker Himax has linked up with Wingtech, a China-based white-box handset maker and the country's largest handset solution provider, to develop mobile devices that feature an LCOS mobile...
- MediaTek to crack down on gray market trading in China
In order to curb the effects of gray market trading in China on handset orders, MediaTek is reportedly implementing new restrictions for its downstream distributors, according to industry sources.
- Taiwan-based IC distributor Edom becomes major supplier for biggest China handset ODM WingTech
Taiwan-based IC distributor Edom Technology has become a major supplier of components for WingTech Group, the biggest handset ODM in China, according to Edom.
- China market: IPTV user-base increased over 27% in 3Q08
There were 2.173 million subscribers of IPTV services in the China market at the end of the third quarter of 2008, growing by 465,000 or 27.2% on quarter and by 158.7% on year, according to China-based consulting...
- China market: B2B trade valued at almost 1.3 billion yuan in 3Q08
In the China market, B2B e-commerce services generated a total transaction value of 1.299 billion yuan (US$190 million) during the third quarter of 2008, growing by 5.8% on quarter and by 20.9% on year, according to...
- China export companies bad debt ratio a worry for Taiwan IC distributors
According to official reports from the China government, the average bad debt ratio seen by China-based export enterprises has reached 3.3%, totaling over US$3.28 billion. Concern about a possible wave of bankruptcy...
- Compal puts China investments on hold, will slow capacity expansion in Vietnam
With notebook maker Compal Electronics taking a more conservative view of its shipment target for 2009, the company has indicated that it will forego all of its capacity expansion plans in China in 2009 and instead...
- Passive component players seek to reduce burden of China workforce
Japan-based leading passive component maker TDK is planning to cut about one-third of its workforce in China, according to market sources, meanwhile Taiwan-based Yageo and Cyntec have opted to take other measures to...
- Amtran to move its LCD monitor production to China
Taiwan-based Amtran Technology, one of Top-3 branded LCD TV vendors in North America is going to transfer its LCD monitor production from its Hukou, Hsinchu County factory to its subsidiary in Suzhou China. The...
- BenQ provides status update for its product sales in China
While running down the status of BenQ's business status by product line in the China market, Hank Horng, president of BenQ China noted that the company estimates that its revenues from China may reach RMB3.5 billion...
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