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MediaTek Predicts 20% Revenue Decrease in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

MediaTek has announced it will expect a 20% drop in revenue in the first quarter of 2018, describing the current smartphone market in China as “sluggish”. The company projected first-quarter revenue of NT$48.3 billion …

Chinese Boost OLED Plans

by Bob Raikes

The ET News in Korea summarised the latest plans of Chinese OLED makers which are being accelerated. BOE is moving its phase 2 B11 line from Q4 2019 to Q3 2018 and will order …

Canalys: China’s Eight Years of Consecutive Smartphone Growth Comes to an End

by Andrew Fenn

China’s smartphone market suffered its first-ever annual decline, with shipments down by 4% from 2016 to 459 million units in 2017. This drop was partly due to China having one of its worst year-on-year …

Tags:China| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Chinese Gaming Market Growing Well

by Bob Raikes

Data from Sigmaintell, quoted in the Taiwanese press, forecasts that gaming monitor shipments in China will be 1.07 million units in 2018, up from just 450,000 in 2017. TPV was the biggest supplier, followed …

Tags:China| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04

KDX Builds Alliance for 3D

by Chris Chinnock

KDX Group is a leading Chinese brand which has been developing and promoting glasses-free 3D displays and products for some time. They bought glasses-free 3D specialist Dimenco several years ago. (Dimenco Acquired by KDX) …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| CES 2018 TV| China| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Royole Developing Platform and Products

by Bob Raikes

Royole Corporation had a few technical difficulties at the start of its press event, but eventually got started with Michael Williams who looks after marketing. He started by explaining that the company is around …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Gionee Hits Financial Troubles

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei has reported that following on from the problems at LeEco (LeEco Still Struggling to Survive), smaller smartphone suppliers in China are also in some trouble and has highlighted Gionee as being in …

Tags:China| Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 04

BOE Exempt from Repaying $984 Million Loan

by Andrew Fenn

There are unconfirmed reports coming out of Taiwan that China-based panel maker BOE Technology has been exempted from repaying a CNY6.3 billion loan ($984 million) by the local government in Fuzhou, China. The loan …

CSOT Completes G6 LTPS Plant

by Bob Raikes

CSOT is reported to have completed its T4 G6 LTPS OLED factory, which was built starting June 2017 and which is ready four months ahead of schedule. The capacity once fully operating is estimated …

Asustek To Invest in Chinese eSports

by Bob Raikes

Unconfirmed Taiwanese sources report that Asustek is to spend $16 million to set up a subsidiary in China to exploit the eSports opportunity in the region. Activities will include setting up an eSport team, …

Global TV Foundries ‘Work their Socks Off”

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell Research of China reported the results from Chinese and Taiwanese ‘TV Foundries’ for November. The total reached 9.02 million, up 19.2% compared with last year as they and their clients ‘worked their socks …

LGD Gets Approval For China G8.5

by Bob Raikes

As expected, the Korean Government has approved the plan by LG Display (Korean Government to Formally Approve LGD China Plan). This will be the first time that a Korean company has built a production …