China Economic ReviewKonka Group said that booming sales of its mobile phone handsets had contributed Yn22.5m to its first-half profit of Yn24.3m, after the company made a Yn191m loss for the first half of 2001. Konka, China's second largest maker of television sets, said that mobiles phones had become its second core business and a new driver […]
Texas Instruments, the world's top supplier of microchips for mobile phones, is close to reaching agreement with Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp on the joint manufacturing of chips, Reuters said. Under the proposed deal, SMIC would take chips partly produced by Texas Instruments and apply copper circuitry to their transistors, which would be built with 130-nanometre […]
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has begun construction of a US$1bn chip plant in China before getting permission from its own government, the Financial Times said. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with Songjiang Industrial Park near Shanghai and officials began construction of the plant in August. An official at the Taiwan investment commission confirmed that […]
Electronics giants Sony, Philips and Pioneer have reached agreement with the Chinese Audio Industry Association for the use of technology in Chinese-made DVD players, Reuters reported. Philips, which had been entrusted by the other two with handling negotiations, said the deal was expected to be put into a formal licensing agreement within a few months. […]
Monitor maker TPV Technology plans to invest US$15m-US$20m to build a new flatscreen monitor manufacturing plant in Fujian province, South China Morning Post said. Construction of the new plant, which would add 5m-6m units to total production capacity, would start within three months and was expected to be complete in 2004. TPV, which is jointly […]