
Motherboard shipments may drop over 10 percent this year
But AMD-Intel price war may save vendors from supply chain issues
With the global decline in PC shipments finally showing signs of slowing, motherboard vendors are expecting to see a correlated slowing of overall volume in 2017, with some estimates hovering near 10 percent from last year.

LeEco decides not to acquire Vizio
Companies expected to maintain a collaborative relationship
In a matter proceeding from the result of “regulatory headwinds” by Chinese regulators, LeEco has announced that it no longer intends to buy Irvine-based Vizio.

Chinese cyber gang targets UK firms
Global hacking operation
A Chinese cyber gang has been hitting UK firms as part of a "systematic" global cyber espionage campaign.

Samsung butters up Chinese market
China's Galaxy S8 smartphone has a bigger memory
Samsung Electronics is buttering up the Chinese market by offering a dedicated version of its new Galaxy S8 smartphone with a bigger memory.

Nearly a fifth of Chinese smartphones are fake
And a quarter of video game consoles
If you are fond of buying cheap smartphones and games consoles from China then you should be aware that a big chunk of them are fake.

Chinese robot revolution has a few problems
Too much cash invested in the lower end
China is widely expected to take the lead in robotic industry, but Digitimes Research thinks that it might have a few problems to overcome first.

Apple wins in Beijing in iPhone patent case
Shenzhen company plans to appeal
Over the weekend, a Beijing court overturned a local intellectual property bureau’s ruling that Apple had violated a defunct Shenzhen company’s patented design with the iPhone 6. The ruling is the latest indicates that Chinese courts will not always rule in favor of its home markets.

US falling behind in supercomputer stakes
Scientists fear America not really that great any more
Advanced computing experts at the National Security Agency and the Department of Energy are worried that that China is "extremely likely" to take the leadership in supercomputing as early as 2020.

Oppo is the new leader in China
Beating Huawei, Apple and Xiaomi
Oppo managed a small miracle in 2016. The company achieved 122.2 Year over a Year growth increasing its market share from last year’s 8.2 percent to 16.8 percent, according to IDC beancounters.

China expands AMOLED production
Because you can never have enough moles
China seems to expanding its AMOLED capacity, according to Digitimes Research.