The shipment performances of Smartphones, Tablets, and Notebooks were relatively weak in the first quarter due to seasonality, according to DRAMeXchange, the memory and storage research division of TrendForce. As a result of the entire NAND Flash market’s oversupply in 1Q 2014, the branded suppliers’ Q1 revenues saw a 6.6% drop compared to the previous quarter, and slid to approximately US$ 7,244 million.
Demand in the China’s Distributed PV market continues to increase, which caused manufacturers to come up with solutions in response to the trend. From the 8th SNEC Exhibition, which ended last week, we can see that PV service integration has become the strategic focus for Chinese manufacturers.