On December 1, the chipmaking subsidiaries of Chinese parent companies Ninestar and Hubei Dinglong—Geehy Microelectronics and Chipjet Technology, respectively—each separately announced new chip releases for the month of November. Geehy launched chips for Ricoh, UTAX, Fujifilm, and Kyocera devices sold in various regions. Chipjet introduced new replacement chips for Brother and Epson printer models sold
