The market for Bluetooth chips is predicted to almost double in size from 2011 to 2017, driven by use of the wireless comms technology in smartphones and media tablets. A report entitled Bluetooth—Classic or Smart Ready from IMS ...
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US stocks started the second quarter down, pressured by disappointing manufacturing data, after the Dow industrials and S&P500 capped off the first quarter with records. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 5.69 points, or less than ...
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Renesas Electronics has appointed a new distributor in Russia. PT Electronics is based in St. Petersburg and has grown to become one of the top five electronic component distributors in the region since it was founded in 1992. Renesas ...
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By Christian Gregor Dieseldorff, director, SEMI Industry Research & Statistics, San Jose, CA USA Despite difficult times, growing demand for mobile devices (such as tablets and phones) inspires an improved outlook for chip sales in ...
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The combination of costs having fallen 50 percent in the last 18 months and the rising efficiencies of LED lamps means a boost in chip sales A number of small start-up companies have begun offering hardware and software products for smart ...
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Renesas Electronics continues to feel the pressure from the market and is predicting a larger than expected loss for the year ending March 31, in a revised financial forecast. The Japanese chip maker now forecasts a full year loss of Yen ...
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With a tough 2012 behind it, Advanced Micro Devices hopes to return to profitability this year through cost-cutting, new chips and other measures, executives said Tuesday. The moves include releasing new chips this year for laptops and ...
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Advanced Micro Devices' financial struggles continued in the fourth quarter, with revenue sinking 32 percent due to slow chip sales and charges tied to restructuring and inventory adjustments. AMD reported revenue of US$1.16 billion for ...
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Toumaz has said in a trading update for the year ended 31 December 2012 that EBITDA loss will be in the region of £10.9m compared with a loss of £6.1min 2011. "The increase in costs resulted from increased investment in new ...
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Samsung Electronics said its operating profit nearly doubled in the fourth quarter,on strong sales of high-end smartphones and the growth of its processor business for mobile devices. The world's largest handset,memory chip and TV maker ...
IDG News Service - Weak economies in the U.S. and Europe together with a slowdown in manufacturing in China hurt semiconductor sales during the second quarter this year, and the market will deteriorate further in the coming quarters as ...
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Europe's top digital commissioner has called for an "Airbus for chips" to boost the bloc's microelectronics sector. Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes said on Tuesday that if the European Union wants to be a global player in chip ...
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The worldwide chip market dropped from being labeled "stagnant" to "in a slump" this year, with one analyst firm downgrading its forecast to a level that puts the entire year in a decline. IHS iSuppli announced Monday that it is ...
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IDG News Service - Following Intel's lead, contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), is investing A!838 million (US$1 billion) in Netherlands tools maker ASML to speed up the development of faster and more ...
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Qualcomm saw a double-digit increase in sales this year and is now the world's third-largest chip maker, according to research firm IHS iSuppli. With a 27.2% growth in semiconductor revenue, Qualcomm is booming while seven of the top 10 ...
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