Skyworks Solutions has recently introduced several new backlight LED drivers supporting next-generation smartphones and tablets that are multi-channel products tailored to support display panels ranging in size from 4- to 12- inch, and can ...
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Apple may introduce the new iPad mini with resolution of 2,048 by 1536, and that would increase the device's production cost by more than US$12/unit. If the prices and specifications of all other components stay the same, the new iPad mini ...
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Apple and Samsung Electronics will be top OEM semiconductor spenders for wireless communications. The growth of handsets, tablets and wireless infrastructure will drive global OEM purchasing of semiconductors to $280bn in 2013, up6.2% ...
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IDG News Service - Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC will release phones with screens larger than 5 inches, and develop more budget-friendly handsets for the Chinese market, its chief financial officer said Monday. "We will not limit ...
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Computerworld - Booming sales of tablets, smartphones and solid-state drives (SSDs) are taking a toll on hard-disk drive (HDD) sales, revenue from which is expected to drop by about 12% this year. According to a market report from ...
Apple today doubled the maximum storage space of its fourth-generation iPad to 128GB, and announced it would start selling the new tablet next week. The Wi-Fi-only 128GB iPad will cost $799, while the cellular-enabled model will run $929. ...
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Global installations of photovoltaic (PV) systems are set to rise again this year, but the industry will suffer a decline in overall revenues because of a slowing growth rate and decreasing system prices. That’s the latest ...
For every person using 4G LTE now, there will be at least one more subscriber by the end of this year, IHS iSuppli says. The number of users on LTE services will slightly more than double in 2013, growing by 115% to 198.1 million people ...
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IHS iSuppli said on Tuesday that the number of 4G LTE users will at least double by the end of 2013, growing by 115% to 198.1 million people worldwide. At the end of 2012, there were 92.3 million subscribers, iSuppli said. Many ...
Apple may be able to build a cut-rate iPhone for $144, which would let it price the device between $299 and $349, hundreds less than the unsubsidized price tag of its flagship smartphone, an analyst said today. A lower-cost iPhone would ...
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Shipments of smartphones with screens 5 inches or larger will more than double this year, as consumers are increasingly attracted to the large screen sizes offered by the phones, according to a prediction from IHS iSuppli. The company ...
Kionix, Inc., a leading supplier of MEMS inertial sensors and software solutions, today announced the KMX61G -- a high performance accelerometer-magnetometer sensor with industry-leading sensor fusion software that delivers the world's ...
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Computerworld - Apple today boasted that its iOS App Store has passed the 40-billion-download mark, and posted a record two billion downloads last month alone. Apple's December number bolsters the notion that across-the-board app ...
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Final online usage numbers for 2012 released Tuesday confirmed that Windows 8 failed to match Windows Vista's uptake pace during its first two months. Preliminary numbers from Net Applications last week indicated that Windows 8 would end ...
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Computerworld-Notebook computers equipped with hard disk drives won't face a significant threat this year from those with solid-state drives(SSDs),according to a report issued by IHS iSuppli. SSD-based notebook PCs like Apple's MacBook ...
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