The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) exceeded US$6.4 billion in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2015, an increase of 3.2% on year and a healthy increase of 5.1% on quarter. For full-year 2015, the market increased 1.9% over ...
Tags: Ethernet Switch, Router
South Africa has renewed imports of US chicken, beef and pork products, bringing an end to a 15-year trade dispute with the country. The South African government concluded months of discussions over 'the three meats' with the US, under ...
Tags: South Africa, AGOA, US Poultry Imports
LED device maker Lite-On Technology, LED lighting maker Laster Tech as well as LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers Epistar and Genesis Photonics have stepped into automotive LED lighting, according to industry sources. Lite-On Technology, ...
According to figures published by IDC, in the fourth quarter of 2015 over 14 million tablets were shipped to Western Europe as the market volume declined 10.1% on year. In value terms, however, the decline was only 1.8% on year, thanks to ...
Tags: Tablets, iPad volumes
AMD is losing market share to Nvidia in the discrete GPU market while falling further behind Intel in the PC processor field. AMD is likely to suffer from a record low share of both markets in the first quarter of 2016, according to ...
Tags: AMD Market, GPU market
The Apple Watch just pushed smartwatch sales above those of Swiss watches for the first ever time. Apple has kept mysteriously quiet when it comes to the sales performance of its first-generation Apple Watch, leading some to speculate ...
Tags: Apple Watch, Smartwatch, Swiss Watches
Global food commodities trader Bunge still intends to complete the delivery of a rejected French wheat cargo to Egypt even as it has begun legal proceedings against the latter's grain importing authority. Bunge has initiated the legal ...
China's camera drone market is still in early stages of development, with the competitive landscape still taking shape. A total of 40,000 camera drones were shipped in China during the third quarter of 2015, and IDC expects shipments to ...
Tags: camera drone, HD cameras
Worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) shipments totaled 68.5 million units in 2015, representing a decline of 9.2% from a year ago, according to the IDC Worldwide Personal and Entry-Level Storage Tracker. Annual shipment values ...
Tags: PELS Market, entry-level storage
While there are concerns about overcapacity for metal-alloy chassis on the possibility that iPhone shipments in 2016 will slip on year, global demand, especially for aluminum-alloy chassis, will continue growing over the next 3-5 years, ...
Tags: aluminum-alloy, Alloy
For fiscal second-quarter 2016 (to 26 December), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $94.1m (slightly above the $88-94m guidance). This is up ...
Tags: Oclaro, Wireless sales
Shipments of smartphones in China grew 11.5% sequentially to 119 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, buoyed by an increase of 54.5 million new 4G/3G service subscribers due to preferential packages launched by China Mobile, ...
Tags: Smartphone, Huawei, Lenovo
LightCounting has released a report 'Market Opportunity for Optical Integration Technologies, Including Silicon Photonics' giving an analysis of the potential impact of integration technologies on the market for optical transceiver module ...
Despite the holiday season, worldwide tablet shipments declined 13.7% on year to 65.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to IDC. Total tablet shipments for 2015 were 206.8 million units, down 10.1% on year. Despite ...
Tags: tablet shipments, tablet
Due to a shortage in global supply of silver powder arising from an accident at Japan-based Dowa Hightech's factory in early January 2016, some PV silver paste maker have increased quotes by about 10% and others may follow suit after the ...
Tags: silver powder, solar cell