Together they consumed $45.3bn of semiconductors during the year Samsung has overtaken Apple by becoming the top global semiconductor consumer in 2012, according to a new report from Gartner. Gartner's design total available market ...
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Whether for entertainment, convenience, or enhancing productivity, media tablets continue to take the market by storm. According to market intelligence firm ABI Research, an estimated 145 million tablet devices will ship worldwide in 2013. ...
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Unit shipments of PC microprocessors to rise 3.2%. Worldwide revenues for microprocessors designed for mobile PCs, desktop PCs, and PC servers are expected to increase by 1.6% to $40.7bn in 2013, according to a new forecast report from ...
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Analyst firm says vendors missed the potential excitement of touch Analyst firm Gartner says that the launch of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system had little effect on PC shipments in the fourth quarter. The firm's analysts said that, ...
Japan's Sharp is seeking an investment from U.S. chip giant Intel and other companies. A day after Kyodo News, Japan's largest news agency, reported that Sharp is in final negotiations for Intel to invest up to $500 million, the Japanese ...
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Advanced Micro Devices has cut orders to contract chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries, expecting a "choppy demand environment" in the next few quarters. The company said Thursday it has amended its wafer-supply agreement to cut its purchase ...
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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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Worldwide ultrabook shipments are falling short -- way short-- of expectations, according to a report released Monday. IHS iSuppli, in a forecast earlier this year, said 22 million ultrabooks would be sold this year. However, the analyst ...
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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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Despite Intel's claim that 40 percent of all laptops sold this year would be ultrabooks the most popular, mid-tange priced ultra-portable notebook today is Apple's MacBook Air. Intel defines an ultrabook as an ultra-portable computer ...
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Analysts are sounding a proverbial death knell for e-readers,which have declined 36%in 2012 as buyers turned instead to multi-use tablets. Both IHS Suppli and IDC recently issued dire warnings,if not obituaries,for e-readers.IHS said ...
Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system and next-generation smartphones launch later this year will accelerate semiconductor revenue growth in 2013 and beyond Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to grow by 4.6% in 2012 to $315bn ...
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Intel retained the market leadership in terms of revenues Worldwide semiconductor industry achieved a slower growth in 2011 when compared to 2010 primarily due to the macroeconomic uncertainties in the US and Europe, the earthquake and ...
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Power management semiconductor market to rise 9.7% during Q2 The global power management semiconductor market is expected to report 9.7% rise during the second quarter of 2012 (2Q12) to $7.9bn when compared to $7.2bn during the first ...
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India semiconductor revenue is expected to reach at $9.2bn by 2012, growing at 20% since 2012, according to a report by Gartner. According to the market research firm, India is the fastest growing market in terms of semiconductor ...