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Ultrabooks expected to drive growth of cache SSDs
Ultrabooks expected to drive growth of cache SSDs
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Shipments of cache solid state drives (SSDs)—NAND flash drives that must run alongside a separate hard drive—are projected to soar…
PwC sees China growth despite IP fears
PwC sees China growth despite IP fears
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Some companies are still standing on the sidelines of growth opportunities as China expands its domestic market and technical clout,…
EDA sales continued double-digit boom
EDA sales continued double-digit boom
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The EDA Consortium (EDAC) Market Statistics Service (MSS) has announced that electronic design automation (EDA) industry revenue increased 18.1 percent…
AMOLED display revenue to surge 169% Y/Y in 2011 from smart phone adoption according to NPD DisplaySearch
AMOLED display revenue to surge 169% Y/Y in 2011 from smart phone adoption according to NPD DisplaySearch
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The year 2011 was pivotal for OLED (organic light-emitting diode) displays, particularly AMOLED (active matrix OLED) displays. With strong growth…

Mindspeed leaps into femtocell market with Picochip buy
Mindspeed leaps into femtocell market with Picochip buy
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Femtocell chip designer Picochip has been bought by US company Mindspeed Technologies for $51.8m with a potential $25m earnout to move into the market for small basestations in the home.
Half a million TD-LTE base stations will be deployed by 2016, says ABI Research
Half a million TD-LTE base stations will be deployed by 2016, says ABI Research
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“It was only two years ago that nearly every WiMAX operator, including operators with unpaired TDD frequency spectrum, were planning to deploy WiMAX 2,” says Aditya Kaul, practice director, mobile…
TD-LTE base stations deployed by 2016 to reach half a million
TD-LTE base stations deployed by 2016 to reach half a million
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“It was only two years ago that nearly every WiMAX operator, including operators with unpaired TDD frequency spectrum, were planning to deploy WiMAX 2,” says Aditya Kaul, practice director, mobile…
Global telecommunications revenue to reach $2.7 trillion by 2017
Global telecommunications revenue to reach $2.7 trillion by 2017
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The global telecommunications industry continues to expand as spending by consumers and businesses for wireless services fuels industry revenue growth, says the latest market analysis report from The Insight Research…
LCD TV Shipment growth to improve in 2012, driven by 40” and larger sizes
LCD TV Shipment growth to improve in 2012, driven by 40” and larger sizes
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Consumer demand for TVs has been softer than expected in 2011, but showing signs of improvement late in the year. However, inventory pressure plagued the industry through much of early…
Global semiconductor sales look to long term growth after near term challenges
Global semiconductor sales look to long term growth after near term challenges
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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has announced worldwide sales of semiconductors were $25.1 billion for the month of November 2011, a decrease of 2.4 percent from the prior month when…
3D TV gaining momentum in Western Europe and China, declining in North America
3D TV gaining momentum in Western Europe and China, declining in North America
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Consumer behavior and TV set maker strategies are resulting in widely diverging TV product ranges across the world. While the industry is truly global, regional differences are increasing. For 3D,…
Projected capacitive touch screens now mainstream in mobile devices
Projected capacitive touch screens now mainstream in mobile devices
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According to the December 2011 update of the NPD DisplaySearch Touch Panel Market Analysis, growing popularity of projected capacitive touch among mobile phone brands is propelling the technology into the…
Chip sales for smart meters set to double
Chip sales for smart meters set to double
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Sales of semiconductors used in smart electricity meters are projected to grow to $1.1 billion in 2016 from $505.6 million in 2011, due to rapid growth expected for the devices,…
Solar PV companies shift focus to profitability gains in 2012
Solar PV companies shift focus to profitability gains in 2012
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Financial challenges are forcing solar photovoltaic (PV) companies to prioritize a return to profitability and shift focus from seeking market share, finds NPD Solarbuzz’s latest Solarbuzz Quarterly report. The market…
40 percent of three-phase UPS operate under service contracts
40 percent of three-phase UPS operate under service contracts
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As many as 40% of all three-phase uninterruptible power supplies in the field have a service contract attached according to a recent study published by market analyst, IMS Research entitled…
Forecast cuts global power semiconductor market growth to 5.0 percent in 2012
Forecast cuts global power semiconductor market growth to 5.0 percent in 2012
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The global power semiconductor market will grow by 5.0% in 2012 to $32 billion, according to market analyst, IMS Research, which is cutting the company's previous forecast of more than…
Mobile cloud computing will generate 45 billion dollars revenue by 2016
Mobile cloud computing will generate 45 billion dollars revenue by 2016
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Visiongain's latest management research "Mobile Cloud Computing Industry Outlook Report: 2011-2016" examines the market and how the ecosystem players are leveraging mobile cloud solutions to enable their strategies and business…
Global power semiconductor market growth cut to 5.0 percent in 2012
Global power semiconductor market growth cut to 5.0 percent in 2012
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The global power semiconductor market will grow by 5.0% in 2012 to $32 billion, according to market analyst, IMS Research, which is cutting the company's previous forecast of more than…
IMS Research forecasts more consolidation in the UPS market
IMS Research forecasts more consolidation in the UPS market
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Market analyst, IMS Research, is predicting that ABB’s acquisition of Newave points to more consolidation in a market where the top 10 suppliers control 72% of industry revenues. IMS Research…
IEEE 802.15.4 IC market to exceed $1.1 billion in 2016
IEEE 802.15.4 IC market to exceed $1.1 billion in 2016
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The IEEE 802.15.4 IC market will grow to over $1.1 billion in 2016 — up from just $90 million in 2010. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is still a key adoption…
Market research finds LED backlight increasingly displacing CCFL
Market research finds LED backlight increasingly displacing CCFL
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According to Wits View, a research division of TrendForce, LED backlight design focus in early 2011 centered on reducing the number of LED lightbars required in order to close the…
IMS Research forecasts further consolidation of the UPS market
IMS Research forecasts further consolidation of the UPS market
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Market analyst, IMS Research, is predicting that ABB’s acquisition of Newave points to more consolidation in a market where the top 10 suppliers control 72% of industry revenues. IMS Research…
LED backlight increasingly displaces CFL, market researcher says
LED backlight increasingly displaces CFL, market researcher says
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According to Wits View, a research division of TrendForce, LED backlight design focus in early 2011 centered on reducing the number of LED lightbars required in order to close the…
ARM architecture leads in the automotive market, Semicast finds
ARM architecture leads in the automotive market, Semicast finds
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Semiconductor market research company Semicast has analyzed market position and potential of the most popular 32-bit embedded processor architectures for automotive applications. According to the Semicast experts, ARM leads the…
ARM leads in the automotive market
ARM leads in the automotive market
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Semiconductor market research company Semicast has analyzed market position and potential of the most popular 32-bit embedded processor architectures for automotive applications. According to the Semicast experts, ARM leads the…
Anticipated tablet growth alters TFT LCD manufacturing strategies
Anticipated tablet growth alters TFT LCD manufacturing strategies
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In response to falling large-area TFT LCD panel prices in 2011, panel makers have minimized their 2H'11 production, but preparation for 2012 models and gradual clearing of supply chain inventories…
DVI slumps as HDMI grows to ship 1bn units in 2014
DVI slumps as HDMI grows to ship 1bn units in 2014
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HDMI has become the interface solution of choice throughout the consumer electronic (CE) device market, eclipsing the DVI technology, shipping over 1bn devices in the next two years, say market…
2012 chip market forecast revised downwards
2012 chip market forecast revised downwards
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Market research firm Gartner Inc., has reduced its forecast for the 2012 global semiconductor market, saying it now expects the market to reach $309 billion, a 2.2 percent increase from…


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