Driven by rising demand from a broad spectrum of products, particularly tablet devices like Apple's iPad and e-book readers such as Amazon's Kindle, the embedded NOR flash market...
Spurred by booming demand for the iPhone and iPad, Apple in 2010 became the largest buyer of semiconductors among OEMs for the first time ever, according to IHS iSuppli.
Normally a cause for concern, excess inventory actually served as a boon for the global semiconductor industry in the first quarter of 2011 alleviating the severity of component shortages...
Global DRAM revenues during the first three months of 2011 amounted to US$8.3 billion, lower than the US$9 billion anticipated, according to IHS iSuppli. The first-quarter total represented...
The market for DRAM modules - packages containing DRAM chips for use in PCs and other electronic products - is headed for yet another year of double-digit growth in 2011 as shipments...
Battered by various factors including rising sales of tablet devices, the market for hard disk drives (HDDs) used in computers will slow in 2011, with revenue growth for the year...
Rising consumer interest in media tablets like Apple's iPad is beginning to take a toll on the global PC market, with shipments of desktops and notebooks in the first quarter of 2011...
The explosion at Foxconn's plant in Chengdu, China, could result in a production loss of 500,000 Apple iPad 2 tablets in the second quarter, according to a new analysis from IHS iSuppli...
In a strange turn of events, the Japan disaster has caused prices of large-size liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for some applications to rise and for others to decline slightly,...
Shipments of touch screen displays for the signage and professional market are set to surge by more than a factor of seven over the next three years to reach nearly three million...
Shipments of traditional PC-type tablet PCs will be dwarfed by the newer media-type tablets like the iPad from Apple, with the media category out-shipping the PC variety by a factor...
Worldwide shipments for large-sized LCD panels will expand by only 14% in 2011, compared to 23.4% in 2010 and 20.8% in 2009, according to IHS iSuppli. Unit shipments will amount to...
Active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) is rapidly becoming a popular display for smartphones, particularly high-end Android models, causing global AMOLED unit shipments...
The decision by three major US wireless carriers to partner with leading credit card companies on a mobile commerce initiative will boost the market for embedded payment technology...
The impact of the recession combined with rising sales of smartphones will deal a setback to contract manufacturers in the global handset market, limiting the companies to less than...
