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Friday 2 November 2012
China market: Over 310,000 x86 servers shipped in 2Q12, says IDC
There were 316,000 x86 servers shipped in the China market during the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 5.6% on year. Of the shipments, 26,700 were 4-way units, up 33% on-year,...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Smartphones drive 3Q12 growth in worldwide mobile phone market, says IDC
The worldwide mobile phone market grew 2.4% year over year in the third quarter of 2012, driven by heavyweights Samsung and Apple as Nokia dropped off the top-5 list of smartphone...
Thursday 18 October 2012
Asia Pacific PC market takes a pause, posts 5% on-year decline in 3Q12, says IDC
IDC's preliminary results show that the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market grew 4% sequentially but declined 5% on year in the third quarter of 2012 to reach 31.4 million units,...
Friday 12 October 2012
New iPad leads surge in Vietnam tablet market, says IDC
According to a report by research firm IDC, the Vietnam tablet market registered growth of 110% on quarter during the second quarter of 2012. Pent-up demand for Apple's new iPad 3...
Thursday 11 October 2012
PC market struggles ahead of Windows 8 launch, says IDC
The worldwide PC market contracted sharply in the third quarter of 2012, with shipments declining 8.6% from the third quarter of 2011, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC...
Thursday 27 September 2012
Smart connected device shipments to grow by 14% annually through 2016, says IDC
New research from IDC shows that the worldwide market for smart connected devices – a combination of PCs, smartphones, and tablets – reached 267.3 million units shipped...
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Taiwan market: 1.42 million smartphones shipped in 2Q12, says IDC
There were 1.42 million smartphones shipped in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2012, dropping on quarter by 13.9% but rising on year by 43.6%, according to IDC Taiwan.
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Taiwan market: PC shipments down in 2Q12, says IDC
There were a total of 720,117 notebooks and desktops shipped in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2012, decreasing 8.7% on quarter and 11% on year, while the corresponding...
Friday 31 August 2012
China to overtake the US in smartphone shipments in 2012, says IDC
Strong end-user demand and an appetite for lower-priced smartphones will make China (PRC) the largest market for smartphones in 2012, overtaking the US as the global leader in smartphone...
Friday 24 August 2012
IDC lowers PC outlook as shipments decline in 2Q12 ahead of fall product updates
The worldwide PC market is now expected to grow just 0.9% in 2012, as mid-year shipments slow. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, 367 million PCs will ship into...
Monday 30 July 2012
Strong demand for smartphones in 2Q12 continues to drive the worldwide mobile phone market, says IDC
The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1% on year to 406 million units in the second quarter of 2012, as Samsung Electronics and Apple shipped almost half of the world's smartphones,...
Monday 23 July 2012
SEMI book-to-bill ratio slips below parity
The SEMI book-to-bill ratio for US manufacturers of semiconductor equipment slid to 0.94 in June 2012 after having stayed above parity for four months.
Friday 29 June 2012
Taiwan market: External storage device shipments up on year in capacity, down in value in 1Q12, says IDC
Shipments of external storage devices in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2012 reached a total capacity of 18,461TB, growing on year by 13.4%, while the corresponding...
Friday 15 June 2012
IDC increases media tablet forecast
Expectations of strong demand for media tablets in the second half of 2012 has led IDC to increase its forecast for the worldwide market to 107.4 million units for the year, up from...
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Taiwan sees increased 1Q12 shipments of smartphones, says IDC
There were 1.65 million smartphones shipped in the Taiwan market in the first quarter of 2012, increasing by 22.6% on quarter and by 61.5% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.