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New data from Omdia’s smartphone preliminary shipment report for the final quarter of 2022 shows that global smartphone shipments totaled 301.5 million units in 4Q22 marking a decrease of 15.4% compared to the previous year. Typically, the last quarter sees the most shipments, however, this year the tide changed with a disappointing and marginal 0.7% … Read more
The top 10 global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) decreased their chip spending by 7.6% and accounted for 37.2% of the total market in 2022, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. Global inflation and recession pressures sharply weakened demand for PCs and smartphones in 2022, impacting global OEMs production. Most of the top 10 semiconductor customers are … Read more
Worldwide tablet shipments posted flat growth of 0.3% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22), totaling 45.7 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. For the full year 2022, the tablet market saw a decline of 3.3% year over year, ending two … Read more
Like we said, trade shows are back. ISE 2023 had 58,107 attendees, a jump of 33% over 2022’s audience of 43,691. It had a visit from a king and a mayor (Felipe VI of Spain and Ad Colau, respectively). It was also interesting for having as its keynote speaker, BK Johannessen of Epic Games. Johannessen was … Read more
Bloomberg is reporting on changes at Apple’s with the departure of Evans Hankey, the company’s VP of industrial design, who will not be replaced. Instead, the company’s core group of about 20 industrial designers will report to Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer. The company will also give larger roles to a group of Apple’s … Read more
The deal is deemed crucial to recent US efforts to restrict chip manufacturing and development in China. This is because the global market for chipmaking equipment is dominated by US company Applied Materials, Dutch company ASML, and Japanese company Tokyo Electron. The latter two companies produce equipment that doesn’t rely on US technology. DigiTimes This … Read more
Characterizing the transition as “stalled,” the association asked the FCC last week to recommit itself to promoting the standard to the public and take steps to advance the development of peripherals that consumers could use to access 3.0 signals (since the standard is not-backward compatible) as well as establish a Task Force to focus on the resolving … Read more
Peter Weigand, CEO at TriLite, said: “We’re delighted to be honored by SPIE, with this recognition of Trixel 3 as a breakthrough innovation for AR displays. Our latest product evolution, Trixel 3, sets a new standard in super small projection displays, and it is a revolutionary step forward in terms of size, weight, image quality, … Read more
Whether Micro LED is incorporated into smartwatches, AR headsets, or smartphones, two major factors will determine the market competitiveness of this technology. The first factor involves lowering the costs of Micro LED chips. A notable solution to make the production of Micro LED chips much more economical is to enlarge the wafers that they are … Read more
Overall spending on information and communications technology (ICT) across the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META) will top $233.8 billion this year, an increase of 3.9% over 2022. That’s according to the latest predictions presented today by International Data Corporation (IDC) as more than 400 senior executives from the region’s most influential technology vendors, telecommunications … Read more
Barco’s NT series goes beyond expectations for LED walls, with “sharp, light and clever” solutions Because an LED video wall is only as good as its image processing, Barco has developed Infinipix Gen2. This powerful solution makes sure the on-screen content looks at its best. With no visual distortion, low latency, perfect syncing and no tearing, … Read more
Apple, Alphabet (nee Google), and Amazon all reported their financials as the reporting season reaches its peak. Frankly, you can pore over the endless chatter about the results, but this paragraph is about all you need to know about the gist of the analysis: Challenging! That’s the euphemism of the moment, used by way too … Read more
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