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Worldwide semiconductor sales reached $84 billion in Q2’15: a 2% YoY and 1% QoQ increase. Data from the Semiconductor Industry Association shows that global sales in June were $28 billion (up 2% YoY, down 0.4% MoM), and year-to-date sales in the first half of 2015 were up 3.9% YoY. Semiconductor growth has been somewhat slowed … Read more
Xiaomi and Huawei were China’s most popular smartphone vendors in Q2’15, says Canalys. The two companies had market shares of 15.9% and 15.7%, respectively, covering a combined third of the market. The other top vendors were Apple, Samsung and Vivo.
Mediatek has revised its handset-IC shipment target for this year, from 450 million units to 400 million. The company has also cut its tablet-IC target by 10%, to 45 million units. Mediatek suffered a profit and revenue fall in Q2’15, and a longer inventory turnover period – 111 days, compared to 60 days in Q2’14. … Read more
In an interview with the BBC, Microsoft CEO Sataya Nadella, of course, praised the recent release of WIndows 10 as the begin of a journey into a new era. While this may be true for Microsoft from an OS perspective, we should not forget that Microsoft is actually charging nothing for upgrading its OS, hoping … Read more
Matter and Form Inc. (New York, NY) is currently engaged in a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds needed to commercialize the “Bevel.” The Bevel is an attachment for smartphones or tablets that will turn the camera in these devices into one that can capture 3D photographs. A video discussing the Bevel and illustrating the … Read more
Conceived at the company’s R&D facilities in Tampere, Finland, Nokia introduced Ozo at a recent event in Los Angeles attended by representatives from major studios, production houses and media and technology companies. OZO is billed as the first commercially available virtual reality camera designed and built for professional content creators. This product is the first … Read more
Breakfast LLC (Brooklyn, NY) bills itself as a company that can rapidly design and prototype systems and develop IP for client companies and brands. The most recent device produced by Breakfast took 1½ years to create. It is called a “Thread Screen” and it is unlike any other display of which I am aware. First … Read more
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for the Nvidia Shield 8″ tablet. WASHINGTON, July 31, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/NVIDIA-Recalls-Tablet-Computers/ The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1973 and charged with protecting the American public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from … Read more
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for the 8″ Nvidia Shield tablet. The battery in these products (model numbers P1761, P1761W and P1761WX) has been found to occasionally overheat, posing a fire hazard. About 83,000 tablets were sold in the USA, and 5,000 in Canada. Consumers should contact Nvidia for a … Read more
A consortium of Audi, BMW and Daimler has agreed to buy the HERE digital mapping and location services business from Nokia. Nokia completes next stage of transformation with agreement to sell HERE to automotive industry consortium at an enterprise value of EUR 2.8 billion Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced an agreement to sell its … Read more
A consortium of car companies – Audi, BMW and Daimler – have agreed to buy Nokia’s Here digital mapping and location services. The deal has been valued at €2.8 billion. Nokia and the consortium expect the deal to close in Q1’16, subject to conditions and regulatory approvals. When this happens, Nokia estimates that it will … Read more
Smartphone growth continues to slow worldwide – but demand for LTPS TFT-LCD screens for these products is on the rise. According to IHS, LTPS TFT-LCD smartphone display shipments grew 31% YoY in the first half of 2015, to reach 251 million units. Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus drove this growth, representing 52% of shipments. … Read more
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