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Smartphone Growth Halves From 2014 to 2015

by Raverstead

Almost 1.3 billion smartphones will be shipped worldwide this year, says IDC, representing a 26.3% YoY gain. Growth will slow significantly next year to 12.2%, when 1.4 billion units are forecast to be sold. …

Chip Sales Outperform Predictions in Q3

by Raverstead

Worldwide semiconductor sales reached $87 billion in Q3’14, a 5.7% QoQ and 8% YoY increase, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The result outperformed the latest World Semiconductor Trade Statistics industry forecast. Sales …

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Dell Does Well in the PC Market

by Helen Vince

PC – Max Smolaks from the Tech Week Europe reports on the highlights of Michael Dell’s speech at Dell’s Solutions Summit in Brussels. Just a year after Dell delisted from the stock market, many …

Commercial Demand Bumps Desktops to Positive Growth

by Super User

Global PC shipments will reach 299 million units this year, down 0.1% from 2013, according to Taiwan’s MIC. Shipments have been bolstered by replacement demand for Windows XP units. The majority of desktop PC …

Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 0.5% in Q3

by Super User

Worldwide PC shipments reached 79.4 million units in the third quarter of 2014, a 0.5% decline from Q3 of last year, according to preliminary results by Gartner. For the first time, the sum of …

APAC Growth Boosts Chip Sales Worldwide

by Super User

Worldwide semiconductor sales in August were up 9.4% YoY, to $28.4 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. The figure also represents a 1.3% MoM increase. Sales in the January-August period were 10.1% higher …

IDC: Mature Market PCs Perform Above Emerging Regions

by Super User

IDC expects worldwide PC shipments to fall 3.7% this year. While still a decline, the figure represents an improvement from the previous forecast of -6%. Emerging regions’ shipments are constrained by continued competition from …

Associations Call for ITA Agreement

by Super User

IT associations from around the world have called for an early conclusion to talks on the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). It is hoped that the talks will reach an end before the leaders of …

UltraHD TVs Grow at 107% CAGR to 2018

by Super User

A report by TechNavio, on the worldwide UltraHD market (http://tinyurl.com/o2ada4b), says that UltraHD TV market will grow at a 106.8% CAGR between 2013 and 2018. Only LCD and OLED TVs will have UltraHD as …

Display Driver IC Growth Predicted Despite Tight Supply

by Super User

By 2018, the market for display driver integrated circuits (DICs) will be worth $7.3 billion, up from $4.6 billion in 2012. NPD DisplaySearch says that the growth is caused by DICs with higher resolutions, …

Pay-TV Rises, but Cable Falls

by Super User

Informitiv’s latest Multiscreen Index shows that the world’s top 100 pay-TV services added about 20.3 million new subscribers between Q2’13 and Q2’14. The figure represents a 6% YoY rise. The 10 largest services gained …

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Gartner Revises Semiconductor Forecast Upwards

by Super User

Global semiconductor revenue is on track to reach $338 billion this year, a 7.2% increase from last year, says Gartner. The figure also represents a climb from Gartner’s forecast in Q3’14 of 6.7% annual …