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Chip Sales Enter 26th Month of Growth

by Tom Allen

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 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 22 - Issue 31| Worldwide

Fast Charging Defines Motorola’s 2015 Phones

by Tom Allen

The Moto X and Moto G smartphones from Motorola have been greeted as solid premium and budget phones, respectively; the company is now hoping to repeat its success with the newly-announced 2015 versions. These …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 31| Worldwide

Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 9.5% in Q2 2015

by Helen Vince

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68.4 million units in the second quarter of 2015, a 9.5 percent decline from the second quarter of 2014, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. This was the steepest …

Tags:Gartner| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Worldwide

PCs See Sharpest Fall Since 2013

by Tom Allen

68.4 million PCs (including desktops, notebooks and convertibles) were shipped in Q2’15: down 9.5% YoY, according to Gartner, which is the steepest shipment fall in the industry since Q3’13. For the year as a …

Gartner Lowers Chip Growth Prediction

by Tom Allen

Semiconductor revenue will rise 2.2% YoY this year, to $348 billion, says Gartner – although this is down from the Q4’14 forecast of 4% growth. The outlook for major applications, which drive the semiconductor …

Semiconductors Enter 25th Month of Growth

by Tom Allen

Global semiconductor sales rose 5.1% YoY in May 2015, says the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Sales reached $28.2 billion, up from $26.8 billion May 2014. They were 2.1% higher than April’s sales of $27.6 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 22 - Issue 28| Worldwide

Rising Dollar Cuts IT Spending

by Tom Allen

Worldwide IT spending will fall 5.5% YoY in 2015, says Gartner, due solely to the strength of the US dollar. Spending will reach $3.5 trillion – a 2.5% rise in constant currency terms. The …

Netflix to Grow 28%

by Tom Allen

Almost 10 million new international subscribers will join Netflix this year, bringing the company’s total overseas base to 26.36 million by the end of 2015. The prediction comes from Digital TV Research. Almost 70 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 22 - Issue 27| Worldwide

Four of Top Monitor Vendors Experience Declines

by Tom Allen

More than 29 million PC monitors were shipped worldwide in Q1’15, according to IDC. The figure represents a 12% fall YoY, and was 1.5% below the firm’s forecast. There were some bright spots – …

Pay-TV to Pass 1 Billion in 2017

by Tom Allen

There were more than 900 million pay-TV customers worldwide in Q1’15, according to ABI Research – representing 48% technology penetration. The market is forecast to grow ‘steadily’ over the next five years, with the …

Thin Client Shipments Suffer After Strong 2014

by Tom Allen

Thin and terminal client shipments fell 7.8% YoY in Q1’15, with a poor comparison to the first half of 2014, says IDC. Shipments last year were boosted by a massive refresh of legacy PCs. …

Victorinox Chooses to Differentiate Signage

by Tom Allen

Photo: InvidisSystem integrator Netvico has rolled out digital signage to five different Victorinox stores worldwide. The Stuttgart-based company installed a video wall, called the Red Cross Wall, in each location. Construction differs by store. …