All Press Releases
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5/21/13 10:49 am EDT
Vancouver, British Columbia(May 21, 2013)—Television industry participants gathering at the Society for Information Display (SID) 2013 Display Week event here this week are showcasing the product they hope will rejuvenate the market: the Ultra-High Definition (UHD) set. But can UHD avoid the dismal fate of another product touted as the industry’s savior just a few years ago, the 3-D TV? TV panel makers are betting on a high rate of growth for UHD LCD TVs during the next four years.more...English -
5/21/13 10:19 am EDT
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.(May 21, 2013)—Bringing an end to a full year of declines, global flat-panel television shipments rose slightly in the first quarter, paving the way for marginal growth in 2013, according to the “Monthly Worldwide FPD TV Shipment Data Report” from the IHS TV Systems Intelligence Service at information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). Global shipments of flat-panel televisions comprising liquid-crystal display (LCD) and plasma sets amounted to 47.6 millionmore...English -
5/20/13 10:47 am EDT
Vancouver, British Columbia (May 20, 2013)—Can PC makers produce ultrathin, touch-screen PCs that are appealing to consumers—and that are priced at just $200? The astounding answer seems yes—if microprocessor Intel Corp. is willing to cut the price of its semiconductor components to PC makers, according to a PC Dynamics Market Brief from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). Speaking at the IHS/SID 2013 Business Conference, held May 20 in Vancouver, Canada, Zanemore...English -
5/20/13 9:01 am EDT
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.(May 15, 2013)—Despite the expansion of Google Fiber to a third and fourth city—Austin, Texas; and Provo, Utah—Google Inc. is set to remain a minor player in the U.S. broadband market, with the company unlikely to deploy the service nationwide due its high cost, according to a new report from the IHS Screen Digest Operator Multiplay Intelligence Service at information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). IHS believes Google Fiber will be offered only in smallermore...English -
5/16/13 10:05 am EDT
IHS estimates largest number of EV charging stations to be in US, China, Japan and Germany
The number of electric vehicle charging stations is set to soar globally by 2020, supporting a shift in driving away from traditional petrol and diesel-fuelled vehicles, according to a new report from IHS, a leading global source of critical information and insight. The report, compiled by IMS Research, recently acquired by IHS, estimates that the swing to electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) will lead to the installation of 10.7 million charging stationsmore...English -
5/16/13 9:00 am EDT
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.(May 16, 2013)–Pumped up by demand from a wide range of users, including professional athletes and exercise enthusiasts, global shipments of sports and fitness monitors are set to total more than 250 million units during the next five years combined. Shipments will rise to 56.2 million units in 2017, up from 43.8 million in 2013, according to a new report entitled “The World Market for Sports & Fitness Monitors” from IMS Research, now part of IHS (NYSE: IHS).more...English -
5/15/13 12:49 pm EDT
IHS launches new professional training and education program for energy and chemical workers, including public courses
The shale gas revolution underway in North America is revitalizing the petrochemical industry, which will welcome more than $217 billion in new downstream capital investments and a crude oil production capacity increase of more than 52 million barrels per day during the next six years, according to IHS research. This investment is bringing new jobs and new people to the industry worldwide, many of whom lack training or specialized skills to compete, according to analysis from IHS (NYSE:IHS),more...English -
5/15/13 9:00 am EDT
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (May 14, 2013)—The use of Wi-Fi functionality in small-cell base stations will be a game changer for cellphone service providers, easing heavily congested data pipes while linking together billions of devices into a single network architecture, according to the IHS iSuppli Mobile & Wireless Communications Service at information and analytics provider IHS. Small cells—also known as metro cells—are low-power base stations each supporting approximately 100 tomore...English -
5/14/13 10:45 am EDT
LONDON (May 13, 2013)–Average pricing for Chinese-manufactured photovoltaic (PV) solar modules could surge by 45 percent in June, cutting some solar project IRRs to below 7 percent and further dampen demand in Europe as a result of the preliminary antidumping duties imposed in the European Union, according to IHS (NYSE: IHS). Chinese modules carried an average price of $0.66 per watt (W) in March, and were expected to increase to $0.67/W in June, based on a forecast from the IHS Solarmore...English -
5/13/13 3:50 pm EDTEL SEGUNDO, Calif. (May 13, 2013)—As high-quality screens for smartphones, tablets and televisions become ever more pervasive and prized by consumers, how can display panel manufacturers differentiate their products for the increasingly demanding OEMs that serve as their customers? This and other provocative questions will be at the heart of discussions during the SID Market Focus Conference on High-Performance Displays, to be held May 23, 2013, in Vancouver, Canada. High-more...English