Product Design & Supply Chain
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5/9/12 12:10 pm EDT
With the semiconductor industry entering a phase of accelerating growth, the number of counterfeit-part incidents also is expected to rise to new record highs, according to an analysis of trends conducted by information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). The number of counterfeit parts reported in the electronics supply chain historically has risen and fallen generally in concert with the annual performance of the global semiconductor industry, as presented in the figure below. Chip salesmore...English -
4/30/12 11:58 am EDT
Solid manufacturing and strong pricing allowed Micron Technology Inc. and Hynix Semiconductor Inc. to post strong performances in the global NAND flash business in the fourth quarter, allowing them to narrow the gap in market share between them and the industry leaders, and setting the stage for further advances in 2012. No. 3-ranked Micron Technology Inc. of the United States achieved 11.7 percent revenue growth in the fourth quarter compared to the third, according to a new IHS iSuppli Datamore...English -
4/27/12 2:26 pm EDT
Stringent new counterfeit-part regulations contained in the 2012 U.S. National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) may have broad international implications, impacting hundreds of overseas companies that have supplied billions of dollars’ worth of items to the American government. Non-U.S.-based suppliers accounted for more than $2 billion during the five-year period from 2007 to 2011, with European Union (EU) and Middle Eastern companies accounting for the bulk of the American government’smore...English -
4/18/12 10:31 am EDT
Driven by the rise of ultrabooks, the release of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 8 operating system and the arrival of Intel Corp.’s Ivy Bridge microprocessor, China’s PC market in 2012 will expand by a robust 13 percent rate compared to 2011, according to the IHS iSuppli China Research Service at information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). “China has become the most important PC market worldwide, representing not only the vast majority of global production, but also a major source of demandmore...English -
4/18/12 10:22 am EDT
An ongoing surplus in the production of polysilicon—the key raw material in the photovoltaic (PV) industry—will lead to excess supply, leading to further erosion in its pricing, according to an IHS iSuppli PV Perspectives Market Brief and the IHS iSuppli Polysilicon Price Index from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). Polysilicon prices on both the spot market and in contract negotiations are set to decline in the coming months, according to the IHS. However, according to ourmore...English -
4/17/12 3:07 am EDTKari Kulojärvi, senior vice president at Nokia, and Kanwar Chadha, chief marketing officer, CSR plc & founder of SiRF Technology Inc., are set to be the keynote speakers at the 2012 IHS European Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Summit. Formerly known as the iSuppli European Briefing Series, the IHS European TMT Summit now combines IHS iSuppli and IHS Screen Digest products and services with newly-acquired IMS Research and Displaybank portfolios and expertise to provide amore...English
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4/13/12 6:00 am EDT
Demand from all-in-one PCs combined with requirements for lower power consumption and a thinner, smaller storage alternative to existing 3.5-inch hard disc drives (HDD) will help create a viable market for 2.5-inch HDDs in desktops beginning next year. Worldwide shipments of 2.5-inch HDDs to all-in-one PCs are forecast to reach approximately 1 million units in 2013, up from virtually zero this year, according to an IHS iSuppli Storage Space Market Brief from information and analytics providermore...English -
4/10/12 12:22 pm EDT
For the footwear and apparel industry, the moment of reckoning came in the 1990s, when companies including Nike faced damaging revelations over their use of sweatshop manufacturing—an event that led to the creation of the Fair Labor Association (FLA). For the electronics industry, the moment has arrived in the 2010s, as an FLA investigation has revealed serious workers’ issues at contract manufacturer Foxconn, famous for its relationship with Apple Inc. The investigation underscores the seriousmore...English -
4/5/12 1:12 pm EDT
Continuing a nearly decade-long trend, international cinema box-office receipts in 2011 increased their lead over those of the United States, according to a sampling of last year’s highest-grossing movies outlined in a recent IHS Screen Digest Cinema Intelligence report from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). The international market last year accounted for 58.4 percent of the total revenue produced by the Top 100-grossing films in the United States, up from 57.3 percent inmore...English -
4/5/12 1:04 pm EDT
Fueled by booming sales to Apple Inc., particularly its exclusive design wins in the iPhone, iPad and iPod lines, STMicroelectronics in 2011 padded its leadership position in the global market for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) in consumer and mobile devices.STMicroelectronics in 2011 achieved an 81 percent increase in consumer and mobile MEMS revenue to reach $638.7 million, up from $353.3 million in 2010, according to the IHS iSuppli MEMS & Sensors Service at information andmore...English
