Product Design & Supply Chain
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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
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5/13/13 11:18 am EDTEL SEGUNDO, Calif.(May 10, 2013)—Will the enabling and investment strategy of Intel Corp. lead to low-cost touch-screen-enabled notebooks that drive new demand for PCs and yield innovation in the global display market? Find out at the IHS/SID 2013 Business Conference, held May 20 in Vancouver, Canada. At the event, Zane Ball, Intel vice president and general manager, Global Ecosystem Development, will deliver a keynote address discussing the company’s plan to empower the PC industry tomore...English
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5/13/13 9:00 am EDT
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (May 9, 2013)—With the outlook for the PC market growing increasingly uncertain because of rising consumer interest in smartphones and tablets, computer manufacturers and distributors are striving to keep their inventories to a minimum, according to an IHS iSuppli Supply Chain Inventory Brief from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). PC distributors hold the smallest levels of inventory among all players in the PC supply chain, carrying just 30 daysmore...English -
5/9/13 2:34 pm EDT
Note to JournalistsiSuppli is now part of IHS. Please use IHS in all references to information contained in this release. EL SEGUNDO, Calif.(May 9, 2013)—The eight leading suppliers of industrial electronics suffered revenue declines in 2012, reflecting weak conditions for the beleaguered market, according to an IHS iSuppli Industrial Electronics Market Tracker Report from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). The eight, along with two gainers in the Top 10, togethermore...English -
Korean and American Versions of Galaxy S4 as Different as Kimchee and Coleslaw, IHS Teardown Reveals5/9/13 12:36 pm EDT
Note to JournalistsiSuppli is now part of IHS. Please use IHS in all references to information contained in this release. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (May 9, 2013)—On the outside, the U.S. and South Korean versions of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S4 smartphone look alike. But on the inside, there are major differences in key components—including the apps processor, the wireless subsystem and the user interface. All of these permutations result in significant variations in the capabilities andmore...English -
5/7/13 1:07 pm EDT
Note to JournalistsiSuppli is now part of IHS. Please use IHS in all references to information contained in this release. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (May 2, 2013)—Global shipments of solid state drives (SSD) in PCs are set to rise by a factor of seven by 2017, allowing them to claim more than one-third of the market for PC storage solutions by that time, according to an IHS iSuppli Storage Market Tracker Report from information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). SSD shipments in PCsmore...English -
5/7/13 12:54 pm EDTNote to JournalistsiSuppli is now part of IHS. Please use IHS in all references to information contained in this release. EL SEGUNDO, Calif.(May 6, 2013)—In order to stave off the onslaught of popular media tablets and smartphones, notebook PCs need to evolve, adopting touch technology that has proved so popular among consumers. Speaking at the upcoming Society for Information Displays (SID) 2013 Conference, Duke Yi, senior manager for display components and materials researchmore...English
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5/7/13 12:45 pm EDT
LONDON (May 3, 2013)—Shipments and revenue of video surveillance equipment in Russia and Eastern Europe are on track to approximately double from 2012 to 2017, buoyed by improving economic conditions and preparations for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup, both events to be held in Russia. According to a new report from IMS Research, now part of Inc. (NYSE: IHS) the East Europe and Russia market for CCTV and video surveillance equipment is forecast to seemore...English
