Product Design & Supply Chain
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12/2/11 5:22 pm EST
After three years of seeing its dominant position in the global semiconductor market whittled away by aggressive competition from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Intel Corp. is set to reverse the trend in 2011, with a combination of strong sales and an acquisition allowing the company to rebuild its margin of market leadership. U.S.-based Intel in 2011 is set to sell $49.7 billion worth of semiconductors, up an impressive 23 percent from $40.4 billion in 2010, according to the IHS iSupplimore...English -
12/2/11 4:47 pm EST
Riding a strong surge in shipments, China’s Lenovo in the third quarter jumped one rank to become the world’s second-largest PC brand, surpassing Dell Inc.—and mounting the most serious challenge to Hewlett-Packard Co.’s (HP) hegemony that the market has been seen in more than three years. Lenovo’s global PC shipments in the third quarter rose to 12.5 million units, up 14.5 percent from 10.9 million in the second quarter, according to the IHS iSuppli Compute Platforms Service at informationmore...English -
12/2/11 4:41 pm EST
Given their capability to improve car safety, convenience and fuel efficiency, semiconductor magnetic sensors used in automotive motors will enjoy fast market growth with revenue expanding by nearly 40 percent in 2012, according to an IHS iSuppli MEMS & Sensors special report on magnetic sensors from information and analysis provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). Revenue derived from the use of magnetic sensors in automotive motors will reach $160.3 million in 2012, up a solid 38.2 percent from $116.0more...English -
12/2/11 10:42 am EST
Just two weeks after its introduction, Amazon’s Kindle Fire already is shaking up the market, with the device expected to surpass all other iPad rivals to take second place in the global media tablet business in the fourth quarter. Coming up from zero in the third quarter, Amazon will ship 3.9 million Kindle Fire tablets during the last three months of 2011, according to a preliminary projection from the IHS iSuppli Display Materials & Systems Service from information and analysis providermore...English -
11/29/11 11:00 am ESTIHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, today announced it has entered into a new agreement with SAE International, the leading developer of standards and technical resources, to include SAE Technical Papers in IHS ESDU Aerodynamics Design products. Under this agreement, Technical Papers on more than 1,400 specific aerospace design topics developed by SAE International will be available on December 1, 2011 with IHS ESDU Aerospace Design data and methods tomore...English
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11/22/11 12:06 pm EST
The market in 2011 for power management semiconductors will grow more slowly than expected, stymied by a general slowdown in consumer spending and the disruption caused by the March Japanese earthquake, according to an IHS iSuppli Power Management Market Tracker report from information and analysis provider (NYSE: IHS). Revenue in 2011 from power management semiconductors is expected to reach $33.1 billion, up 6.7 percent from $31.0 billion in 2010—much slower growth compared to the market’smore...English -
11/21/11 2:44 pm EST
A sharp slowdown in spending due to continuing economic chaos will cause revenue growth in the global consumer electronics (CE) market to fall short of growth expectations by more than 75 percent this year, according to an IHS iSuppli Consumer Platforms Market Tracker report from information and analysis provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). CE revenue in 2011 will amount to $357.3 billion, up a scant 1.5 percent from $351.9 billion in 2010, and equivalent to a 77 percent reduction compared to themore...English -
11/17/11 5:19 pm EST
An unusually large decline of nearly 5 percent in the pricing of TV panels caused by anemic demand helped drive down overall prices of large-sized liquid crystal display (LCD) panels in September by the highest margin in a year, according to an IHS iSuppli LCD PriceTrak report from information and analysis provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). The 4.9 percent contraction in LCD TV panel pricing was the steepest in at least 12 months, and also was the second straight month of decline greater than 4 percentmore...English -
11/17/11 4:30 pm EST
Booming shipments of ultrabooks during the next four years will shake up various semiconductor markets, boosting the prospects for sensors as well as power and analog semiconductors, but decreasing the market opportunity for upgrade memory modules, according to IHS iSuppli Semiconductor Value Chain research from information and analysis provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). Global ultrabook shipments are expected to soar to 136.5 million units in 2015, up from less than 1 million in 2011, a massive levelmore...English -
11/15/11 2:29 pm EST
After serving more than 120 years as the dominant projection format in movie theaters, the reign of celluloid 35mm will come to an end in two short months when the majority of cinema screens go digital, according to the IHS Screen Digest Cinema Intelligence Service at information and analysis provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). This will set the stage for the end of mainstream usage of the venerable projection technology by 2015. January 2012 will mark the crossover point when digital technologymore...English
