Semiconductor Shipments to Reach $262 Billion
According to Semico, continued demand for communications and portable computing devices with innovative new features will drive purchases this year and help to boost sales of the semiconductors used in these products. Semico sees continued strong demand for communications and portable computing devices influenced by three factors: cell phones are adding computer-like functions; handheld devices [...]
Intel Plays with NAND and NOR Flash
Intel has been a leader in NOR Flash for over a decade. According to In-Stat, Intel is now moving aggressively in the NAND Flash market. The company is making significant investments in NAND to support its goal of becoming one of the top players in this business. According to an In-Stat analyst, Intel is participating [...]
One Billion Wi-Fi Chipsets to Ship in 2012
According to ABI Research, the Wi-Fi semiconductor market shipped almost 200 million Wi-Fi chipsets in 2006 and reached over 500 million chipset shipments cumulatively. Their research indicates that around the middle of 2008, the industry will have passed the one billion mark for cumulative chipset shipments. The ABI Research’s Wi-Fi IC database provides historical and [...]
VoIP IC Market
The VoIP IC market is growing and shifting, according to In-Stat. In the next several years, wireless and video will play stronger roles. In-Stat believes VoIP will eventually be just another application on the IP network. VoIP chips will simply disappear at the network level. Other findings by In-Stat: VoIP chip revenues from IP phones [...]
SD Memory Cards
Over on the Windows Mobile Team Blog is an excellent post about SD memory cards. I wished I read the post before I bought a SD card. Here’s a brief summary of the post: The Name SD stands for Secure Digital, but no one ever bother to make it secure. However, the name stuck anyway. [...]
In-Vehicle Infotainment Semiconductor Market
According to Strategy Analytics, the in-vehicle infotainment semiconductor market is expected to grow to $5 billion by 2013. The driving force is greater feature content and consumer expectations for higher quality audio and video experience, as well as the availability of connectivity for personal entertainment and communication devices. Strategy Analytics forecasts that the semiconductor demand [...]
MRAM Technology Webcast
Freescale recently released the industry’s first MRAM product. NEC also announced a MRAM breakthrough last July. According to NEC, they developed a new magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) cell technology suitable for high speed memory macro embedded in next generation system LSIs. The newly developed cell technology includes three key elements; a 2T1MTJ (two transistors [...]
Consumer Electronic Devices Fuel Hard Disk Drives
According to In-Stat, a high-tech market research firm, hard disk drive (HDD) sales will remain strong through 2010. Worldwide shipments will increase from 380 million in 2005 to 748 million in 2010. The Consumer Electronic (CE) segment will continue to be one of the hottest market for hard drives. However, as Flash capacities continue to [...]
Image Sensor Market Remains Strong
According to In-Stat, the booming camera phone market will drive the image sensor market. Camera phones accounted for over 70% of all digital cameras shipped in 2005. The vast majority of these devices used Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) sensors, with the remainder using Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs). In 2005, CMOS image sensor shipments exceeded CCD [...]
Flash Memoy Snake Oil
After reading our article, Using Solid State Flash Disks as Cure-All for Medical Storage Systems, a reader was so impressed that he decided to write us a love letter: Gentlemen, As regards this latest in a string of outright deceptions foisted on IT decision-makers by the manufacturers of SSDs (Solid State Disks), I respectfully submit [...]
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