Articles tagged with: Flash Memory and Gartner
Future Mobile Phones Could Come with 2 Terabyte Memory Cards
The SD Association has published the specifications for a new memory card format which could deliver mobile phones with a massive 2 Terabyte memory capacity. The next-generation SDXC (eXtended Capacity) memory card specification also accelerates SD interface read/write speeds to 104 megabytes per second this year, with a road map to 300 megabytes per second. more
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Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Declined $12 Billion in 2008
For only the fifth time in the last 25 years, the semiconductor industry will post a decline in revenue, with worldwide semiconductor revenue totaling $261.9 billion in 2008, a 4.4 percent decline from 2007, according to preliminary results by Gartner. more
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Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Increased 3 Percent in 2007
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $270.3 billion in 2007, a 2.9 percent increase from 2006, according to preliminary results from Gartner. Vendor performances were mixed with two vendors in the top 10 that experienced double-digit growth and two vendors that showed declines in revenue. more
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Worldwide Semiconductor Sales Up Sharply in August
Sales of NAND flash memory devices led the growth as supplies tightened and prices firmed. NAND flash sales were up by 48 percent compared to August 2006 and up by 19 percent from July of this year. more
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Are There Any iPhone Alternatives? Here Are Some Rivals
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Apple may face plenty of competition from wireless phone makers when it launches its iPhone this coming week. But when it comes to the high end of the market, it largely has the field to itself. more
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Worldwide Mobile Gaming Revenue to Grow 50 Percent in 2007
As consumer awareness grows and publishers release more content, worldwide mobile gaming end-user revenue will grow from US$2.9 billion in 2006 to US$9.6 billion in 2011, according to Gartner. Worldwide mobile gaming revenue is on pace to total US$4.3 billion in 2007, a 49.9 percent increase from 2006. more
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World's fastest mobile phone chip
Samsung Electronics has launched the world's fastest mobile CPU, with a core speed of 533MHz. The new mobile CPU will drive the emergence of new services, functions and multimedia content for mobile handheld devices such as PDAs and smartphones. more

