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Articles tagged with: Isuppli and Chipset
One-Two Punch Knocks Wireless Semiconductor Market Back to 2003
The combination of the global recession and excess inventory has set back the wireless semiconductor market to levels not seen since 2003, according to isuppli Corp. Global revenue for wireless semiconductors, the majority of which are used in mobile handsets, is set to decline to $39.4 billion in 2009, down a stunning 26.7 percent from $53.8 billion in 2008. This is the lowest level of annual revenue for the wireless semiconductor industry since it generated $34.7 billion in 2003. more
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Will Netbook Boom End When Economy Recovers?
As consumers' disposable incomes dwindle, they are flocking to buy low-cost netbook PCs, driving global shipments up by 68.5 percent in 2009 and by a whopping 2,424 percent in 2008, according to isuppli. However, as economic conditions improve in 2010 and beyond, shipment growth inevitably will fall from these stratospheric levels. more
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The Birth of a Mobile-Handset Powerhouse
Epcos's recent acquisition of NXP Semiconductor's Radio-Frequency Microelectromechanical Systems (RF MEMS) business establishes the company as the leader in a technology that promises to expand the capabilities and cut the costs and power consumption of mobile handsets, according to isuppli. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, semiconductor, power-amplifiers, nxp, battery, switches, mems, analog, Germany
Consolidation Strikes the Mobile Phone Baseband Semiconductor Market
As the mobile-handset market goes, so goes the mobile-handset semiconductor market - and right now both areas are going through a period of consolidation that may lead to a significant winnowing of baseband chip suppliers, according to isuppli. more
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China Mobile Navigation Market to Grow More Than 10-Fold by 2011
..et adoption of GPS-equipped handsets is their high selling prices," said Kevin Wang, senior analyst for China research for iSuppli. "By the end of 2006, GPS handsets were mainly high-end smart phones costing more than $700."Major suppliers last year more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, china-unicom, china-mobile, gps, operating-system, personal-navigation-devices, chipsets