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Articles tagged with: Isuppli and Nand
TI, Qualcomm, Sony, and Samsung Score Key Design Wins in New Palm Pre
Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Sony and Samsung Electronics are the leading component suppliers for Palm's new Pre, providing the key semiconductor and display technologies that give the smart phone its competitive differentiation, according to dissection conducted by isuppli's Teardown Analysis Service. more
Related Tags: texas-instruments, qualcomm, sony, samsung-electronics, palm-pre, cdma2000, memory, smart, hynix, csr, lcd, displays, andrew, flash, ev-do, dram
Palm Pre Aims at the iPhone, Preliminary Cost Analysis Reveals
Palm is aiming high with its new Pre, a smart phone that rival's Apple's iPhone in terms of slickness - and in terms of hardware features - according to a virtual teardown conducted by isuppli. more
Related Tags: palm-pre, palm, apple, iphone, blackberry, cdma, cdma-evdo, sprint, memory, apple-iphone, smart, operating-system, flash
Semiconductor Kings Suffer Sales Tragedy in 2008
Shakespeare's adage, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," was certainly true for the kings of the semiconductor industry in 2008, with eight out of the Top-10 suppliers suffering revenue declines for the year, according to isuppli Corp. more
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A Forgettable Year for Memory Chip Makers
For memory chip makers, 2008 will go down as a year to forget, as a major downturn in this segment caused revenue to fall for nearly all suppliers and contributed to negative results for the overall semiconductor industry, according to preliminary market-share figures from isuppli. more
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Apple Stresses Manufacturing Cost Reduction for iPhone 3G
The new iPhone 3G sports an evolutionary design that favors cost reduction instead of cutting-edge features, supporting AppleÃ's goal of expanding its market share and achieving a worldwide presence for the product, according to a physical teardown analysis conducted this weekend by isuppli. more
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Weakening consumer spending impacts NAND-type flash memory market
Amid signs that major buyers are slashing their expected order growth for NAND-type flash in 2008, isuppli says that it is cutting its forecast for global revenue growth for the memory this year by about two-thirds. more
Related Tags: sandisk, semiconductor, flash-memory, ipod, sony, oem, memory, notebook, flash
Excess Semiconductor Inventories Decline but Don't Cheer Yet
A reduction in excess chip inventory levels often indicates a rise in global semiconductor sales, but in the first quarter of 2008, an expected decline in surplus stockpiles is revealing troubling signs of market weakness, according to isuppli. more
Related Tags: semiconductor, flash-memory, memory-chips, oem, memory, flash, dram
Day One, Numonyx Emerges as Number One in Mobile Memory
A new number-one supplier of memory chips for mobile handsets was born today with the announcement of Numonyx, but can this semiconductor spin-off find success in a business where no one has posted a profit in three years? more
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Global Semiconductor Market Suffers Bad Memories of 2007
Surprising weakness in the memory chip market in the fourth quarter took the wind out of the sails of the global semiconductor market, causing growth in 2007 to fall short of expectations, according to isuppli. Global semiconductor market revenue grew by only 3.3 percent in 2007, based on the results from isuppliÃ's final 2007 chip market share data. more
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Can the Semiconductor Market Regain its Momentum in 2008?
The semiconductor growth cycle is entering a period when traditionally an acceleration in revenue growth would be expected. However, with the current cycle delivering such weak growth and with economic worries mounting, concerns are rising over whether the semiconductor industry can regain its momentum and manage to expand this year. more
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