Articles tagged with: Isuppli and Sony
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, samsung-electronics, palm-pre, cdma2000, memory, smart, hynix, csr, lcd, nand, displays, andrew, flash, ev-do, dram
Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech
This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to isuppli. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, , wi-fi, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, samsung, wimax, apple, sprint-nextel, gps, tim, wind, lte, docomo, ericsson, ovi, palm, blackberry, rim, kyocera, mobile-internet, touch-screen, navteq, sprint, nextel, smart, windows, las-vegas, ctia, kyocera-wireless
Mobile Internet Device Shipments to Rise Nearly Eightfold by 2012
The definition of the Mobile Internet Device (MID) may be somewhat nebulous, given the category overlaps multiple products, ranging from some Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs) to certain Portable Media Players (PMPs). However, there's nothing nebulous about the MID growth opportunity, with global unit shipments expected to expand by nearly a factor of eight from 2007 to 2012, according to isuppli Corp. more
Related Tags: 3g, kindle, amazon, e-book-reader, driving, lte, e-book, netbooks, mobile-internet, pnds, battery, 3, smart, wlan
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
Related Tags: broadcom, semiconductor, texas-instruments, intel, flash-memory, samsung, qualcomm, digital-signal-processor, lte, texas, toshiba, fujitsu, nec, nxp, sharp, 3, memory, analog, hynix, nand, on-semiconductor, flash, mediatek
A Receding Economic Tide Lowers Expectations for Crucial System-Level Chips
Revenue from global shipments of core silicon Integrated Circuits (ICs) - i.e., Application Specific Standard Products (ASSPs), Application Specific ICs (ASICs) and Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) - is set to suffer a weak finish to 2008, and decline by nearly a double-digit percentage in 2009, according to isuppli. more
Related Tags: microsoft, semiconductor, nintendo, personal, semiconductors, sharp, analog, jordan
iPhone Mania Boosts Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Market
The success of AppleĆ's iPhone is spurring competitors to offer products with comparable features, fueling a sales boom for Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometers used to detect motion in smart phones. more
Related Tags: microsoft, iphone, apple, apple, voip, nintendo, playstation, mems, analog, smart, accelerometer, analog-devices
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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Qualcomm Warns of Slowing Handset Replacement Cycle
Qualcomm CEO, Paul Jacobs says that there are signs that mobile phone owners are delaying plans to replace their existing handsets - slowing the replacement cycle. Speaking in an interview on CNBC television, he said that the trend has been most noticeable in Japan and South Korea. However, sales of smartphones appeared to be remaining strong. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, motorola, arpu, qualcomm, smartphones, gartner, ericsson, lg
Mobile Handset Market Stays on Track in Q1
The global mobile-handset market in the first quarter of 2008 appeared to be unaffected by the economic slowdown, with shipments rising by a double-digit percentage compared to the same period in 2007, according to isuppli. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, samsung, huawei, zte, motorola, lg, samsung-electronics
Trade Body to Work on New Memory Standard for Mobile Phones
A collection of manufacturers have announced the formation of a working group committed to creating an open standard for next-generation memory interface technology targeting mobile phones. This memory standard for dynamic random access memory (DRAM), named Serial Port Memory Technology (SPMT) should significantly reduced pin count, lower power demand and multiple ports by using a serial interface instead of the parallel interface commonly used in today's memory devices. more
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