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Articles tagged with: Nand
Sales of NAND Flash Memory for Smart Cell Phones to Boom
Global sales of nand-type flash memory for use in smart cell phones are expected to rise by nearly sixfold from 2008 to 2013, as shipments of the high-end cell phones boom in the coming years, according to iSuppli Corp. more
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Competitors Scramble for Hot Features as PMP/MP3 Player Market Loses Steam
As the worldwide PMP/MP3 market matures, with shipment growth of only 5% in 2009, competitors are scrambling to add features such as touchscreens and Wi-Fi connectivity to re-ignite demand, reports In-Stat. Just a few years ago, the PMP/MP3 player market was among the strongest growth segments in the portable consumer electronic (CE) industry. Today, the market is stalled due to a perfect storm of weak consumer demand, a poor economic environment, a stalled replacement market, and competition from the iPhone and other audio/video-capable smartphones. more
Related Tags: mp3, wi-fi, touchscreen, freescale, flash, storm
Apples's iPhone 3GS Costs $178.96 to Manufacture
With the new iPhone 3G S's Bill of Materials (BOM) and feature set nearly the same as the previous model in the iPhone line, you might think the product's component selection would be virtually unchanged. However, a dissection conducted by iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Service reveals some interesting changes in the parts and suppliers. more
Related Tags: apple, iphone, iphone-3gs, stmicroelectronics, infineon, triquint, broadcom, toshiba, iphone-3g-s, gsm, umts, wlan, andrew, flash
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, isuppli, 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: isuppli, palm-pre, palm, apple, iphone, blackberry, cdma, cdma-evdo, sprint, memory, apple-iphone, smart, operating-system, flash
Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Down in 2008 - Qualcomm Bucks the Trend
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $255 billion in 2008, down 5.4 percent, or a decrease of $14.5 billion from 2007 revenue, according to the final market share analysis by Gartner. The steep decline in the market in the final quarter of 2008, combined with the ongoing economic weakness, signals far worse declines in 2009. more
Related Tags: broadcom, ethernet, wi-fi, semiconductor, texas-instruments, intel, samsung, qualcomm, bluetooth, infineon-technologies, gps, tim, cdma, ovi, gartner, toshiba, sharp, switches, 3, memory, notebook, modem, flash, dram
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, isuppli, digital-signal-processor, lte, texas, toshiba, fujitsu, nec, nxp, sony, sharp, 3, memory, analog, hynix, on-semiconductor, flash
Global Semiconductor Sales Fell by 2.8 Percent in 2008
Global sales of semiconductors were severely impacted by the world-wide economic turmoil in 2008 resulting in the first year-on-year drop in sales since 2001, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Total sales for 2008 were $248.6 billion compared to $255.6 billion in 2007, a decrease of 2.8 percent. Sales fell from $22.3 billion in December 2007 to $17.4 billion in December 2008, a decline of 22 percent. December sales declined by 16.6 percent from November 2008 when sales were $20.9 billion. more
Related Tags: semiconductor, driving, lte, semiconductor-industry-association, personal, semiconductors, sharp, memory, dram
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
Related Tags: microsoft, kindle, semiconductor, flash-memory, gartner, memory, flash, interoperability
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
Related Tags: iphone, semiconductor, intel, flash-memory, samsung, apple, apple, qualcomm, infineon-technologies, cdma, gartner, toshiba, infineon, memory, hynix, andrew, flash, dram