Articles tagged with: Nand and Memory
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, smart, hynix, csr, lcd, displays, andrew, flash, ev-do, dram, display, radio-frequency, cmos, webos, touch-screen, marvell, elpida
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, apple-iphone, smart, operating-system, flash, ces, display, webos, touch-screen, pda
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, 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, analog, hynix, on-semiconductor, flash, mediatek, ford, display, fabless, wired, nvidia, marvell-technology, renesas, true, marvell
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, dram, cell-phone
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, 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, hynix, andrew, flash, dram
Consumer Weakness Drives Negative Outlook for Semiconductors in 2009
Debt ratings agency, Fitch says that its 2009 Rating Outlook for the semiconductor industry is negative due to a meaningfully weaker macroeconomic environment, resulting in lower revenues for all semiconductor markets and, in particular, PCs and mobile handsets, which represent nearly 60% of global semiconductor consumption. While the overall market will be lower, Fitch expects developing economies will experience lower albeit still positive unit growth. more
Related Tags: amd, semiconductor, flash-memory, edge, driving, original-equipment-manufacturers, outsourcing, semiconductors, spansion, fitch, flash, dram, catalyst, cell-phone
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
Related Tags: broadcom, semiconductor, texas-instruments, intel, flash-memory, samsung, qualcomm, isuppli, toshiba, texas, stmicroelectronics, nxp, sony, sharp, 3, hynix, altera, flash, hynix-semiconductor, dram, ford, xilinx, fabless, renesas, avago
Developing SIM Cards with a 128MB Memory
Infineon Technologies and Micron Technology have announced a joint-venture to develop high-density subscriber identity module (HD-SIM) cards with a capacity greater than 128MB. more
Related Tags: sim-card, intel, flash-memory, infineon-technologies, infineon, mobile-banking, micron-technology, flash
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